EVELYN
The sound of the gunfire echoed in my ears, so loud it made my head spin. One second Arthur’s lips were completely consuming mine, and the next, I was being violently shoved to the floor.
My hands scraped against the hard ground, but I didn’t even feel the sting.
All I could see was Arthur.
He stumbled backward, his chest exploding in crimson. Another deafening bang echoed through the room, and he collapsed onto the carpet like a fallen giant. The air left his lungs in a sickening, wet gasp.
"Arthur!" The scream tore from my throat before I could stop it.
The door was wide open, a shadowed figure holding a smoking rifle standing right in the frame. But I couldn't even bring myself to look at the shooter. My hands were already shaking violently as I scrambled across the floor o
