The gun fired, and Aria watched the only man who knew the truth about her birth jerk violently beneath the hospital sheets.“DAD!”Julian slammed into the woman before she could fire again. The second shot struck the ceiling, sending plaster raining onto the floor. A nurse screamed in the corridor, and the heart monitor beside Thomas's bed shrieked as his body went rigid.Aria lunged toward him.Blood spread beneath his bandages.“No, no, no!” She pressed both hands against his chest, desperate to stop the bleeding. “Thomas, look at me! You can't leave me now!”Thomas's eyes fluttered.His lips moved, but no sound came out.Behind her, Julian struggled with the woman. She was stronger than she looked, twisting beneath his grip and driving her knee into his stomach. Julian staggered, but he caught her gun hand before she could aim again.The pistol clattered across the floor.She kicked it beneath the bed.Then she smiled at him.“You still don't understand, do you, Julian?”He grabbed
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