Chapter 74

MANUEL:

For a moment, I was disoriented. I couldn't make sense of what I did. It was as if everything was happening so fast for me.

I let go of the being in my hand, dropping her to the ground as I turn my full attention toward the area that I just shot at. And the only question I keep asking myself repeatedly is: Why is Beta Zeke on the ground instead of Jax's wolf?

I know what I shot at. I know who I shot. I know who my target was. But why am I seeing something different?

Have I just ruined everything with my hands? Did I just make a mess of a plan that has been coming together for such a long time? Why in the world is this happening?

I have to take a look at my hand that had the gun in it. It's something I've known how to handle since I was little. A survival training, it was. And that meant I should be able to have a grip on myself whenever I shoot at something.

Did the bullet deviate? Did it take a turn on its own? How did it end up meeting the wrong person?

I wasn't even given a