Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 290

Word had it that the Langley Aunt was raising hell, refusing any notion of a settlement. She was out for blood–insisting that I face the full wrath of the law. Fortunately, Eric had a lawyer on speed dial, and since the injuries I inflicted were minor, and my intentions were to protect my child and myself–a mother’s instinct to halt a crime–there was no real dispute.

After Eric posted bail, I was taken into custody.

As I was being escorted out, the female officer looked at me with a mix of surprise and skepticism. “You’re quite the fighter, you know your way around anatomy? Your stabs weren’t fatal, barely reaching the fascia. You showed restraint.”

Truth be told, I was clueless. “Maybe I just don’t have the strength to push deeper?”

She eyed me, unconvinced. After all, I didn’t exactly struggle to wrestle the knife from a grown man’s grip.

I didn’t elaborate. The guy wasn’t seriously hurt, and that was a relief–I hadn’t reached the level of wanting to take a life.

“How is Colin?” I asked Eric urgently as we got into the car.

He nodded. “He’s fine. We’ve got a man on the inside at the mental institution, briefed and ready. If anything comes up, we’ll know immediately.”

I nodded back, my thoughts scattering.

take Tangle Lane,” I suggested, a chill running down my spine at the thought of the recent murder there. I was a victim myself,

person with the red birthmark on their

was certain, in the haze before I nearly

was frail… pale, definitely not Colin’s.

enough, but no birthmark adorned his arm.

my temples, a fierce headache setting in.

can’t drive through,” Eric said, parking the car near Nocturne’s entrance, explaining the police had sealed off the lane.

of Finn talking

fear as they scurried away, some

killer thought they could cover their tracks by smearing spices on the body to attract stray dogs to the scene?” Finn scoffed. “Why are

to the

had tampered with the evidence, then

the psychiatrists there but left years ago,

have thought there was a conflict with

= F @ i – E E

behind the police tape, watching Finn.