Charlie pressed his face against the beer-soaked floor, watching dancers explode in scarlet bursts across the club. Screams replaced music. And then everything went quiet. Glass clinked onto the floor. Cries became terrified whimpers. The club sat on the brink of chaos, each passing second a countdown to catastrophe. Rachel"s fingers laced with his, full of urgency. She knelt, pulling him up with her, but they were too late.
The night roared against the broken panes, finding the building"s entrance and violating her. Rioters and riot police flooded the club, slipping on the dead and dying as they tried to penetrate the glittery battleground. Another volley of bullets sliced gaps through the crowd. There was no sanctuary here. No safe place to hide.
Charlie saw Roxy roll off the stage, hi
