No Strings Attached

Sierra slipped her mask back on. Her fingers trembled as she clutched the items in her hand before leaving the room.

She crept over to Katherine's bedroom door and nudged it open, just a crack. The sight that greeted her ignited a wildfire of jealousy in her chest. Katherine, with her rosy cheeks and delicate beauty, looked as if she hadn't a care in the world. How was it fair that the inferno hadn't claimed her life? How could she, even with a new face, still be so enchanting?

Even with her memory gone, without her original features, Katherine still held Teo's heart. Sierra's heart twisted with bitterness at the thought. All of it was just too much to bear.

She moved closer to Katherine's bedside. Her fingers wrapped tightly around the scalpel she'd pulled from her pocket. One swift cut, she thought, and this bitch would never ensnare Teo again.

Gritting her teeth, she plunged the scalpel into Katherine's belly, not once, but twice. Blood, bright and shocking, began to flow freely from the wounds. Sierra stumbled backward. Her eyes were a mix of panic and triumph.

She couldn't help but hiss, "You should have perished in that fire. But it doesn't matter now, does it? You're dead by my hand. Let's see you try to tempt Teo now!"

"He's mine, and you'll never take him from me - not in this lifetime!"

After spewing her venom, Sierra stuffed the scalpel and gloves into her bag and turned to leave. But then, a chilling voice stopped her in her tracks.

all your scheming couldn't kill me then, and it won't

around, Sierra dropped her bag in shock. Katherine, drenched in

"Don't come any closer. If you do, I swear, you won't even have the

laugh, Katherine retorted, "Oh? Let's

across the face. Her blood splattered onto Sierra's clothes. Sierra, staring at the still-bleeding Katherine,

you human or a ghost? How can you not

smile was ghastly. "Because, dear, I'm not meant

suddenly flooded with light. Two

back, collapsing to the floor, incredulous. "How... how are you

and foreboding. "Sierra, if I didn't set this trap, how could I catch you red-handed? Now tell me, why did

into. It was Teo, pushing her to the edge with talks of divorce, only to lure her into his

understanding it, Sierra let out a derisive

Katherine? Was there ever such a person? You accuse me

fire years ago, aiming to kill Katherine and her child, didn't