When a detective and a cardiologist investigate mysterious deaths, they encounter a mad doctor on a mission to eliminate emotions from her victims.
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From the start, Detective Lawrence Tuazon, a detective from the Violent Crimes Department, knew he had to work extra hard to get on the good side of his new colleague, the illustrious Dr. Samantha Contreras, a famed forensic doctor and cardiologist. Not long after joining forces, the two begin working together to solve a variety of cases involving cannibals, psychopaths, and mentally disturbed criminals. When Lawrence's former boss, Chief Javellana, asks for advice about a case, he can't help but jump on it, in the process, almost getting Javellana killed. Now, eager to uncover the truth behind the mysterious case, Lawrence and Samantha pool resources and push aside their budding romance so they can slowly unravel a truth scarier than fiction. It turns out that they are on the heels of a former colleague driven to eliminate emotions from her victims. Unknown to Lawrence and Samantha, the next victim will be one of them...
Content warning: Sexual abuse, child abuse, violence, gore, cannibalism, strong language, drugs
Sandejas Legacy #3: Chaining Lockets
Sandejas Legacy continues...
"He's still chained like a locket, not to me...but in someone else's neck."
Crest Veronica Sandejas is the high-maintenance fashionista heiress of Atty. Iñigo Sandejas. The ultimate kikay of the century, she loves shopping, glittery things, booze, and parties. She believes in living her life to the fullest because she can only have it once.
She loves spending money; she loves hanging out with friends and partying all night that her father could already imagine white strands of hair on his head. She's a happy-go-lucky woman, but behind those smiles lies the loneliest woman you'll ever meet.
Crest was living the life until she met that man with seductive gray eyes and a strict, cold face, Lt. Lorcan Keith Dmitrov, the man who would turn her life upside down.
She thought it was the start of her own happy ending, but soon realized she was not in a fairytale with rainbows and butterflies. Instead, they're in a dark fantasy, scary and twisted.
When the secrets from their past start unraveling and monsters start chasing them, what if the ends of the links locking them met? Will they be able to free themselves from the chains tied to them?