Malachi

By dawn, the grim reality of the night’s events began to surface. Reports of multiple murders trickled in, each more gruesome than the last.

The police had already cordoned off the crime scenes, but the details leaked out: the killings were the work of a single, methodical individual. Each victim had been mutilated, their hearts surgically removed and their bodies mangled, with several key bones missing from the skeletal remains. The motive was a void, and the selection of homes ...