Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 47

Stella followed Robin, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Dexter trailed behind the group, silent, his face a ghastly shade of pale.

I glanced at Dexter and couldn’t help but laugh.

The police had finally found my body. With that discovery, Dexter was truly free at last. He probably couldn’t wait for me to be out of the picture.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Robin asked Stella again before they got into the car.

Her complexion was ashen, and her legs nearly gave out as she climbed into the car.

I instinctively reached out to steady her, but it was futile: my hands passed right through her body.

I couldn’t touch anyone.

“She’s not dead.” Dexter said, furrowing his brow as if he still held onto some hope.

Stella shot Dexter a look full of loathing before getting into the car.

I sat next to Stella, staring blankly out the window.

long since evaporated. He and Melody had done me in, and whatever love or loyalty there was had been spent.

been cordoned off by the police, with officers patrolling all

parked nearby, though they seemed

was clear this was the scene of the initial crime in a string

I

were ambulances? I was definitely already

wasn’t this cellar found during the previous searches?” The higher–ups were on scene. considering the gravity of the case.

been deserted for ages. Without any blueprints, that

curious about the cellar, located beneath a small storage shed behind the abandoned yard, with a wooden floor

place; I had been unconscious when the killer dragged me in, and by the time I came to, I was already in that dim space without any idea how I got

if you searched a dozen times.

was me,” Cory said, puzzled. “Strange… I was here several times

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if he had simply not been observant enough the day before.

find it,” Robin said, his expression grim as he lit at cigarette. This killer was

is the killer, right?” Cory

is setting him up to take the

group fell silent, standing at the mouth of the cellar, hesitant to go down.