Chapter 749

From the look on her face, it was clear-Lena didn't order anything.

I got up to help her with the package, figuring she was wiped from her day in surgery. I double-checked the label. Yep, it was addressed to her.

"Maybe one of your admirers sent you a gift?" teased, setting the box on the table.

Lena gave me a seriously? look but grabbed a box cutter and started slicing it open.

I leaned in to watch because, honestly, I was just as curious.

Big mistake.

The second she pulled back the flaps and opened the inner box, we both screamed like we were extras in a horror movie.

And kept screaming..

Because slithering out of the box was a snake.

Our panic didn't stop until someone outside, probably alarmed by the banshee-level noise, burst in and grabbed the snake.

out of the box like it had a vendetta, brushing

caterpillar, could send us both into a full-blown meltdown. This wasn't

I used to live in. Problem? That place was demolished ages ago. Whoever sent this wasn't just being random-they knew me. This wasn't about Lena. It

into the victims had been noticed, and this was their way

back off.

sorry," I said, guilt heavy in my voice as I looked at

I'd been dreading-dragging people I cared about into danger. And now

any deeper," I urged. "They sent a snake this time, which means

Lena, being Lena, wasn't having it. She shook her head, her

Chapter 749

scared

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was like

family-a dangerous game where they made the rules. If they wanted to

hands. "Lena, listen to me. If anything happens to you

because

small laugh, though her eyes softened when she saw how shaken I

threat had been aimed at me, I wouldn't

me you'll stop looking for the other girls," I

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