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.

breath, I mustered the courage to move forward with Robin.

the corpse, Robin exhaled in relief, but

It wasn’t me.

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 dorm and screamed to the void, “Get out…

unsure if he was in the throes of

one behind all these killings?

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

the ground and suddenly broke down in sobs.

“Phoebe… where’s Phoebe?”

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at the body, yet relieved it wasn’t mine.

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

gave up fighting the sense of defeat and simply slumped to

cycle of

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.

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

halted, and as I snapped my head up, my whole body

it be… there was more

there two individuals acting together, yet with eerily

similar methods?

station, Robin immediately ordered

him. Bring him back

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

shivering.

sat beside her, leaning on her