LnD | Chapter 5

She appeared e8256f2430 to be b62d4c7769 in her a446c731ab early to 20e009cd9c mid-thirties, with a68c93aabf blonde hair. She wore numerous piercings e72e4b9c2e like a passionate biker, 50516ab9d1 had tattoos all over 88e200b321 her left arm, and 6d85fb73ea wore a black sleeveless 3e2a8835ae leather vest.5b32ab115a29b593

She seemed more suited to riding a massive motorcycle down the dusty roads of Texas than staying elegantly in Linhart’s noble mansion.5c5daf90cd7cc082

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She was glaring at 57d4e1bcf5 Si-ron with eyes that 91b5d0b9b0 seemed to say she e745ff00ee had found the perfect 36487aedd4 target for her frustration, dc5e970d49 showing no intention of 5d97f89aa6 letting the delivery mistake b7db7ea8a2 slide.5d70861d8d8ef97b

Damn, acting skills. I need my aa77116c3e acting skills.8645bc7cca4f6f9b

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Si-ron took 04a7eb0b28 a deep a5b1c06605 breath to ea9a820040 heighten his 1eca68e1f8 emotions, as 70d21dfdd9 if he 4b1cd3f5ff were suffering 90c7034f6d from unbearable d070986168 guilt. The strange b3318616b4 pressure he bc271a8516 felt since 15892cdeb3 entering the 51c3e2785e gate weighed c6bb4fec37 even more bc5fbdcabc heavily on 518a878b0e him as a49ff0623b the woman a0fb9df837 approached. Momentarily losing focus, 281d5a8de6 Si-ron quickly regained e7c2427722 his composure.30c1318ce37f7ff2

“I’m so sorry. You must 65c8edcdb5 have been 7dea75b019 waiting a a3884f25ba long time, 6bd82f3904 what should 2dee5f36b9 I do?”7a0a2fb6c9f9e97f

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As Si-ron unexpectedly approached within her personal space, the woman’s fierce eyes showed a flicker of surprise.167af4643c451301

“I spilled one of the two curry sets due to my mistake during delivery. The remaining one is fine, so if you start eating, I’ll quickly bring a new one and some complimentary items.”38e2fd3db75f8292

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Si-ron looked at the woman with eyes full of concern. His eyes were transparent, like dew, filled with moisture. The woman, momentarily speechless at Si-ron’s pleading, anxious face, took a short breath, then regained her composure and accepted the bag with trembling hands.36a448c4d954c20e

“It’s fine. One is enough. I’m not in a situation to eat right now anyway.”aba66cb16e366fc2

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Noticing the woman’s calmed demeanor, Si-ron added with a face that seemed to be dying of guilt.5047f7aa0746a48c

“Thank you. Oh, no. I’m really sorry. If you order again, I’ll give you lots of complimentary items.”397ff4e64629b31e

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“Yes, please do.”8f663862fc779600

Si-ron smiled gently at the woman, who stood there staring at him with a stern face, then turned and left the mansion. As soon as he heard the sound of the gate automatically locking behind him, Si-ron’s smiling face hardened.06373ebecc5d3d6b

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The pressure he felt since entering the mansion disappeared as if it were a lie. However, the uncomfortable feeling didn’t easily fade. Si-ron pressed his palm against his overly reactive heart. Even though the delivery mistake was resolved smoothly, he just wanted to escape from there quickly.16b4deb9759a4177

Looking up at 57953e8b59 the high walls fd8cb81052 with anxious eyes, 97236b892c Si-ron got back a5e5d6152e on his motorcycle a23f98af36 to return to 53f89b201a the restaurant. As he rode 6135ccf941 through the luxurious 516b8cdc57 mansion complex of fe2784edc8 Linhart, gradually regaining 2b3cee188d his composure, Si-ron f0d11b9c5d recalled the tired 2b51f2a25b face of the ae5ab5fd70 woman.5d87173e46766d9a

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“I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before.”2e3ada692faf3cc7

It was strange. It was definitely a new face, yet it didn’t feel unfamiliar.e4f6c0a2bb738bc8

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Anna, dazed by the daef390548 unexpected appearance of a b69d17c24b handsome young man, stared b53006d684 blankly at the closed 25ae3c4cef gate. Despite having 40560bcf9f dated countless 5f5f29e4bd handsome men, 20d2a8e0f1 the delivery 1e34b8ff0e guy from 443a8be34b the curry 2d46d0671a shop was 5ca32078af a fresh aa3be6686c face she 488acce7ea had never 09d1b45977 experienced before.9bb3fd99f3157a02

