Venom and Velvet
Valenticias POV~
My heart stopped.
Stefan tugged my arm and pushed me behind a piece of splintered wood, his body shielding mine as the inferno threw pieces of wood. His eyes poked into the smoke, searching for the shooter, but mine lay on Clara as she was carelessly dragged across the floor by a dark figure that disappeared into the blur. I attempted to go grab her, but Stefan held me firmly by the arm, his voice close and insistent. “Valenticia, we retreat. Now.”
“No!” I screamed out of fear. “Clara’s alive. I won’t leave her.”
Stefan's jaw tightened, but in the distance, police sirens sounded, a piercing alarm that tore through the air. The red beam flickered out and disappeared, the sniper bolting as the blue lights cut through the fog. Stefan yanked me toward h
