Who Else But Bella...?

Looking past the terrified expression of the girl hanging between life and death, Cassius retracted a few more steps, returning to the first questions she asked upon arriving. "My name is… not something you need to know at this point in time. But I can tell you how I know about that necklace dangling on your neck."

Stella's eyes widened in genuine shock, as she had already surmised this entire sequence of events to be one big ploy laid out by this man and maybe an organization behind him. She assumed they had somehow figured out the importance she held for the necklace adorning her neck, as it was something given to her by her mother. But with the mysterious man's most recent words, all of her solid speculations were thrown out the window.

With the same mildly amused smirk showing through his dark veil, Cassius went on to briefly explain the extent of his relationship with the necklace and, more specifically, the symbol.

Half a minute later.