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.

I mustered the

exhaled in relief, but my

It wasn’t me.

gaze flickered wildly, his eyes beginning to burn with unshed tears. Then, like a man possessed, he ran out of the dorm

watched Colin in horror, unsure if he was in the throes of a psychotic break, the

be the one behind all

stick and dialed the station, his call quickly followed

collapsed on the ground and suddenly broke down in sobs.

“Phoebe… where’s Phoebe?”

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at the body, yet relieved

at the scene together. By the time Robin went out to find

gave up fighting the sense of defeat and simply slumped

of

of death, which might be caused by drug effects,” the coroner briefly analyzed the scene. “The victim has no ear piercings; the earring was forced through while

only been ten minutes? It took us half an hour just to get here with

I snapped my head up, my whole

it be… there was more

there

similar methods?

to the station, Robin immediately ordered a search

him. Bring him back safely.” He ordered.

lunatic’s behavior… he knew there was a body at the old orphanage, but not the exact location,” Stella said. She

shivering.

her, leaning