Rose POV
The walk didn’t make me feel any better.
The sun seemed too bright and the outside world felt too loud. I stopped at my favorite coffee shop to get a mocha latte, decaf, because I’d had so much caffeine already. Then I felt guilty for doing this because Mary was being held hostage somewhere and I was wasting precious time by going for a walk and getting a coffee. So, I left the shop before even grabbing my drink.
I was pretty sure I was sleep deprived and I overthinking everything. I felt so hopeless. All I wanted to do was give up and hand myself over as a hostage to gain Mary’s freedom. If I was the one he really wanted, why didn’t he just kidnap me? Why did he have to take my best friend away from me?
I walked back into Cayden’s building and waited for the elevator. When the door opened, I gasped when I saw the person standing before me.
Stella walked out with a smug smile.