Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132

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“Don’t touch it!” Stella snapped, hanging up the phone and grabbing Henry’s hand just as he was about to reach for the little girl.

Henry looked anxious. “Ms. Carter!”

Stella shot him a look, then calmly rolled up her sleeve, revealing her skin with faint blue veins visible beneath. “Watch closely.”

She reached out her hand, expressionless. The black worm seemed to sense her presence, arching its body and burrowing straight into the vein under her skin. Even as it bit down, Stella’s face remained completely calm.

The crowd was stunned into silence.

They could only watch as the black worm that had crawled out of the little girl’s body latched onto the vein in Stella’s arm, suddenly swelling up until it was as thick as a pinky finger.

In the very next moment, that leech-like worm began to writhe violently, trembling as it dropped off Stella’s arm and hit the floor, dissolving into a puddle of black sludge right before everyone’s eyes.

“If you’d touched it just now, it would’ve burrowed right into your veins and drained all your blood,” Stella said coldly, wiping the blood off her arm without a hint of emotion, then cradled the little girl in her arms.

“But you…” Victor’s face darkened. He was worried about his granddaughter, but he couldn’t just stand by and watch someone else get hurt.

Stella didn’t pay him any attention, heading straight for the house with the little girl in her arms.

Inside, it was pure chaos.

Screams rang out from upstairs and downstairs. “It’s on the second floor,” Victor called, rushing after Stella, whose face was icy and unreadable as she headed up. Soon enough, she ran into Victor’s daughter again.

“Dad, help!”

Victor’s daughter was still as loud and obnoxious as ever. Without a flicker of emotion, Stella set the little girl down next to her father, who was out cold and bleeding from every opening.

Then, Stella didn’t hesitate. She chopped the woman and knocked her out cold.

She took her down, fast and rough.

The others were left speechless.

“Annoying as hell,” Stella grumbled, her amber eyes practically blazing with irritation. The place went dead silent, and even Henry didn’t dare breathe too loudly.

Getting them to a hospital wouldn’t do any good right now.

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The only thing they could do was put their faith in her.

Stella sat by the bed, unmoving, and her gaze was heavy and unreadable.

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She thought, ‘Sebastian and Landen wouldn’t arrive for at least half an hour, but these two are hanging by a thread. If they kept bleeding out, they wouldn’t last another minute.

Stella’s shirt was stained with blood. Her cold gaze swept over the room, lingering for a moment.

“Hand me the knife,” she said.

There was a letter opener lying quietly on the coffee table. Henry quickly handed it to her, with no hesitation.

“W-What do you need the knife for?” Levi stammered, his voice shaky. He was still in shock from everything that had happened, looking completely dazed.

Victor and Henry were wondering the same thing.

Stella couldn’t be bothered to answer. She measured the knife against her wrist, paused, then moved it to her index finger.

“W-Wait, kid-” Levi stammered.

Before he could finish, Stella, expressionless, sliced her finger. A bead of blood welled up, and without a hint of hesitation, she let it drip straight into the little girl’s and her father’s mouths.

Henry and Victory were stunned.

“I’m gonna faint,” Levi mumbled, and with that, he collapsed right into Henry’s arms.

Henry was left speechless.

Miraculously, the instant Stella’s blood touched their lips, the little girl and Victor’s son-in-law stopped coughing up blood. Both of them went out cold, but for now, they looked safe.

Stella casually pressed her bleeding finger to her lips, looking at everyone. “Don’t tell anyone about this.”

She gave a cold, wicked smile, her bloodstained lips hauntingly beautiful.

Henry raised his hand without a second thought, his voice righteous and resolute. “I swear on my honor, not a single word of what happened today will leave this room.”

“Count me in,” Victor said, his gaze somber. He knew just how much trouble this would bring Stella if word ever got out.

“Me, too…” Levi mumbled, slowly coming to and lifting his head weakly.

Stella didn’t say a word. She looked like a harmless little girl, but anyone who tried to mess with her would be in for a rude awakening. She radiated a chilling, lethal aura, and messing with her was just asking for trouble.

She lazily looked away, her gaze drifting to some distant point, eyes lowered with shadows pooling beneath

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them. No one could tell what she was thinking. Stella asked, “What was Conrad talking about with that signature?”

Suddenly, Stella’s voice sounded right next to Victor’s ear.

Victor hesitated for a couple of seconds. Technically, all this was classified, not something he could just spill. “It’s a recommendation letter for the CoreOne Chip 1.0. He wants to use it for military projects,” he replied finally.

“Why is your signature so important?” Stella asked, lifting her gaze. No one noticed that the blood on her fingertip, which should’ve dried ages ago, was still bright red and glistening.

This time, Victor was silent for even longer. “Because as long as I don’t sign, his patented project will always be nothing but a gimmick. He won’t be able to cash in on it.”

Stella let out a cold, mocking laugh, her whole demeanor icy.

‘It all comes down to money,’ she thought.

“Did the others already sign?” Stella leaned back against the wooden table, her fingers drumming out a steady, intimidating beat.

To Henry, it was like being back in Red Shadow boot camp, facing down those instructors who could make you freeze with just a look.

He instinctively straightened his back, cold sweat running down his spine.

Victor answered with difficulty, “Yes.”

“A recommendation letter needs at least five expert signatures. You’d better check on others. See how they’ve been doing lately,” Stella said.

Her tone was as casual as if she were chatting about the weather, but the meaning behind her words was enough to make anyone’s heart skip a beat.

Victor was left speechless.

Henry quickly looked into it and found out the truth.

Turns out, before the other experts signed, their families all started having health problems. Some minor, some serious. But as soon as they signed, every single one of those issues just vanished.

All of this was officially recorded by the military medical department.

What was truly chilling was that every single one of them had the exact same symptoms. They all suddenly vomitted large amounts of blood for no apparent reason.

“So it’s my turn now,” Victor said, his brows sharp and eyes burning. The tension in the room was so thick that nobody dared to breathe. Even an idiot could see what was up.

“I’ll go meet Mr. Gray at the gate,” Henry blurted, fists clenched so tight his knuckles turned white. He started

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to get up, but Victor stopped him with a firm hand on his shoulder.

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Victor shot Stella a look. “Sebastian can walk in and out of any military zone, even the main compound, whenever he wants.”

Henry was left speechless.

This was news to Henry. He’d never heard that before.

“He’s here,” Stella said offhandedly, her tone cool and casual. Nobody believed her at first, but the second the screech of brakes echoed from downstairs, everyone was left dumbfounded.

“Hey, slow down, you brat! My old bones can’t keep up…” Landen grumbled and complained, shuffling along behind them. John had yanked him straight out of Herbal Haven and tossed him into the car.

Stella got up, pulled open the window, and locked eyes with Sebastian as he stepped out of the car.

She leaned against the window, lazily waving at him.

The sunlight was a bit too bright, so Stella squinted, her long hair falling around her face.

Downstairs, when Sebastian saw the blood on her clothes, his face, which was already cold and detached, instantly turned even frostier, as a winter storm had just hit.

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