~Elvira~
The room was so quiet after the door slammed shut that I could hear the ticking of the clock on the wall.
The air was still thick with the smell of Vanessa’s perfume, that expensive scent that always lingered after she left a room.
Lisa was shaking.
She looked very small sitting on that large, expensive sofa, her eyes were wide, darting toward the door as if she expected Vanessa to come back in and attack us both.
"She’s openly threatening you, Elvira," Lisa whispered.
"She looked like she wanted to kill you right here in front of me."
I stood there with my hands clenched so tight my fingernails dug into my palms.
I could feel the heat on my lower back, where that strange mark pulsed like a second heart.
It felt warm
I looked over at Noella, she was sitting on the ed
