Chapter Ninety Three— The Sound After the ShotThe gunshot didn’t echo.It swallowed the air.For one suspended second, there was nothing. No screams. No footsteps. No breath.Just the ringing in Ariana’s ears.Then chaos tore through the warehouse.Metal screamed as someone crashed into a stack of crates. A body hit the concrete. Someone cursed. The smell of gunpowder bled into the dark, sharp and metallic.“Ariana!” Mason’s voice. Close. Panicked.“I’m here!” she shouted back, but even to her own ears, she sounded far away.Her hands were shaking so hard she couldn’t feel her fingers.Another sound — a groan.Low. Pained.Too close.Her eyes adjusted just enough to make out shadows moving. The emergency exit sign flickered red against the far wall, casting everything in a dim, hellish glow.And that’s when she saw him.Ryan was on his knees.Blood soaked through the front of his shirt.Time stopped.“No,” she whispered.Her body moved before her mind did. She dropped beside him, han
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