Chapter 3.

The Perfect Mask.

The search for the girl spanned the entire estate, but obviously no one found anything. For days, officers were all over the house, in every room, everywhere, and it was difficult for him to go unnoticed. 

But Nihilborn had created gases that simulated a panic attack, and it was the perfect alibi for Tempus, who convinced them all by fainting in front of a police officer, apparently from having a panic attack.

The doctors then had to ask the officers to stay away from the boy so as not to cause a terminal heart condition. And so the officers left his room with complete satisfaction in Patrick's eyes. 

He wasted no time, and after checking that everything was locked so they couldn't open her door, he went straight to see how his sister was doing, whom Nihilborn had cared for days when there were no officers on his family's property. Seeing that she was still alive, the smile on his face was an excitement worthy of a sadistic poem...

He had deprived her of her sense of sight, she couldn't speak, and her four limbs were tied up. The knowledge that she was dominating others had inflated his young ego, and that was all that mattered to him...

Then, he took a butcher knife from Nihilborn's house and slid it across the girl's soft skin, causing the reddish liquid to begin to drip from her body, creating deviations in its place that invited him to taste her blood. So after having done so, he sank his teeth into her until she bled...

The screams of the girl's drowning was a trigger to continue, until Nihilborn pulled him away because he saw the repulsive desire in his colleague's eyes. It was a communication through their gazes; they understood each other perfectly because they both shared the same sadism...

Suddenly, an alarm went off, indicating that someone was knocking on Tempus's bedroom door, so he returned to his bathroom, pretending to cry for the loss of his sister...

His parents and the officers only saw a fragile boy with a melancholy that softened hearts and destroyed the feelings of his parents, who promised to bring the girl back home. 

However, their absence from the estate increased, allowing him greater freedom to carry out his evil plans with his sister, who no longer felt her limbs and had her jaw unhinged from being gagged for so long.

Nihilborn helped the little girl with her basic needs, but he didn't break his pact with his friend. He only watched her and took notes until Tempus asked him to fill a small water fountain and release the child into it.

Patrick kissed her forehead and inaudibly told her that he would always love her with all his heart, but that his desires were greater than his love. The girl nodded because she recognized her brother, but she didn't know that he was the one who had held her captive, and the last thing she felt was her body falling into the water and trembling from electric shocks...

As the water heated until her ears bled, Tempus cut his palm. After turning off the electricity in the water, he used wooden tweezers to remove the small wound he had left on his sister. 

As a final symbol of brotherly love, he placed his palm against the wound and asked his friend to dispose of the body with acid or dismember it, but that absolutely nothing of the girl could remain in this place. However, Nihilborn only listened, but did not hear.