Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 254

Don’t talk superficial nonsense now. Our Phoebe’s a regular girl. That circus animal rampage was because some cruel trainer was mistreating them. What’s that got to do with our Phoebe?”

“What scares me is that Phoebe was talking to that black bear!”

In my memory, Dad seemed to be in so much pain and fear. As if I were some sort of

monster.

I’d completely forgotten these memories, but only the good ones remained.

“Edward… do we really need to send our daughter to a mental institution?”

“If we don’t do it now, later on… it might lead to something much worse, What if she ends up killing someone…”

“Stop it, just stop!”

“And last month, when your bestie brought Dexter over, just because we complimented Dexter a bit and mentioned the childhood betrothal, she let Howler scare the daylights out of him. Dexter is just an eight–year–old kid, for heaven’s sake. He was so scared he ran a high fever for days, and now he’s developed a phobia of dogs!”

In that dimly lit room, the sound of my parents‘ quarreling voices grew clearer in my memory as I stood outside the door, watching their silhouettes.

Indeed, I was sent to a mental institution.

been only five years

I hadn’t yet met Colin…

over this betrothal thing. Was that really why he’s been afraid of dogs since he was little? All because

“Foebe!”

are you okay?”

sound of sirens, Robin’s panicked voice.

“Phoebe!” Stella’s crying.

the ground, and as my consciousness returned,

a large, yellow–brown wolfhound, so much

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a handsome, black brown wolfhound

and I ran over, crying, to embrace the big wolfhound. Dit d please

the hospital.” Robin grabbed the wolfhound from my arms, using his shirt to staunch the

to check on me, fearing I’d been stabbed. But to the nurse’s surprise, I was unharmed.

“She’s not injured.”

at the dying assailant on the ground,

man…” I was shaking all over, looking

self–defense. They were after your

recollection of how I