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.

couldn't kill me

in shock. Katherine, drenched in blood,

any closer. If you do, I swear, you won't even have the chance to

Katherine retorted,

the face. Her blood splattered onto Sierra's clothes.

you not be dead after all those stabs?

"Because, dear, I'm not meant to

slap, Katherine watched as the room suddenly flooded with light. Two

collapsing to the floor, incredulous. "How...

set this trap, how could I catch you red-handed? Now tell me, why did you try

Sierra realized the web she'd walked into. It was Teo, pushing her to the edge with talks of divorce, only to

let

such a person? You accuse me of killing someone who

it, Sierra? You orchestrated that fire years ago, aiming to kill Katherine and her child,