~Celeste's POV~
The hand shaking my shoulder and the sound of my name jolted me back to reality.
“Celeste!” I blinked hard.
The light flickered on. “s**t! Come on, we need to leave.” The words barely left Zane’s lips when the gun sound rang again.
My heart sank as I gazed around just to see people screaming already on their feet, scrambling to exit the hall and save their lives.
“What is happening?” I asked as Zane gripped my hand, already pulling me away.
But as we turned, a man stood right across from us, his gun aimed at the person beside me.
My gaze slowly flickered in that direction.
My mom.
She stood frozen, and he didn’t hesitate before firing. All the color drained from my face.
Everything was happening so fast.
“No!!!” I screamed, my feet threatened to lunge forward, bu
