Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 497

Dexter stared at the scattered papers on the floor, evidence that had slipped through his fingers, and let out a mad chuckle that echoed in the empty

room.

"Are you out of your mind?" Finn cursed under his breath, bending down to gather the mess.

"It can't be!" Dexter raged at Finn, his voice laced with disbelief. "It can't be... She's Phoebe, she is Phoebe!"

Finn dismissed him as if he had lost his senses, paying him no more attention.

Dexter collapsed to the ground, his eyes red and swollen with unshed tears.

He couldn't come to terms with Phoebe's death because he couldn't accept that his own selfishness and arrogance had led to her demise.

In a way, Dexter was a pitiable figure.

I wasn't sure if Phoebe had ever truly loved him...

But it was tragic, indeed.

love had come

"Ding!"

doors swung open, and the

to his feet and

seen the syringe Officer Robin brought in. It was meant

nodded, understanding the gravity of the situation. The lethal injection from the lab was intended for newborns who didn't meet

lab was like a massive

see the

a horrifying

nation," Finn massaged his temples, weary. "Just how

mentor... A thirteen-year-old leading a gang of peers, kidnapping young couples hiking in the mountains. Back then, surveillance wasn't-as advanced, and it was hard to find anyone in the wilderness. Three couples went missing in a year, and it was only when the fourth couple

crime was already dead. They had killed him brutally, slicing

mountains, unbothered. When asked why they did it, they simply said it was fun, curious

things, it seems, are determined from birth," Robin said with

we found the other three couples in the mountains, some of them tortured horrifically, others buried alive... All the women had been violated." Who could imagine that a group of thirteen and fourteen-year-olds

incident, local

They had encountered these

the first missing couple. They had asked