Edward's Team Took Responsibility

Footsteps thudded behind us as we ran down the hallway, the men that had heard the shot go off chased behind us. Luckily, they didn't shoot, clearly under orders to bring us back unharmed. It had me thinking of who it could be behind all of this? And what could they possibly achieve from keeping us alive? Surely they weren't going to use us against Julian?I glanced back over my shoulder and picked up the pace, going as fast as I could with a dress on as I realized how close they were getting.The closer we got to the stairs, the louder the sounds of gunshots became.It was definitely a battlefield down there, and running onto it, barely armed and protected would disrupt the balance and make us loose all our chances at possible survival.

"Amrita What are you doing?!"I heard Edward call out from a corridor we had just passed before the men behind us were shot down. We stopped, quickly running in the direction of Edward's voice. He had splatters of blood all over his clothes and some had a