Shouka’s p.o.v.
You know those moments where time slows down, and you’re suddenly aware of every stupid decision that’s ever led you here?
Yeah. This is one of those moments.
As my best friend Alex was creeping across the floor behind my mafia boss brother… wearing a metal statue head like a cursed relic, holding up a syringe-like he was about to inject a rabid tiger.
Why the hell do I make them my friends?!
I gawked as Gianna crouched behind a wine barrel beside the pillar. I learned enough lip-reading skills from Dominick to understand her whisper-screaming to my other stupid friend, “Are you sure this plan isn’t gonna get us killed?!”
Stony answered with a thumbs-up and a confident, “Probably!”
I, unfortunately, was still locked inside a golden cage, watching my life spiral int
