Chapter 1

From childhood, I was fiercely protective of my sister. No one was allowed to hurt her.

My uncle used to mock my sister, calling her 'simple-minded,' and even encouraged other kids to treat her like a dog, riding on her back.

Without a second thought, I squeezed his son's mouth open and force-fed him pesticide.

"You love watching 'idiots,' huh? Well, now you'll have one of your own to watch."

The old bachelor, taking advantage of the twilight quiet, tried to lure my sister into his room with hard candies.

I grabbed the cleaver and, with one swift chop, severed his 'sinful flesh.'

"That pathetic little thing, and he dared to eye my sister? It's not even enough to get stuck in a dog's teeth!"

The villagers would scatter whenever they saw me, whispering behind my mother's back that she'd birthed two daughters: one an idiot, the other a lunatic.

My parents, terrified I'd cause another death, had no choice but to painfully commit me to an asylum.

I was locked away for ten years.

When I was finally released, Mom called me, sobbing.

"Chloe, please, come to the hospital first. Your sister… she's barely hanging on."

"Your brother-in-law, just to amuse his mistress, tied her in a dog kennel for three days and three nights. Her body was so mangled, there wasn't a single unbitten patch of skin."

I said nothing. I hung up the phone, gripped a heavy iron bar, and rushed to the Sterling estate.

When Derek Sterling and his mistress returned, I was stirring the meat in the pot, and I flashed them a smile.

"Hungry? Dinner's ready."