Richard
James falls, his blood spurting and at that moment, gunfire blazes from all directions. Bullets hammering into Corby, his body jumps and jerks under the hail of fire before he lies there, still, save for a spreading pool of blood.
The light flashes amber and blue in the night casting outlandish shadows on the walls. Michael lies panting, his eyes wide with shock. Elizabeth shakes and weeps in my arms. Police gather around Corby’s corpse, guns still raised, but the man is quite dead.
And the only sound is that of Charlotte, dropped to her knees beside her fallen Master, clawing at his fallen body and shrieking through the tears and blood which drip from her face.
*****
‘Mastering the Virgin’
This Part of the Story of Charlotte, James and Michael
Will Conclude In
‘Family’
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