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Acid, Betrayal, Rebirth: Hunting the Real Monster Novel Cover

Acid, Betrayal, Rebirth: Hunting the Real Monster

Falsely accused of a series of brutal assaults in Fenborough, the protagonist faces a nightmare when his wife, Natalie, attacks him with sulfuric acid. Despite a DNA match confirming his guilt, he maintains his innocence until a mob of victims beats him to death. His parents collapse in grief as he dies on the operating table, only to wake up on the day the crimes started. Now reborn, he must navigate a web of betrayal and horror to find the real monster and clear his name.
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Chapter 3

Natalie clapped her hands. I caught a flash of anger and hatred in her eyes.

Immediately, I heard a great deal of commotion outside the house. The front door burst open, and all the victims and their family members charged toward me.

Frowning, I checked the time. I was caught off guard to find that everything was happening earlier than it had in my previous lifetime. Back then, Natalie had brought the people to the house the next day. They'd broken my legs to leave me crippled, and I ended up dying on the operating table.

Natalie even brought Harvey back to the house earlier this time around.

Could it be that one of them had also been reborn?

I took a step back in disbelief. How could this be happening?

A middle-aged woman came clawing at me like a maniac, and all the women were hurling the worst insults at me.

"You monster! Why did you ruin my daughter's life? I'm going to make you pay for what you did to her!"

"My daughter jumped off a building to take her own life because of you! She'd only just graduated from college. She had her whole life ahead of her! You're not even fit to be called a human!"

"I'm going to cut your hands off to avenge my daughter!"

On and on they went. I could barely breathe as they surrounded me and attacked me, both physically and verbally.

This situation made me freeze for a moment. After taking a deep breath, I tried to make my escape, but Harvey held me in place and bellowed, "How dare you try to run after assaulting so many women? What makes you think you can get away with it, huh? You need to pay for your crimes!"

My brows knitted as I tried to break free, but no matter how hard I struggled, I couldn't get out of his grip.

Natalie came up to me, crying so hard that tears and snot ran down her face. She grabbed me by the collar and cried out in anguish, "How could you do this! How is this fair to me?"

Everyone was scowling at me. Their expressions were filled with bitter hatred.

Still, for the life of me, I couldn't understand why everything was being pinned on me.

The crowd kept me restrained as they continued attacking me. Some hit me with bats, while others slapped my face repeatedly.

I couldn't overpower them, so I grabbed a vase from the table next to me and threw it onto the floor. Once it shattered, I ducked down to get one of the porcelain shards.

Immediately, I held it against the neck of one of the women and shouted, "Get back, all of you! Take one step closer, and I'll kill her!"

Instantly, everyone fell silent.

I stood there, gasping for breath as I stared at them. Blood was flowing out of the wounds that covered my entire body.

My mind went back to all the suffering I had to endure in my previous life. I couldn't let that happen again this time.

With my head held high, I declared, "There's no way I could've hurt all of those women alone in a single night. If you don't believe me, we can ask the property management office to show us the security footage of the apartment compound. It'll prove that I was home yesterday.

"Someone must have tampered with the security cameras in this house. If I find out who did it, I won't let them get away with it!"

The crowd exchanged looks and eased up a little, but one of the women standing beside Natalie became even more enraged.

"Don't give me that bullshit! My daughter told me it was you who hurt her! She would never forget that face of yours! After what you did to her, you're going to pay for it with your life!"

I didn't want to waste any more time defending myself to them. I just wanted to get to the bottom of everything.

With a hostage still in hand, I started heading for the front door. None of them dared to get near me.

Just as I was about to exit the house, I saw a few police officers standing on the doorstep. Once they saw me, the lead officer said, "Cameron Stuart, I'm going to need you to come with us."

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