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 Lane..

“Snap.”

from the alley, where a tall figure in a

horror,

else,

suddenly crashed into a solid embrace. His chest heaved with rapid breaths as if he

scent about him, calming my

draping his jacket over me. “I’m here…

clothes, looking up to see it was

how he got out or where he got

fearfully back, the alley was deserted,

been my imagination? Stress playing tricks on me?

Chapter 72

didn’t speak; he just held me close, his gaze fixed on the alley, icy

get out?” I whispered.

jacket tighter around me and taking my hand to lead me away.

natural as if we had known each other for ages.

Colin’s back, why did he seem so familiar?

head began to ache as I rubbed my temples, guiding Colin

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

out in such a hurry

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