Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 72

“I don’t care what you’re after but cut the act. There’s no replacing Phoebe for me; nobody can just step into her shoes,” Stella said sternly.

I couldn’t help but smile, warmth flooding my heart. “Stella, when will you finally believe I am Phoebe?”

Stella scoffed. “I’m out of here. Make your own way back.”

I nodded and left Nocturne.

Standing at the doorway, I took in the scene before me. This place… it’s where I used to get pushed around by Dexter and his cronies and harassed by the drunkards.

It felt like a lifetime ago, yet everything had changed.

“Snap.”

Just as I stepped out of Nocturne, I heard something behind me. On alert, I turned to see a figure darting out of sight.

Furrowing my brows, I took a cautious step back, feeling an inexplicable panic.

Ever since I entered Nocturne today, I felt like someone was watching me. That feeling hadn’t left me.

Maybe it was because I died once before, but my senses seemed heightened now.

step back. This sensation was identical to when I encountered the murderer on Tangle

“Snap.”

echoed from the alley, where a tall figure in a raincoat held a

retreated in horror,

something else, my legs felt incredibly heavy.”

chest heaved with rapid breaths as if he had run to me in a frantic worry.

pleasing scent about him, calming my racing

jacket over me.

clothes, looking up

got out or where he got these clothes.

was deserted,

it have been my imagination? Stress

Chapter 72

didn’t speak; he just held me close, his gaze

you get out?” I

around me and taking my hand to

if we had known each other for ages.

did he seem so

my temples, guiding Colin towards a taxi.

I noticed Colin’s bare feet, wounds reopened and leaving a trail of

“You ran out in such a hurry just to find