Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 403

Stella looked at Colin, her eyes filled with concern. "Can Phoebe ever go back to her old self? She's kind of freaking me out."

Colin shrugged, his voice steady. "I like her any way she is."

"But don't you think she's a bit...scary? Too detached. I miss the old Phoebe," Stella pressed on.

"I like her any way she is," Colin repeated.

Stella sighed. "She seems too cold now."

Colin's voice cracked with emotion. "No... It's already perfect. At least you're alive. She has emotions now, at least... understands friendship."

I slowly opened my eyes, realizing I had dozed off against the wall.

Stella was praying non-stop, trying to distract herself with conversation.

"Can she really not go back? How terrifying will it be when she regains all her memories?" Stella's voice quivered slightly.

She was scared.

Scared I'd become a stranger to my own kin.

"What if Phoebe becomes emotionless again, like she used to be? What do we do then? She surely won't need us anymore..." Stella feared I'd abandon our friendship, Colin included. "It seems she truly didn't understand love..."

Colin looked down, a hint of sadness in his gaze, but he finally spoke. "I just want her to be alive."

To live well.

and the other 20% is all Phoebe, isn't it? Lovesick much?" Stella teased, trying to lighten

Colin seriously corrected her. "It

her eyes as she tossed a pebble she'd been fiddling with towards the sealed wall. "How come they haven't made

back," Colin

was

want them to

among them, it wasn't guaranteed

out who it is?" I asked

his eyes lighting up before he

mind his clinginess, letting him

"Not yet," he murmured.

coming." I heard

jumped up, excitedly banging on the

barrier,"

miracle we could hear anything

it was up to

The door creaked open.

not everyone

and an injured James among seven or

Bran?" I asked,

Stella's eyes

"Zoe ran off in another direction yelling Carter's name, and when the stone door moved, we got

Zoe, and Robin, worried about their safety,

silent, observing the injured among them. It seemed some didn't make it,