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Passing me,he smirked.“Excited for your death?”
I gave him a cold smile. We'd soon find out who the one facing death would be.
The next morning,I received the news that the place where my true form once lay had been defiled with urine and feces.
Clearly Emma’s doing,venting her rage.
She didn’t know I’d swapped it for a mule statue.
As for Victor’s threat,I stayed vigilant.
If he dared to come after me,I was ready.
I installed cameras at home,kept a dagger by my pillow,and moved my work indoors.
Still,nothing could deter Victor from his determination to kill me.
A shadow broke into my house at midnight.
The alarm blared from the moment he entered.
I slipped out of bed,placing a dummy under the covers to mimic me.
Hiding behind the door,I called the police.
It was Victor.
He crept in,saw the "figure" in bed, and charged forward with a knife in hand.
“I told you,you’d die by my hand!”
“This is your price!”
He slashed wildly,but the bed stayed silent.
Realizing he'd been tricked, he froze, but it was too late.
I rushed at him,knocking the knife out of his hand and sending it out the window.
We fought hand-to-hand,him retreating under my assault.
As I attacked,I demanded,“Victor,did you kill those girls?”
He fought back fiercely.“So what if I did?They’re dead.Can you bring them back?”
His disregard for life enraged me.“You shouldn’t even exist!I warned you—you’re a danger to everyone!”
Victor roared,“I'm just different!Who are you to deny my right to live?”
“Because you hurt others!”
He sneered,his strength overwhelming.“They deserved it.They should’ve been honored by my attention,but they resisted!”
“So it was you!You deceived all of us!”
“So what?Do you have any evidence?Once I kill you,no one will ever know the truth.”
“And I’ll become the king to rules this world!”
He managed to grab my weapon.
I dodged through the house,desperate.“In your dreams!”
As his knife neared,the police arrived.
A gunshot pierced his hand.He screamed,glaring at me.“Wretch!”
Panting,I smirked.“Cursing me now?The real surprise is coming!”
His confession was caught on camera,irrefutable evidence of his murders.
Even Emma’s tearful claims that she’d done it couldn’t save him.
The evidence was airtight.
In a fit of despair,Emma dug up what she thought was my true form and burned it,screaming,“I want you dead!”
But she burned her own clan’s statue,destroying a century of their luck.
Horses and donkeys were forbidden to mate,as their mule offspring were too volatile.
From then,the mule clan faded,until they vanished entirely.