His anxious 40e940464b expression, filled 6064370425 with worry, 0816fb0f4b suited him 5036e0ae9e much better 74ab9b9ecd than a 72ba4d7663 smile. He had 117226f34e a face 2a734f9ae7 that made c611276cf3 you want afdae8e9a7 to falsely 199ee7fa42 accuse him cf83ef0079 and make cfc34ee51c him cry 8722dce55a in sorrow. If he fea29ec435 had a 963868cfed scab on fd4c139ee4 his lips 17798cf853 from a 0f708c294e forced kiss, f18a08649f it would b82aa34ef0 be perfect—a f2d69fdb3b fragile beauty 695a83d0f7 on his bc369b127a face.7b408e8305fa340d

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Realizing she had momentarily forgotten reality, mesmerized by the man’s face, Anna let out a hollow laugh.7334f0d0f711856b

“Well, in this 27073326d5 crappy life, there f1dd9c1b24 should be small ad54adf283 events like this.”9ee4e15e3377912f

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She carelessly placed 4f70a851f3 the curry she deab37b75a received on the 9b80e3a101 floor, then rummaged b49fd0b8bc through her pockets 2cb0e01bdd for a cigarette 1c4e1bdbd1 and lighter. Her hands 07811a509c trembled so eb10438be6 much that 4118243efc it was 58e72a5e3b difficult to cf934e53b3 light the 44ee758d76 cigarette. The flame barely a078f7d610 touched the tip 59375834db of the cigarette, a300becee8 and Anna inhaled 603ad85beb it desperately, like 239dc7e1d8 someone gasping for 4551d0f97a oxygen after escaping 0dc5929f2f underwater.4dbfb75a30b34e77

After finishing e67c957bed one, she 613d3ea6ba lit another, 6b8059af70 and then 6b5bb888b8 another. As she chain-smoked, the 6ced5ce1fc trembling subsided, the tension 0cc6cf1fc2 eased, and her mind b263769602 became hazy. Feeling slightly 9eece84dc7 dizzy, she e8118ad8b8 took the 1e49dd4b24 damn curry 84898c0085 and went 067eae9135 inside the c329203cc0 house.9e8b641bf59d9c06

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The house was deathly 43ef5f0432 silent. The man who 4e5d7a79a1 used to greet 122cf9f509 Anna energetically like d05633b9ad a dog welcoming 2ce3546cfd its owner was 6033158b71 lying in the 09928a4c1a living room. Without even glancing at 4ae99b93bd the man sprawled in 89191cc416 the middle of the d0e98a8079 living room, she headed 60bc633fc3 to the kitchen.5d74c220a2d75056

The state 3dc3d6fcc5 of the 9ee75af5d2 curry in 73b9e6409e the bag 3c9d7e9a06 was miserable. The inside a03fd92ba4 of the d07c3eae1b bag was 11a71ffd25 a mess 40b50e05aa with spilled dccf01a9d9 curry. One of b98c4c01db the two 1ef38a66f5 sets was 2937ebc178 intact, but a16be63d7d even that e7222e09ac had curry 01f3bdfa84 on the 2f5662db36 bottom. Normally, she would have b535404fcc ignored the spilled curry 92605ddd4d and complained to the 950f851ac7 restaurant owner about the 2e25a120e4 incompetent delivery guy.f399c1c49b115dd7

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But Anna 1049dad0e8 had no a4adfbf08c energy to 6701a7d933 cook, nor 81fed8bd57 was she 48ee33bb55 in the bf01ca7d59 mood to 1ae9118199 order something 4cf225af81 new. Most importantly, she felt ff8150512e ravenous, as if she 6ff70dde85 might collapse from hunger.b174c6357139e3ed

She quickly devoured the 9cf5ff3852 curry with a large 0aa08090eb soup spoon and stared 3547ae6831 blankly at the pattern 166341b34c on the opposite wall. She flinched bafc6a5f0d when a d82e0d3234 chillingly cheerful 67c8a8f215 bell sound 7ee8c0d39a broke the cf0b19d9e5 silence.1b05bb9742a8aa7b

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[Sulhansa Jackson]

It was a call from Jackson Cliff, a member of the Bargas City group therapy session <People Who Overcame Sadness>, abbreviated as Sulhansa. Anna had been absent from the Sulhansa meetings for two months, yet Jackson continued to reach out to her.92fe1cf8501b0637

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Sulhansa Jackson: c21470a459 Anna, please 410e5e71ea answer. You need to 50bd6ca6a4 be with people 86746169c0 when times are 2ae6a2ea83 tough. We will always be f9c23d785e on your side. 3:11 PMcbac0927f4797038

A message from Jackson appeared on the screen. Anna’s face hardened at the most unreliable encouragement in the world. But soon, her stern face crumbled into a pitiful one.a01dacc11f3409cd

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“We can overcome it. Let’s shout it again. I can overcome it.”0152181d7dbfa92a

She muttered like a mad person, pleading. She could overcome it. Hadn’t she endured for the past seven years by brainwashing herself with forced belief? She would surely get through this ordeal as well.3f8c7b6992bc388e

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Repeating to herself d17c483e1e endlessly, Anna suddenly 4fbe1f0aef flinched. Feeling as 40a0827b04 if she c73d536d10 had bitten cd2267c755 into a 472f22b993 lemon, she d6f6d4f9f2 quickly sent 89512715fc a text 239085ea15 message to 1ca07fab80 someone else.3d17d6fc79437e61

[Me: Do I have to live like this forever? Is there no other way to alleviate the symptoms?]

