Darkness.
Complete darkness.
The mansion shook again.
Somewhere downstairs, glass shattered.
Then—
Gunfire.
Screams erupted through the estate.
I immediately grabbed Lucien’s arm.
“What is happening?”
His entire body had gone rigid.
Protective.
Dangerous.
“Stay behind me.”
Another explosion thundered outside.
The emergency lights flickered on, bathing the room in red.
The effect was terrifying.
Like the entire mansion was bleeding.
⸻
Lucien pulled a gun from the drawer beside the bed.
I blinked.
“You have a gun?”
He looked at me briefly.
“I have several.”
Of course he did.
This man really was full of surprises.
The intercom crackled again.
“Security perimeter breached!”
“Approximately twenty armed men!”
Damien’s voice was strained.
“They’re heading inside!”
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