Before George could even react, Raymond had already vaulted over the balcony, his dark coat billowing like wings as he descended.
Landing with grace, he sprinted towards the living room, braving gunfire and acrid smoke filling the air.
In the living room, Alice had already sensed the impending danger. Just a split second before the explosion, she lunged across the table, yanking Juliana off the couch and shielding her with her body.
BOOM! The deafening blast tore through the room, shattering the floor-to-ceiling windows in an instant. Shards of glass rained down on the couch where Juliana had been sitting, turning it into a pincushion of jagged fragments.
A powerful shockwave swept through the room, eliciting screams from the maids. Juliana, momentarily stunned, stared at the ruined co
