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Chapter Sixty Four

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Jamal’s POV

The shot split the air.

I didn’t think, i just moved and my body lunged, covering Melissa, shielding her from everything and my arms caging her as though i could hold the world back with sheer will and her blood had already soaked through my shirt, warm and terrifying and every second that ticked by reminded me how fragile this moment was and when i finally risked looking up, the scene had shifted.

Her father was on the floor, clutching his arm, blood streaming through his fingers as he wasn’t dead though, the scream he’d let out a moment ago had carried the weight of a dying man.

The last masked intruder stood frozen, torn between shooting the mysterious woman in the doorway or dragging his hostage toward escape and his eyes flicked between us all, his resolve slipping with every second and the woman didn’t even blink.

She was steady, calm and her gun didn’t waver, her stance sharp and measured like she’d done this more times than i could count.

Melissa’s faint whisper br
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