Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 26

Stella cowered behind Robin, too terrified to look.

Colin was the first to walk in. He was limping slowly, each step seeming to take an eternity.

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I felt he was shaking. I couldn’t tell if this trembling was out of fear or excitement.

“Phoebe…” His voice was a hoarse and grating rasp, the ruin of his vocals let out a suffocating

timbre.

“Phoebe?” Robin echoed, frowning as he turned on his phone’s flashlight.

“Thud!”

A dull sound as the woman who had been standing slumped straight onto the floor.

Robin’s expression darkened. He swiftly grabbed a stick nearby, holding it defensively as he scanned the area.

What lay before them was a body.

“Ah!” Stella, atter all was just a med student. Even with a tough exterior, she just never saw a real dead body. She screamed, covering her eyes and crouching down.

It took her a moment to lower her hands. She was crying as she asked Robin, “Robin… my legs have gone numb. I can’t look. Please check for me. Please see if it’s Phoebe…”

She didn’t dare confirm if the body was me.

And honestly, neither did I dare look.

deep breath, I mustered the courage to move forward

the corpse, Robin exhaled in relief, but my soul

It wasn’t me.

with unshed tears. Then, like a man possessed, he ran out of the dorm and screamed to the void, “Get out…

throes of a psychotic break, the kind with an

unknowingly be the one behind all these

stick and dialed the station, his call quickly followed by the wail of police sirens.

the ground and suddenly broke down in

“Phoebe… where’s Phoebe?”

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was too scared to look at the body, yet relieved it

police and coroners arrived at the scene together. By the time Robin went out to

of defeat and simply

cycle of murder finally end?

to be around twenty–three years old. Her skin is still elastic, probably dead in no more than ten minutes. And she seems to have been calm at the time of death, which might be caused by drug effects,”

analysis, I laughed weakly. How could it have only been ten minutes? It took us half an hour just to get here with

snapped my head up, my whole body

was

have an accomplice? Or were there two

similar methods?

station, Robin immediately ordered a search

Bring him back

not the exact location,” Stella said. She was

shivering.

sat beside her, leaning on