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

Robin exhaled in relief, but my soul

It wasn’t me.

eyes beginning to burn with unshed tears. Then, like a man possessed, he ran out of the dorm and screamed to the

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

the one behind all these

stick and dialed the station, his call

and suddenly broke

“Phoebe… where’s Phoebe?”

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look at the

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

up fighting the sense of defeat and simply slumped to the ground.

cycle of murder finally

to have been calm at the time 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 she was still alive.

it have only been ten minutes? It took us half an hour just

halted, and as I snapped my head

was more than one killer?

have an accomplice? Or were there two individuals acting together,

similar methods?

back to the station, Robin immediately ordered a search for Colin.

Bring him

the exact location,” Stella said. She was draped in a blanket, clutching

shivering.

her, leaning on her shoulder.