That day, I was walking along the beach as usual.The sky was heavy with storm clouds, the kind that collapsed without warning.I was about to turn back when something rustled in the jungle.Something moving low, fast, animal-like.I froze, not knowing whether to step forward or dodge.And then, Adrian burst out from the other side of the path.Everything slowed.I turned, confused,and saw it.The muzzle of a gun spitting fire.A bullet slicing through the air toward my back.Adrian didn’t hesitate.Not for a heartbeat.He threw himself at me, arms wide, slamming me onto the sand,his entire body covering mine, shielding me.“Bang! Bang! Bang!”Each shot landed, thudding force into his back.His body jolted violently above me.He choked out a groan—warm, metallic blood splattering across my ear, my neck.The heat of it froze me on the spot.It was as if the world muted itself.The guards shouting, more gunfire...everything faded into cotton.All I could feel was Adrian’s weight on me,
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