CHAPTER TEN: THE BULLET MEANT FOR ME

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The red dot stayed on my chest. For one terrifying second, I couldn't move, couldn't breathe, couldn't think then everything exploded into chaos. "Down!" Adrian lunged toward me. A gunshot ripped through the harbor. Bang! The force slammed into us. I hit the ground hard. Pain shot through my shoulder. My ears rang. People screamed, officers rushed in every direction. Marcus dropped beside us. "Elena!" I blinked rapidly. Trying to understand what happened, trying to understand why I was still alive. My heart pounded violently then I saw blood. A lot of blood. Fear surged through me. I looked down. Not mine, Adrian's. My stomach dropped. "No." His body covered mine, his arm wrapped around my waist, his breathing sounded uneven. A dark stain spread across his shoulder. The bullet had

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