“!”
Someone shrieked, followed by several more. Then there was a chilling scream. turned and hurried toward it with his men right behind him.
A large crowd was already gathered near the closed gates. Several saw him heading their way and parted to let him through.
Yulen didn’t know what he would find, but he never expected to see Paxton’s body lying in a pool of blood on the ground in front of the massive wood and iron doors. The man was face down, the back of his coat a solid mass of red. was kneeling beside the fallen soldier as her shoulders shook with her silent tears. She glanced up when cried out and started to reach for his friend, launching herself into his arms.
“Two men slipped through the gate and took ! Warren tried to protect her, but that bastard had him killed!” she s
