Chapter 496

"No one knows about our secret little island," Colin mumbled, his voice growing more hoarse by the minute.

I stared at Colin for what felt like an eternity before whispering back, "Okay, I'll trust you."

...

Even if we can't touch.

Even if we're only inches apart.

We can still feel each other.

I guess, scientifically or medically speaking, this might be considered some form of mental illness, but I believe... those who've passed on still exist around us in another form.

Even if it's just a wishful thinking, at least, it comforts the lonely souls.

"Phoebe, you're here with me, right?" Colin asked softly.

"Yeah, I'm here," I replied with a smile.

touch him, even though he can't see me, even though he can't hear my

wanted to

undeveloped woodlands near Cloud City, bordering the wilderness, a place most folks wouldn't stumble upon by chance. Officially, it's some kind of upscale retirement village, with wealthy retired scientists living

of this lab. She calls the shots on everything. The Gene-Forge Collective operates many labs across the country, but this is the only one we've managed to uncover so far. We thought we could trace back from this one, unraveling the whole operation like pulling a

Robin rubbed his temples

connections between them. Their subjects, researchers, medical staff—all of it-they groom from scratch, taken by human traffickers who kidnap those with special talents for training and brainwashing before sending them off to these labs. So, basically... there are only two ways to link all the labs together and pull them out

"One, through Naomi, and two, by tracing the human traffickers and organ smuggling rings,

me, they had alerted their enemies, severing this

on

a resistance to the drugs. Thankfully, the dose wasn't

to Colin, sitting down beside him as he slumped to the ground. I leaned my head

be in love, wanting to be

safe only when I'm near

is nothing like the compromise

vision blurred again. Who am I really...

in

I really... just Foebe

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