The Reaper In White Shirt

Chapter 17

Cheuse coldly watched the brothers arguing before peeking at her wristwatch to see the time. It's past midnight, and she needs to hurry because if she's not, Lachita and the others will get worried. Also, she still needs to go to school tomorrow.

She grabbed the link of her necklace that was flying everywhere, and when the necklace was finally near her, she smelled a metallic scent of blood. She shook the pendant off, and the blood that stained the necklace was shaken away immediately. The scent of the blood also shook away together with it.

The necklace given by her father when she was a child is pretty impressive. Her father designed it for her convenience, and the materials used to make it are rare. She doesn't really know the exact materials that were used to make it, but her father said, that it's one in a million, and based on the after-product, it's true. Judging by how stretchy the link is, like a boomerang that always comes back to her hands every time she throws it away, like how it aims in a direction by just adjusting the link to her will. And also, the pendant, the scythe that her mother personally chooses as a symbol for their family.

"Magsitigil nga kayo sa pag-aaway. Nasa paligid lang ang kalaban natin at hindi pa natin alam ang kalagayan ng ating kapatid."

Malinaw na narinig ni Cheuse ang sinabi ng isa sa kanila. If she's not mistaken, the one who spoke just now was their oldest brother, Awi.

The wind blows again and this time, the scent of blood is so strong that it spreads throughout the room. Cheuse covers her nose and mouth to avoid inhaling the disgusting metallic scent of blood.

"Fuck!" Awi cursed when he smelled the blood. He keeps on having a bad feeling.

Adi and Afi also cursed out but for a different reason. Adi cursed because he thought that something might happen to them like Ayi, he knows very well that one of his brothers is a goner now. Afi cursed because he was thinking that because of his so-called brothers, he would die in vain today.

Asi, however, was not concerned even a bit about the situation of any of his brothers, even the one that was lying lifeless on the cold ground. His mind keeps on replaying the smooth cheeks of the girl that he touched earlier. He did not mind the cuts and the blood flowing on his cheeks and just wanted to touch its soft sensation again. He must wait until the dark cloud that was covering their only source of light disappears to make a move. He will make that cunning girl his. He must own her. Those are the words that keep repeating in his perverted mind inside the small brain.

Cheuse perceived the thoughts of Asi, even if he was far from her. As she stared in his direction, she noticed a familiar look of perversion visible on his ugly face. She is well aware of that kind of look because she cannot count how many criminals with the same mind she deals with.

She coldly smirked at them. Suddenly, her smartwatch vibrates. Someone is sending her a signal, and she's certain that it's from the chief of police in their city, Chief Aguilar. He was the leader of the squad at that time when the brothers were first captured in another city. He probably already knows that the ones who kidnapped her were the brothers, based on the signal he was sending to her.

He was telling her to hold on and stall them for some time, but obviously, she was not going to do it. If this is the first time, she might spare those bastards and give a face to their local police. However, they are already a candidate for transfers and should be under the jurisdiction of the higher authority. The local officers should not meddle with it.