Smeared in a deep red liquid were the words 'She's next.' Poppy let out a horrified gasp before rushing back to where Jay was still gathering finger prints.

'You need to come to the box room immediately- there's a message.'

Jay immediately stopped what he was doing and followed Poppy to the room.

'It looks like blood'

'What?! Who's blood?'

'I'll see if I can get a sample and maybe sort out some ID from it. It's doubtful though- it looks like this has been here for a little while.'

Poppy felt sick to the stomach- she had ok idea who the message was from or who's blood it was written in.

Meanwhile, across Holby a black car silently pulled up outside a cosy cottage, it's driver was dressed fully in black with dark sunglasses on and didn't move from his seat, not yet...