Chapter 10
Sophia’s scream shattered the night.
“RUN!”
Everything happened at once afterward.
Damian yanked Evelyn backward just as a gunshot exploded across the docks.
People screamed.
Police scattered.
Another shot cracked through the rain-dark air, ricocheting off metal barricades near the river.
Sophia collapsed to her knees sobbing.
Lucas surged forward instantly. “Sophia!”
But Damian’s grip on Evelyn tightened painfully as he dragged her behind a police vehicle.
“Stay down,” he ordered sharply.
Evelyn’s pulse thundered violently in her ears. “What’s happening?!”
Damian crouched beside her, scanning the chaos unfolding across the docks with terrifying calm. His entire demeanor had changed again—cold, focused, dangerous.
Like a man used to surviving situations like this.
