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Author: King Emerald
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ELENA

PRICE OF BETRAYAL & AFTERMATH

The hallway still smelled of gunsmoke and explosions. My ears rang from the last boom, although it had gone quiet. Ghosts moved silently down the hall, stepping around casings and debris. Some assisted the injured. Some were not going home.

Luca gasped as he leaned against the wall.. Shirt torn, bandage drenched in blood. He didn’t even glance at it.

"Sit down," I said, as I took hold of his arm.

"I'm fine," he muttered

"You're not fine, you ripped your bandage and you're bleeding" I snapped

He pouted "You're bossy when you're scared."

"I'm not scared." I was shaking. "Just Sit.".

At last, he sat down on a chunk of fallen plaster. I knelt in front of him, attempting not to stare at the bodies being dragged by us. The Moretti clan had fallen, Walls were broken, and lights were throwing flailing shadows. Burned wire

One of the more senior guards limped over, his shoulder and leg looked dislocated. “We’re regathering in the hall,” he told Luca. “Cou
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