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 courage to move

of the corpse, Robin exhaled in relief, but my soul

It wasn’t me.

staggered backwards, falling to the ground. His gaze flickered wildly, his eyes beginning to burn with unshed tears. Then, like a man possessed, he ran out of the

if he was in the throes of a psychotic break, the kind with

he unknowingly be the one behind all these

Robin dropped the stick and dialed the station, his call quickly followed by the wail of police

collapsed on the ground and suddenly

“Phoebe… where’s Phoebe?”

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too scared to look at the body, yet relieved it

and coroners arrived at the scene together. By the time Robin went out to find Colin, there was no

fighting the sense of defeat and simply slumped to

cycle of

death, which might be caused by drug

the coroner’s analysis, I laughed weakly. How could it have only been ten minutes? It took us half

I snapped my head up, my

be… there was more

an accomplice? Or were there two individuals acting together, yet with eerily

similar methods?

the station, Robin immediately ordered a search

him, but don’t spook him. Bring him back safely.”

the old orphanage, but not the exact location,” Stella said. She was draped in a blanket, clutching a mug of hot

shivering.

sat beside her, leaning