Malik's thoughts

"You don't want to fully come to the fact that this serial killer is operating on a cycle. Every week one kill, that means, from the time you found Emily Wilson, it means that he is holding another victim captive and she is undergoing inhuman torture, right now." Malik did not waste a single moment to rip open the bandage even without touching Arlen. 

A pained expression crossed Arlen's face and Malik sighed.

"I think that it is interesting you feel so guilty when the killer is probably having wine and cheese without a single shred of guilt." He decided to be kinder, considering this person is his friend's lover and his lover's brother. "Feeling guilty that you have not caught the killer. Are you an oracle hiding your power, or perhaps, a god? Did you hand the knife to the killer in some sort of hide-or-seek game?"

"Of course not. I don't think that I am…" Arlen hurried to reply.