Strangers in the End
Karina had wrenched the pistol free and gripped it hard in both hands, its muzzle aimed straight at my forehead.
Eli's pupils shrank sharply, and he took an instinctive step forward, only to stop where he was in the end.
A heart full of regret jammed in his throat, and still not a single word would come.
I patted Leon's hand. I had never been a rose too delicate to weather a storm, and he knew it well.
We looked at each other and smiled.
That smile pushed Karina over the edge, and shaking violently from head to toe, her own smile twisted and monstrous, she screamed, "Die, Layla!"