For a while, everywhere went pitch silent. Nobody moved. They just froze on the spot like they had been electrocuted. The atmosphere had shifted into a chilled, charged aura so thick that it could be touched or even sniffed.
Adrian was the first to move. He looked down to notice that his hands were shaking badly —more of terror than of fear.
Then, slowly, his eyes shifted to the side, and his chest made a painful stutter when he found his gun lying carelessly in the middle of the room —someone had kicked it out of his hands before he could pull the trigger.
Thump. Beat. Thump. Beat.
If the gunshot hadn't come from him, then who….
Hold on… was he dead?
Had Lucian shot him first, instead of the reverse?
Frantic, his hands reached out to check his body for where he was bleeding. And li
