In the dark, the sound of a machine beeping softly entered Duncan’s ears, and his consciousness was pulled uncontrollably toward a certain direction.With a flash of light, Duncan opened his eyes and found himself in a familiar room; it was empty save for a single bed, and the surroundings were as bare as a barren lake with plain white walls surrounding Duncan from all sides.An open window stood off to one side, letting in a gentle breeze that cooled the air around Duncan, carrying with it the faint smell of flowers and gardens coming in from the outside.The layout of this room was very familiar to Duncan, having been in a similar room just a few hours ago. But this room in particular wasn’t any that Duncan had been in, and he began to wonder where he was.Beep!Beep!There was that beeping sound again—the very same one that had pulled Duncan’s consciousness to this place.The beeping didn’t come from this room, but by carefully listening, Duncan was able to pinpoint the direction i

Still in the hospital, everything around Duncan was vivid and real, like he had really returned to that night three years ago when all of this had originally taken place.This was around the time when Duncan’s curse had just activated and he was still new to the world of the supernatural.During this time, Duncan hadn’t quit the police force yet and he still retained his job as a detective. Particularly, Duncan was a cold case detective, specializing in investigating cold and abandoned cases that remained unsolved due to various reasons, like a lack of sufficient evidence, for instance.When it came to investigating cold cases, most of the time, the cases Duncan was assigned to would go on to remain unsolved, and sometimes Duncan would catch a lucky break and uncover critical evidence that would be vital in helping break the case wide open, thus leading to it being solved.Cases like this usually relied on a breakthrough in new technology to help assist in finding evidence or, sometim

“Excuse me, I’m looking for Detective Goodfellow. Are either of you him?”A sweet voice entered Duncan’s ears, triggering his memories even further.Lost in his thoughts, Duncan didn’t react immediately as he stared dumbly at the lady who had spoken, like a love-struck fool.For a second, there was silence, at which point Cade gave Duncan a strange look, wondering why he was acting this way. He was staring at the woman with such a fixated expression that he looked like a creep.Sure, the woman was gorgeous beyond words, but that wasn’t cause for one to stare so openly like that. Cade definitely hadn’t pegged Duncan for the type that would turn into an idiot at the sight of beauty—hell, if there was anyone like that it would be Cade himself, which made the entire situation seem even weirder.Fortunately, Cade responded on time, quickly replying to the lady, saying to her:“Haha. Please forgive my partner, he is a little overwhelmed right now from solving a lot of cases recently that he

Most supernatural entities were invisible to the naked eye. Except under certain circumstances, it is usually impossible to witness a supernatural entity's existence unless through their influence on the real world.Not even Duncan, despite his curse, could see other supernatural entities, so he was a bit surprised to be witnessing this cursed entity on Alice’s back for the first time.“Why can I see you?” Duncan asked himself.“Sorry?” Alice suddenly asked, a look of confusion appearing on her face as she looked at Duncan.Only then did Duncan realize that he had spoken out loud unconsciously.“Sorry, I was thinking about something else,” Duncan quickly apologized.“Please continue what you were saying.”But though Duncan said this, his eyes were still focused on the hanging woman behind Alice, his attention clearly not on their conversation at all.“Is there something behind me?” Alice asked as she turned around to look behind her.“No, why would you ask that?” Duncan asked as he fi

“Hold up a moment, miss, I just want to get this straight. What you’re saying is that you believe that somebody has been stalking you since you were little and has caused all sorts of accidents and unfortunate circumstances to happen to those around you, which has caused you to be alone throughout your life. Is that what you’re saying?”Cade was the person who spoke right now, his words tinged with obvious disbelief.After both he and Duncan listened to Alice’s plight, he couldn’t help himself from asking because of how absurd it all sounded.And to be fair, everything Alice said and explained sounded really too absurd and farfetched, and in the original encounter, Duncan’s reaction hadn’t been much different than Cade’s was right now.Yet, despite how ridiculous she came off and Cade’s reaction, Alice remained unfazed by the doubt and simply replied without any haste.“Yes, that is exactly what I am saying.”“I know how this sounds, and believe me, you guys are not the first people