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Me neither.
Then—
A voice cuts through the darkness.
“Took you long enough.”
Daniel.
I step forward, placing myself fully in front of Tessa.
“Show yourself.”
A beat.
Then he steps out of the shadows.
Blood soaked through his shirt.
Face pale.
Eyes—
Still locked on her.
Always her.
“You came,” he says.
Not to me.
To her.
Tessa
My heart pounds—
But I step around Ace.
Just enough that Daniel can see me.
“Tessa—” Ace warns.
“I’ve got this,” I whisper.
Daniel’s expression shifts.
Softens.
Just a little.
“There you are,” he says.
Like this is normal.
Like none of this is insane.
“Why are you doing this?” I ask.