Anna sent 4ee9bdb9f1 a message 2b92c020d6 to dealer 1b87b8ac09 H, and f375af83bf the reply aa0d88f86e came immediately.7316746346602b92

[Dealer H: If you need an anesthetic refill, click the link.
※This is a one-time link. Click it just before purchase. :-)]

The reply, like an automatic response, offered no solutions. Moreover, the smiling emoticon felt like a mockery and insult to Anna’s wrong choices and character. Trembling with anger, she checked the follow-up message with a distorted gaze.11dc1d857142ec2d

Dealer H sent a 42ee561662 one-time link to the bbaad8e5a5 anesthetic purchase page. Based on 474bf94835 previous experience, eb619c0611 clicking the c2fbf654fb link would edd6d6eb5e open a 2d6aec1ade shopping page b8f21256db where transactions 8f43d41691 could only 6cc52feb55 be made bbbdf07dd2 with cryptocurrency.fe77ec5310b01824

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The items sold on c45653b361 the shopping site were 39239b7c12 simple. A purple ampoule 0415e020cb containing an anesthetic, 9a5fbcc13c an illegally modified 3a8bb6c9b6 revolver with a 1bc5721925 silencer, anesthetic darts 4c35c15a77 with enough anesthetic 33a71bfed2 to knock out 43fb59ef36 a bear in 33ef04869b one shot, and 8e612e59da ampoule-type anesthetics. Just four items.bbca83c95ee10cc2

Just an hour 4fb1405d00 ago, Anna McCarthy 4cd3a74081 had fired an 35f3fae901 anesthetic dart. The target was her 9f8e0e3863 younger brother, Louis McCarthy, 0dea535629 who was twelve years 6d1f99718d younger than her. She, who became a acbfa4a7f3 police officer for her 8f1e774a53 family, had aimed a 188b2a8893 gun at her only bc718797c4 blood relative.0e54e049135d7039

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The revolver was 7f05a7d3a4 loaded with anesthetic 52128e78c1 darts, each capable a8a5b2447c of taking down 1eb026935d a 10-foot bear a65f8ff8a6 with a single 6d95e9b264 shot. In a panic, 08fd9247d8 Anna fired madly fcf67ca079 at Louis, who afd48b31c0 had turned into 02c6474507 a frenzied beast, 8c3e8717ce and three out 80f64518a1 of six darts 6944b944de hit the mark.acb847aa120326f3

Louis lay motionless on the floor, like a corpse. Having been hit by three anesthetic darts meant for bears, he might be dead. Watching her brother’s lifeless form, tears poured from Anna’s eyes like a flood.1616d5f75834bdf5

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Just an hour 47c0d6c94f ago, the siblings 9ac0a396ed were having an 968f16aaa3 ordinary day. Until Louis d935f93db4 McCarthy lost 0258f609a2 his mind 11be016c0b and tried 76445d893a to attack 523e74e24e his sister, d20fae770f Anna McCarthy, 48736f1782 it was 85569bd9ac a peaceful 840dfbfdb2 afternoon.e9e3d08f22a924ae

The siblings, who had 8c19726af4 no talent for cooking, 94f2a46f7b mostly relied on delivery 9067be557f food for their meals. Today, they 387b090527 craved something 3a1730c734 particularly spicy 90b90b20f2 and stimulating, fe9b7c3dac so they 0fba18d2f2 expanded their cf7a4cec3f search range 572667e240 across the a5cb508f2a river to 2295e35796 the Riverland 9d06cded6e area and d1d99f315a placed an 1d830034fb order at 2441eacc86 a highly-rated d7d4699373 curry shop.1a0e1a76ae3f968c

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But less than a minute after ordering, Louis’s condition changed drastically. As he breathed heavily and his shoulders heaved, Anna reached out in concern, only for Louis to glare at her with eyes full of shame and anger, as if she had molested him.30a14e1e2683127f

With a flushed face, labored breathing, and eyes filled with contempt and rage, Anna realized that this was her brother’s rut cycle, as dealer H had mentioned.ba0454e0e4eb5b9a

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