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Chapter 30

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THE PRICE OF LOYALTY.

As thunder shatters the heavens, the gunshot shattered the air.

And then—silence, cold and bare.

For one impossible moment, nobody moved. The world itself caught its breath as one. The sweet scent of popcorn clung in the air. The words and shouting of moments before were frozen on their lips.

Then Isabelle dropped.

Bang!

Her body crashed down with a deafening sound as it landed on the tiled floor and fell like a marionette that had its strings cut.

"ISABELLE!" Aria shouted out in the silence, harsh and raw. She ran to the front, barely managing to grasp Josh as he cried and clung to her leg, his little fists trembling in terror.

Daniel's knees buckled as he hugged into Isabelle's body and pushed them against the wound. "No, no, no… Isabelle, don't leave me! Look at me, please don't leave me!"

Blood streamed between his fingers, scalding and thick. Isabelle's eyes growing dim, her mouth opening as she tried to speak. But no words came out. Only a faint, wheezing
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