The photograph slipped slightly in Clara’s trembling hands.
For several terrifying seconds, she could only stare at it.
Her sleeping figure filled the frame peacefully, completely unaware that someone had been standing inside her room watching her. The dim bedside lamp beside her confirmed it had been taken recently.
Very recently. Clara’s throat tightened painfully. A strange coldness spread through her chest as fear slowly settled into reality.
Someone had entered her room, someone had stood near her bed and someone wanted her to know it.
The message written beneath the photograph only made it worse. You should have stayed away.
The silence inside the bedroom became unbearable. Then Alexander carefully took the picture from her hands.
The moment his eyes landed on the message, som
