Camilla’s body crumpled onto the stone steps before her voice even faded.The gunshot echoed off the granite walls of the estate like a thunderclap, leaving a deafening, heavy silence in its wake. Malakor casually holstered his sidearm, stepping over her form without a single glance, his dark eyes fixed entirely on the upper landing."Veda, get back!" Rowan roared beside me, his hand tightening around my wrist like an iron clamp as he tried to drag me behind his massive frame."No, Rowan, let me go!" I insisted, twisting my wrist to loosen his grip. "Look at him! Look at his men!""Veda, he's a madman with an army!" Marcus yelled, his rifle pointed directly at Malakor’s chest. "We need to clear this terrace!""He's not a madman," I said, my voice cutting through the panic like an icy wire as I stepped up to the edge of the stone balustrade. "He's a coward who feeds on fear."Malakor let out a harsh, barking laugh, wiping rain from his scarred jaw as his rogue
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