Chapter 1The Zodiac Curse

Two years ago, I got a rabbit, and my father died.

One year ago, I got a hamster, and my sister died.

This year, I got a dog.

While walking the dog, a woman blocked my path.

She stared straight at me and said, "Girl, your family is under a Zodiac Curse. If you were born in the Year of the Dog, and a dog enters your home, you will surely die!"

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The woman's words made my head explode.

I looked up at her and noticed her strange attire.

A mask covered half her face, and her exposed eyes shot out a cold light.

I instinctively backed away, but she pressed closer step by step:

"Many people have died in your family in the last two years, right? Did someone die every time you brought an animal home?

"Did they die horribly? Like they were slaughtered, with no whole corpse left?

"Now that a dog has entered, if anyone in your family belongs to the Dog zodiac, they will die even more tragically than the others!"

My head banged against the wall, cold sweat pouring down.

It was true. My dad was a Rabbit, and my sister was a Rat.

And I... I am a Dog.

The year I raised the rabbit, my dad was torn apart by an excavator.

The year I raised the hamster, my sister was ground to bits by a mixer.

The day after they died, the rabbit and hamster both mysteriously disappeared.

Thinking about this made my scalp tingle.

"Girl, the Zodiac Curse is a half-month curse. From the day the dog enters, the cursed person has only 15 days to live. If you can find the perpetrator in the remaining time, kill the dog, and feed at least 500ml of its blood back to them, you might live!"

After speaking, the woman turned to leave.

As if remembering something, she dropped a sentence:

"Closest kin or deadliest poison. If you don't understand, you can find me here at this time tomorrow."