Cat Greene thought her brave confrontation with the armed robber at Julie’s bookstore was the end of the story, but it was actually just the beginning of a much bigger nightmare.

The upcoming episode of Days Of Our Lives reveals that the attack was not the spontaneous act of an unstable robber, but a small link in a pre-arranged plan.

Cat — though not intending to be a hero — accidentally found herself in the crosshairs, where the mastermind only needed a small pretext to make her a target.

Soon after the police escorted the robber away, Cat returned to the scene to help with her statement, but the place itself made her feel strangely uneasy.

She bent down to pick up a piece of paper that had fallen from the killer’s pocket, and what she saw made Cat’s heart skip a beat: a small symbol, etched in black ink, like the symbol of an organization that had been behind many mysterious disappearances in Salem. She couldn’t be sure, but her instincts told her that things weren’t that simple. As Cat looked around for someone to share her findings, the bookstore’s hallway lights suddenly flickered out — and Cat felt as if she were being watched.

That evening, when she stepped out of the bookstore, the eerie atmosphere settled over her like a cold mist. No sound of cars, no footsteps. Only when Cat reached to lock the door did the light reflect the silhouette of a hooded figure standing behind her. She spun around quickly, the reflex of a woman who had just knocked down an armed man, but the shadow vanished immediately — and in its place was a small piece of paper tucked under her windshield wiper.