Chapter One Hundred And Ten

Rae’s POV

I saw Laila pull out the gun but I was too weak to move my limbs or to shout. All I could do was close my eyes and wait for the cold hands of death to envelop me.

Within that split second, I heard Lucas shout and my eyelids fluttered open to see him running towards me. He had seen the gun being pulled out and trained at me.

I knew what he was about to do and I suddenly found my voice. It's funny what fear can do to you but it was too late to stop him.

Lucas managed to get in front of me at the same time that Laila squeezed the trigger hitting Lucas in his stomach.

Lucas groaned as he hit the floor, bleeding profusely. I raised my head to see Gunner engaged with Lyra, who was trying her best to prevent him from going across to Laila who had raised the gun at me again, a sick Amalie plastered on her face as she relished the chance to kill not just one but two people tonight.

Before she could squeeze the trigger for the second time tonight, I heard a gunshot from behind me