The moment the guns c**k the world stops pretending it is calm. Everything inside the room snaps into something sharp and violent at the same time. I don’t think, I just move because thinking is too slow for what is coming next. Drake moves with me like he is already inside my head before I even decide to anything. “Down.” He yelled but I am already moving before the word finished. Gunfire erupts from the shadows in overlapping bursts. The sound is so loud it feels like the air itself is breaking apart. The men around us react too late because Raze didn’t give them a warning and he gave them permission. “Stay with me.” Drake shouts as his hand finds my arm instantly. “I’m not going anywhere.” I shoot back because I am not about to slow down now. The first attacker steps into vie

