Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 34

Chapter 34

died, replaced by ice.

She twirled the steak knife with a flourish and then slammed itraight into the back of Blake’s right hand. Blake screamed.

The air was thick with the stench of blood. Everyone was stunned. Blake was on the verge of passing out from pain, but Stella wasn’t about to let him.

She reached out, grabbed his chin, and forced him to meet her gaze. “Call him now,” Stella said, each word slow and icy, making it clear she was at the end of her patience.

“Fine. I’ll call him,” Blake whimpered, all his earlier bravado gone He fumbled for his phone, unblocked Kendrick’s number, and dialed.

The call connected almost instantly. “Hello?” Kendrick’s voice came through.

The familiar, aged voice made Blake’s nose sting, and he quickly turned his head away, trying to hide the sudden rush of

emotion.

“Mr. Pierce,” Stella drawled, her tone lazy.

Kendrick was clearly caught off guard by the young woman’s voice on the other end. He was silent for a few seconds, but quickly regained his composure.

“Go ahead,” Kendrick said.

“This is room 1025 at the Greenleaf Club. In two minutes, the cops will arrive because someone tipped them off about drugs. And three bags of drugs were planted under your grandson’s couch before he arrived. There’s enough for a capital charge,” Stella said.

Stella remained calm and cool, yet the room was thunderstruck. Even Blake forgot his pain momentarily, his eyes widened in shock as he flipped the couch to reveal the three bags.

His hands were shaking badly. Blake was a reckless playboy, sure, but drugs and gambling were never his thing.

Almost on reflex, Blake looked to Stella for help. She still looked cool, like she was just hanging out in her own backyard. ‘She said there were two minutes before the cops showed up. Is there still time to run?’ he thought, panic rising fast.

“What do you need me to do?” Kendrick’s voice was steady as ever. Even with his grandson about to get arrested, he didn’t flinch. Stella could hear him getting up, calling for his most trusted aide.

“Bring the best lawyer and meet me at the South District Precinct,” Stella said and then hung up without another word.

Everyone stared at Stella, wide-eyed and tense. She arched her brow, meeting the gazes with a cool, unbothered look.

“Scared?” Stella asked, casually spinning the black gun in her hand, looking like the picture of reckless indifference.

Everyone nodded in unison.

“You know what to say and what to keep quiet about when the cops get here?” Stella asked.

Everyone nodded again, not daring to make a sound.

“The injuries?” Stella asked, a crooked, mocking smirk on her lips.

“We did it to ourselves,” the guys scrambled to answer, each trying to be first.

“The gun?” Stella pressed.

“We didn’t see a thing,” the guys replied, shaking their heads.

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“And them?” Stella jerked her chin toward the bodyguards she’d just wrecked.

“They fell on their own,” a guy said quickly.

The bodyguards were both shocked and speechless.

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If anyone from the outside walked in right now, their jaw would hit the floor. These Haliville playboys, who usually acted like they owned the place, were now sitting there like a bunch of cared little kids.

Stella, satisfied, put her gun away. She looked up, picked up the only empty glass left on the table, poured Blake a full glass, and commanded, “Drink.”

Blake clutched his bleeding hand and knocked back the vodka in one go, just to calm himself down.

“Other people might not get it, but you do. The Greenleaf Club Belongs to the Pierces, and the ones trying to frame you? They’re your own blood,” Stella sneered, her tone icy and mocking. The Pierce family was clearly in turmoil.

Blake didn’t say a word, his expression stormy. He was the eldest heir to the family, sure, but he and Kendrick were always at cach other’s throats. Taking over Pierce Group had never even crossed Blake’s mind, especially with his cousin in the picture.

Right on cue, the door burst open, and a squad of cops stormed in. “Freeze!” the leader shouted. Not a second off from what Stella had predicted.

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