The Lottery of Fate
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.