Any last words?" Damien asked, pulling out a g*n. "I like to give people that courtesy. Last words before the end."
Marcus looked at Victoria. His wife. The woman he'd barely known two days ago. The woman he was going to die beside.
"I'm sorry," he whispered to her. "I'm sorry I couldn't save you."
Victoria squeezed his hand. "You tried. That's more than anyone else ever did."
Damien raised the g*n, pointing it at Marcus's head.
"Goodbye, Marcus Kane. You were an interesting diversion. Brief, but interesting."
His finger tightened on the trigger.
And then the warehouse lights went out, plunging everything into darkness.
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Darkness swallowed the warehouse. Complete, absolute darkness that seemed to press in from all sides like a physical weight. Marcus heard Damien curse
