Chapter 49:
Shadowed Hearts
POV: Stella
The note burned in her palm.
You will soon feel needed. Just be patient.
Stella sat alone in her apartment, the dim light of the living room casting long shadows against the walls. The wine glass on the table remained untouched, red liquid catching glints of light like blood in a chalice.
Her eyes were locked on the paper, the messily scrawled words dancing in her mind with sinister grace.
It was the second note.
In less than a week.
Her heart pounded with a strange mix of dread and... anticipation. She didn’t know what frightened her more, the implication that someone was watching her, stalking her with precise intention, or the unsettling thrill that curled in her stomach like a forbidden secret.
Needed.
The word echoed.
What did it me
