ANN’S P.O.VI sat on the bench outside the back entrance, pressing a blood-stained cloth against my thigh.The damn thing still burned like hell. The bullet had grazed me clean, but the pain felt like a fucking warning shot for traitors. Traitors like myself.I was breathing in short, quiet gasps. My hands trembling from both the pain of the wound and the narrow escape I had just experienced.My mind was clouded with fear as I glanced around my shoulder staring at Camillé who was still knocked into a deep sleep.I stood up and walked out of the room heading for the basement. I couldn't kill the guilt crawling up in my guts….Skylo hadn’t said much since the shootout ended until he left despite trying to get things out of him. But the way he’d looked, I could tell the puzzle pieces were beginning to form right in his damn head—and I couldn't afford that.Damnit! I hissed, my wound stinging right through my foggy brain as I leaped forward making sure the cameras at the back entrance wer
SKYLO'S P.O.VI reached for a cigarette in the locker, dragging out a cigarette and placing it in my mouth.I didn’t even have a lighter on me, but I didn’t care. Just having it in my mouth felt like I was in control. Atleast I needed to keep my head in check before Damien arrives.There was a sudden noise coming from behind the liquor shelf and I turned my head towards the hallway.“This was strange. no one except Ann and I were in here currently, yet I could here the slight movement of someone trying to move quietly.“ I turned instantly to the direction. My gun was already drawn as the sound of another creak movement made me more at alert.My body moved before my brain caught up and I stormed over to the direction of the sound. I ripped the shelf forward with one hand and pointed my gun straight through the gap.My heart stuttered briefly as I stared at the man right in front of me.“Robert?” I asked, stunned.What the heck was this fucker doing here?? Robert looked shitty as hell
SKYLO’S P.O.VThe silence after a shootout always came with a strange kind of ringing in my ears. Like my body was still catching up to the chaos, even though the bullets had stopped flying.I exhaled and leaned against the wall, the mix of blood of the deceased men staining across my face and body. Some were mine, but most were those of the attacker.I wiped the dripping blood off my face.I had no guilt. Damien had taught me never to feel guilty over losing brave men.I looked around the housed. Fuck…It looked oddly different and it made me want to shoot the skull of the fucking attackers again.The floor was soaked, either from someone’s blood or the shattered bottle of whiskey that had stood too proud on Damien’s shelf.I blinked past the sting of sweat and gunpowder in my eyes, letting the weight of everything settle.We’d lost a couple of our men. Jorge, Manuel, Franco.They were all gone..and for no fucking reason, but none of that mattered to me right now. Because Damien was
DAMIEN’S P.O.VTracey had disappeared into the back room, said something about finding comfortable clothes but, I didn’t respond.I stayed planted on the damn bed, hunched over with my elbows on my knees, lost in my own head. I’d been expecting Skylo’s call since the minute I walked through that door, but still nothing. Not even a damn text from the fucker and it was becoming worried and unnatural of him.Skylo wasn’t the type to vanish like that, especially not after the kind of bloodbath we just escaped. I creased my brow, feeling my jaw tightened because that didn’t sit right with me.My gut kept twisting, and it wasn’t from the pain in my side.I looked down.The wound was stiff but had been bandaged clean. I was surprised Tracey could do this. I was expecting her to hesitate, and throw some weak girl tantrum when I asked her to but, she didn't. She just grabbed what she could find and fixed me up. She was sloppy but solid, more than I had expected of her. I didn't expect for
TRACEY'S P.O.VMy stomach let out an embarrassing growl, loud enough to break the silence in the across the damn living room.The moment I heard the growl, I froze, blinking as fast as I could like that would scare the hunger away. But of course, it didn’t work. My stomach just did it again and infact, the sound came louder this time.There was no doubt I was hungry as hell. Of course, I had to…it had been hours since my last meal and I was certain to have burnt whatever energy I had from it on my the rush that happened earlier.My stomach rumbled again and I hissed, rubbing my flat belly with my palm. "Great," I muttered glancing towards the hallway where Damien had disappeared earlier. I sighed, pushed up from the ground. The floor was cold beneath my feet as I walked past the dim hallway toward the door cracked halfway open.Damien was inside, silently dabbing onthe cut on his arm and I wondered what the heck he was still doing?The room reeked of antiseptic and tension as I wal
TRACEY'S P.O.VMy hands shook as I slipped on the gloves, grabbing the small bottle of antiseptic and the cotton pads.“Tell me if it hurts,” I whispered softly.He didn’t even look at me. “of course, it would hurt, I'm human not some robot.” He snorted through his teeth and I rolled my eyes, dropping the cotton wool.“Oh, great. Good to know my lack of medical expertise is so reassuring to you.” I blurted, feeling offended.I’ve never done any of such in my life, neither did I know anything about bullet wounds, yet Damien was doing nothing to ease my stress.In fact, he was making it worse with his snort comments.“Tracey..” he called my name like it was a warning or a plea towards the gruesome pain in his arm. “There’s no one else. You’re all I’ve got right now.”The way he said it made something squeeze painfully in my chest.I didn’t respond.I swallowed hard, pressing the soaked cotton against the woundI’m going to numb it with alcohol,” I said, voice shaking.“Do what you have