Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 306

"Phoebe..." Dexter's voice carried an edge of desperation, the sting of mistrust tasted all too familiar now. "Why can't you just trust me once? Caleb is dangerous, and you should be running the other way, not... not falling for him. He's deceiving you, playing on the fact that you've forgotten your past. Dr. Damian told me that Caleb is a psychopath; he lacks empathy, incapable of love. His mind, his vision, it's all consumed by obsession—not a soul in sight."

I tuned Dexter out. He was relentless in his bad-mouthing of Colin.

"Foebe?" As I stepped into the hospital, Robin caught sight of me. "What happened? Are you hurt?"

I shook my head, pointing a thumb at Dexter. "Him."

A nurse approached to assess Dexter's injuries and ushered him off to the treatment room.

I whispered, "Henry's men."

Robin nodded in understanding. "Stay inside if you can."

"Why are you here?"

it out. The victim's still hanging on, fighting for his life. The assailant was sloppy, panicked—didn't make sure the target was dead before

acknowledgment. "So if the victim wakes up, he could

there's a puppet master behind all

with me. "This person, another parent searching for his child, an eighteen- year-old gone for

are parents driven to the brink by the loss of their

and killer were one and

kids all go missing at the same time?" I wondered aloud, suspecting these disappearances were connected to the shadowy

is a commonality—the missing kids all had...

or...?"

checked our surroundings. "The so-called 'genius disease.' They say these

Both extremes.

took a deep breath,

head pounded as if

missing children, all diagnosed with Asperger's

was written that I too was a 'problem' child diagnosed with

bit of a loner, I was neither a genius nor