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The Brilliant Pathologist And Her Stoic Cop

Author: Xi Jin

Chapter 1

Word Count: 927 | Released on: 06/05/2026

suture needle through the cold, g

She pulled the thick thread tight, clo

immediately handed over a

ipped th

resting on the stainless-steel counter vibrated violently. It rattled

nced at t

ashed a single n

ebrows. Dana never called her during work hour

gloves. They snapped against her wrists bef

nd pressed the sp

voice on th

nd deliberately muffled, like someone tr

stantly lost their relaxed focus, sha

Kylee demanded, her vo

it barely registered over the hum of the morgu

ain c

he blood drained from her face, leaving h

ain

ve. It didn't mean imminent danger. It meant the

d echoed through the phone. It sounded li

dead

nter and hit redial. Her thumb press

ched is turned off," the

f her protective gown, ripped it down the m

autopsy room, her stri

up the direct line for Homicide Detective Justi

e click

ustice's deep, gravelly voice complained

ent. Right now," Kylee said. Her voice was terrif

d. "Kylee? Wh

r fingernails digging into her own palm. "She gave me

up hitting a trash can

way," Jus

nted out of the medical examiner's building and th

into drive and pressed t

quealing as she executed a highly illegal

SUV skidded to a halt in fro

uiser pulled in right behind

rs of the lobby. Justice already

led security guard. "NYPD. We need the

s. Garner just came up half an hour ag

eycard from the guar

he elevator. Justice hit the b

jaw was clenched tight, the muscl

dinged. The d

plush, carpeted hal

ckles rapping against the hea

ence ans

ssed her face against the carpet, l

seeped

roat. It was incredibly faint, pushed out by the p

r alm

y. Her stomach plummete

down," sh

, raised his leg, and drove the heel of his boo

d with a loud crack and swung i

shed into the dim entryway. Ky

d the modern kitchen. Her vision tunneled

g on the whit

Her eyes were closed. Her hands we

orrifying, unnatural

stared at the quiet, unmovi

ise and fall.

Chapter End

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Xi Jin Romance

“Dr. Kylee Mcdonald was a brilliant medical examiner whose life was defined by cold, mechanical precision. But that perfect control shattered when her phone rang in the middle of an autopsy. It was her best friend, Dana, whispering their old college distress code. "Curtain call." By the time Kylee and Detective Justice kicked down Dana's door, she lay dead on her couch, her skin a horrifying cherry-red from cyanide. The crime scene was clumsily staged to frame a billionaire suitor, but soon, every single suspect linked to Dana turned up violently dead. Internal Affairs pointed the finger at Kylee, accusing her of using her medical expertise to become a vigilante serial killer. But the encrypted truth Kylee uncovered was far more chilling. Dana had been severely abused by her boyfriend, and driven to the edge, she manipulated him into murdering their tormentors before executing him and taking her own life. To avoid a public scandal, the police chief buried Dana's brilliant, terrifying manifesto. Kylee's flawless mind short-circuited. She was a genius at reading the dead, so why had she been completely blind to the living hell her best friend endured right in front of her? Three days later, while attending a formal gala to numb her grief, a nearby apartment building exploded in flames. As Kylee examined the charred bodies pulled from the rubble, she realized the male victim was strangled long before the fire started. She looked at the surviving mother, whose baby had just died in the blast, but the woman's eyes were completely, terrifyingly empty. The alarm bells in Kylee's meticulously ordered brain began to chime, signaling that a new, deadly script had just begun.”