Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 133

Chapter 133

‘Is she hurt?’ Sebastian wondered.

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Even the plain plant sitting on Sebastian’s lap seemed to sense the scary vibe in the air and nervously tucked its head in.

Eggie chirped.

Eggie popped its fuzzy little head out of Sebastian’s chest pocket, sniffing around like it just caught a whiff of something tasty.

It cocked its head to the side, curious.

Landen, already freaked out by the pool of blood on the floor, looked up and almost had a heart attack. “Dr. Miracle, are you hurt?”

“Come up first,” Stella said lazily. Unlike everyone else in the room, she kept her cool from start to finish.

Soon, Sebastian and the others made their way upstairs.

The whole room reeked of blood.

Sebastian didn’t even look at anyone else. He went straight to Stella, took her arm, and checked her over with icy precision.

His perfect face was so cold, it felt like the temperature dropped. Nobody in the room dared to even breathe.

Stella quickly said, “It’s not my blood.”

The refreshing, cool scent of tea leaves on Sebastian helped mask the bloody smell in the room. Stella thought it was wonderful, so she buried her face in his neck and took a deep breath.

Sebastian was momentarily stunned.

Everyone else was speechless with shock.

Sebastian coughed quietly and murmured, “Wait till we get home for that.”

Everyone else was left speechless.

Just then, Victor’s daughter snapped awake. “Dad, worms! There are worms in my nose and mouth! Help!” After a brief moment of confusion, she descended into hysterical screaming.

Stella was left speechless.

She gave her a frosty look, brow just starting to furrow, when Sebastian’s voice cut through the chaos. “John.”

John, stone-faced, walked up behind Victor’s daughter and, without a word, delivered a swift karate chop to the back of her neck, knocking her out cold and restoring peace to the room.

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Sebastian grumbled, “Too noisy.”

Everyone else was left speechless.

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Henry thought, ‘Man, this is way too familiar. Didn’t this just happen a little while ago?’

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Sebastian reached up and gently brushed Stella’s lips, which looked especially striking with that smear of blood.

His deep eyes never left hers, and the vibe was downright suggestive to everyone watching. But in the very next second, he suddenly presented a plain plant to her, holding it out with one hand.

Sebastian said, “I brought it.”

Stella was left speechless.

The plain plant was now wilted and yellowed, its head drooping pitifully.

Stella stared at Sebastian with a blank face, while he just looked back at her, all innocent, as if nothing had happened.

Stella nodded at the plain plant, hinting for Sebastian to say something nice.

Sebastian was left speechless.

Stella raised an eyebrow.

Sebastian shook his head.

Stella said, “Say something nice about it.”

Sebastian’s cold-as-ice face showed a trace of awkwardness.

Stella said, “Compliment it!”

Sebastian said, “You’re beautiful.”

The plain plant, which had been all wilted and yellow, suddenly sprang to life. Its leaves were fresh and as if they’d just popped out. It all happened in just a second.

Everyone else was stunned into silence.

green,

Stella took the plain plant from Sebastian, looking totally satisfied. She didn’t even glance at Victor’s daughter sprawled on the floor. Just stepped over her without a second thought and walked straight to bed.

As if something just occurred to her, she turned back to Sebastian and spotted Eggie peeking out from his chest pocket.

She curled her fingers to her lips and whistled. The peregrine falcon instantly flapped over and landed on her shoulder.

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“Good boy,” Stella said, nuzzling it affectionately. Then she placed the plain plant between Victor’s son-in-law and the little girl.

“Dr. Miracle, what is this?” Landen asked, leaning in for a closer look at the plain plant. He couldn’t help but be curious. He had never seen anything like that before.

“Just a plant,” Stella replied, keeping it short and casual.

Landen said, “Yeah, I can see it’s a plant. I mean, what’s its name?”

Stella was left speechless.

Then, she said, “It’s called ‘plant”.”

Landen just stared at her, lost for words.

Stella did not say anything.

The two just stared at each other, both thinking, ‘So, its name is literally just plant.’

The plain plant on the bed seemed to understand, shaking its leaves wildly in protest. It looked like it was about to wilt in defiance, ready to die for its dignity.

Stella, completely unfazed, immediately corrected herself. “Or you can call it the most beautiful plant.”

Everyone else was left speechless.

Only John stayed stone-faced from start to finish, totally unfazed.

The plain plant twisted its whole stalk toward Landen, and Landen thought, ‘I must be going crazy. Why does it feel like this plant is actually waiting for me to say something?’

Stella locked eyes with Landen. “Call it.”

Landen stammered, “The most beautiful plant in the world.”

The plain plant shook itself vigorously, as if it were laughing with joy. At the same time, a unique, deeply soothing aroma spread through the room, calming everyone to their very core.

Everyone who’d been tense began to completely unwind, some even feeling an irresistible urge to drift off to sleep.

Sebastian wasn’t among them.

Meanwhile, the guy and the little girl, who’d been out cold, suddenly started twitching all over. Henry was about to rush over, but the moment he saw what was happening, chills shot down his spine.

Thread-like black worms began crawling out of their noses and mouths, wriggling onto the bed.

One after another, they kept coming, piling up.

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At first, it was just a few, but soon there were dozens, then hundreds, crawling out in droves. Everyone in the room stared in wide-eyed horror, their skin crawling and souls practically getting a full-on shock treatment.

Stella, meanwhile, was cool as a cucumber. The peregrine falcon on her shoulder looked way more hyped than she was.

The peregrine falcon thought, ‘Food!

‘Oh man, it smells amazing!’

Drool was literally dripping from the peregrine falcon’s beak.

“Bloodworms?” Sebastian said, his voice cold and flat right next to Stella.

Victor’s eyes went wide. “You know what those are?”

Sebastian glanced at the spectacle on the bed. “Bloodworms. Toxic bugs from Malikai. They’re bloodthirsty and won’t leave their host until they’ve drained every last drop.”

Victor was left dumbfounded.

Sebastian looked up at Victor. “But they can’t survive alone; they need someone to control them.”

Levi’s eyes

flew open, then shut again, and he passed out cold.

‘That scared the life out of me!’ Levi thought.

Stella raised her hand and gave the peregrine falcon a gentle flick. “Dinner time.”

As soon as she said it, Eggie couldn’t wait any longer. It flapped its short, chubby wings and landed on the bed, pecking at the Bloodworms here and there.

It was like it had just walked into an all-you-can-eat buffet. Eggie was having the time of its life!

Everyone just stared in silence.

On the bed, the plain plant was happily shaking its leaves, and the soothing scent kept getting stronger and stronger. The elders couldn’t help but yawn, and even the iron-willed Henry and John found themselves nodding off.

The plain plant seemed to cheer, ‘It’s getting pumped!

‘It’s getting restless!’

The plain plant just kept shaking.

Some time later, the whole room was filled with the sound of snoring.

Snores echoed from every corner, with Levi, who’d been the first to hit the floor, leading the chorus with his thunderous rumbling. The rest were sprawled out on couches and the floor, limbs everywhere, totally dead to

the world.

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Stella turned her head, totally unfazed, and met Sebastian’s even more composed gaze.

Stella did not say anything.

Sebastian, his face a blank slate, was just as unfazed. “So this is what it does?”

Sebastian thought, ‘That ugly potted plant?’

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