Chapter 73

Dargan's Point of View

The fight had been bloody. Saving Alvara from Eugene's grasp was the only thing I thought of doing in that moment. Keeping her away from him. Safe. Happy within our walls. Come what may, that was all that had mattered to me.

Ciaran had sustained serious injuries. So had Ozias. It had been hell knowing that I could have helped them. I had gotten to Ciaran too late and a bullet had caught up with him. A nasty feeling to know that if I had acted faster, he wouldn't have slept through most of the morning.

Alvara had also holed up within her room, only visited every so often by Ozias. Her tears hadn't stopped flowing but none of us had actually seen her cry. Seen her break. Instead, we listened to it through her locked door. Such a travesty, her tears.

Maverick and Sybil had gone out to inform the families of the deceased. Ozias had refused, wanting to tend to Alvara and keep an eye on Ciaran. The body count was