Chapter 9

Minutes later, detective Claire and her team arrived at the scene. As usual, before they could get to the bloody cadaver, they walked around the scene looking for anything that could give them a clue as to what had happened to the young girl. As Claire’s eyes scanned the crowd, she noticed her sister, her friends and Adams had already surrounded the scene as well.

Everything including the music that was playing at the dais had halted giving way to the ear-piercing screams. To the students, it became a sorrowful and shocking night; a very dreadful moment. They had not seen such an incident in their school involving one of their colleagues for quite a long time. To make matters worse, the body of the girl in question seemed torn apart. The body had huge, deep crosscuts and puncture marks looking like stings from bees on steroids or an animal with colossal fangs.

The very much-awaited cultural festival had come to its impromptu end at the very beginning. One could easil