Stella controlled her breathing. The pain was so intense it didn't matter if she was breathing or not. It hurt just as much and the bleeding didn't stop. Nobody moved, nobody spoke.
The villa was silent as a grave. A grave for Stella, a loved daughter.
"Mom..." She cried one last time.
She told herself that if she didn't get a response this time, she'll never say that word again. In living of death, she'll pretend that the woman in her memory was a loving and dead mother.
"Riona, your daughter is calling you. Don't you want to save her? She's about to die. Give me the key and you'll be able to save her." Raphael's inner thoughts spilled in concealed desperation.
Riona didn't move. She didn't give Raphael the chance to hold it against her. She turned her back to Stella as if the d
