The previous night had been an uneasy one for Cassidy. She had returned home with a heavy heart, her mind clouded by unresolved feelings and confusion. As soon as she entered her apartment, she tossed her keys onto the kitchen counter and collapsed onto the couch. Her phone buzzed in her pocket, and she lazily unlocked it to check her messages. The screen was flooded with text notifications, threatening, ominous words that sent a chill down her spine.
"Show up or you’ll die."
"We know where you are."
"You can’t hide from this."
Cassidy simply stared at the messages, a dry smile creeping across her face. "I don’t care," she whispered under her breath, almost as if she were daring whoever was behind the texts to make good on their threats. She tossed the phone onto the couch and walked t
