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.

a deep breath, I mustered the courage to move forward with

of the corpse, Robin exhaled in relief, but my soul tightened even more.

It wasn’t me.

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

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

be the one behind all these killings?

station, his call quickly followed

ground and suddenly broke

“Phoebe… where’s Phoebe?”

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was too scared to look at the body, yet relieved it wasn’t mine.

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

of defeat and simply

of

in no more than ten minutes. And she seems to have been calm at the time of death, which might be

analysis, I laughed weakly. How could it have only been ten minutes? It

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

there was

there two individuals acting together,

similar methods?

police back to the station, Robin immediately ordered

him. Bring

knew there was a body at the old orphanage, but not the exact location,”

shivering.

beside her, leaning on