Playing the Trump Card

Declan pried her fingers apart one by one. "Let go!"

"You're not Deep Blue!" he declared.

Stella stared at him in disbelief, her eyes wide. "Declan..."

'Does he know I replaced Vivian? Am I done for?' Stella thought to herself.

She collapsed to the ground, trembling uncontrollably, unable to get up again.

There was no warmth left in Declan's eyes, only a layer of dark shadows.

He looked at her pit