**Stefano’s POV**

Something felt wrong, and I knew it the second her face shifted and her fingers trembled on the phone, her knuckles turning white, as if she were hanging on for dear life.

“Elena?” I moved toward her fast.

She didn’t blink; she just stared right through me, her eyes fixed on something I couldn’t see. Then the phone slipped from her hand and hit the bed with a dull thud. I grabbed it immediately and spoke to the person on the other end of the line, shouting Elena's ...