Chapter 44
For one terrible second, nobody moved.
Nobody breathed.
The world seemed to freeze around a single image.
Catherine.
Holding a gun.
Standing over the Original Hunter.
Blood spreading rapidly across the floor beneath him.
Evelyn stared in disbelief.
No.
No, no, no.
This couldn't be happening.
Not Catherine.
Not the woman who had helped her mother.
Not the woman who had cried over old memories and hidden letters.
Not the woman who had seemed so broken by the past.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
Because betrayal always hurt more when it came from someone who looked harmless.
The gun trembled slightly in Catherine's hand.
Tears streamed down her face.
But she didn't lower the weapon.
Victor reacted first.
"What have you done?"
His voice exploded through the r
