Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 454

Before the guard could finish his sentence, a delivery truck hurtled our way out of nowhere.

"Bang!" That was the sound.

Instinctively, Colin wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into his embrace, shielding me from the impact.

But Damian... Damian wasn't so lucky. The truck sent him flying.

"Run... get out..." Damian's voice was raspy, barely there, as if he'd mustered all his strength for those words.

Get out.

He wasn't talking about escaping the immediate danger, but rather, like Truman from "The Truman Show," breaking free from a world under constant surveillance.

"Dr. Damian!" The hospital's security rushed over, surrounding Damian, and dialed 911 for an ambulance.

I stood frozen, my fingers numb.

Damian was a target too...

And me, I hadn't even come close to reaching Damian's level...

Who was behind all this? How could they be so terrifying?

a profound sense

we were no more

structures... You don't touch the interests of the elite unless you can fight your way in. Otherwise... if you threaten their

Damian's words echoed in my

of capital and conspiracy, nations and wars, to neighborhood gossip and

darkness grow with one's station, shifting

around Phoebe and me?" I

squeezed my fingers back. "To me, you're always the protagonist, but I don't want to

if... I'm not really Phoebe?" I looked

that my memories were just part of some experiment, an implant? What would Colin

What could he do...

a heat rising in my

hand to Colin's face, resting my forehead against his. It all seemed so unfair to him; he'd suffered too much for Phoebe. If the truth turned out to

of that outcome made my heart ache as if it were

didn't know if it was the memories or if I had truly been reborn... I wasn't even sure if I

world was

Colin's

didn't know if he had some truth that I didn't, or if he was just deluding

a scientific perspective,

soul rebirth and parallel universes is plausible. We can't deny the unknown just because science hasn't affirmed it yet..." Colin pulled me into a corner, cradling my face.

to the

always striving to

ambulance arrived,