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.

mustered the courage to move forward with

the face of the corpse, Robin 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

in the throes of a psychotic

one behind all

dialed the station, his call quickly followed by the wail of police sirens.

collapsed on the ground and suddenly broke down

“Phoebe… where’s Phoebe?”

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to look at the body, yet relieved it

the time Robin went out to find Colin, there was no trace of him

the sense of defeat and simply slumped to

would this cycle of murder finally end?

minutes. And she seems to have been calm at the time of death, which might be caused by drug effects,” the coroner briefly analyzed the

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

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

be… there was more than one

there two individuals acting together, yet with

similar methods?

the police back to the station, Robin immediately ordered a search for

Bring him

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

shivering.

sat beside her, leaning on her