Chapter 83

•KINLEY•

I could never have known how terrible things would begin to go when I opened my eyes.

I was just walking out of the bedroom when I heard a loud bang that sounded out.

I think deep down, I knew what had happened, but a part of me didn't want to believe it.

My steps were slow as I turned towards the stairs that led down to the tunnels.

I didn't even have to go down the stairs though.

Talon was stumbling out of the doorway, blood pouring from the middle of his chest.

"Oh, my God!" I exclaimed as he fell at my feet, his hands clutching at my legs as he stared up at me.

Gianni walked out behind him with the gun still in his hand.

"Gianni!" I looked down at Talon in shock. I couldn't will myself to move. I simply stood staring at him in a mic of shock and horror as his grip loosened before he slipped to the ground face down.

"You killed him. I asked you to help him, and instead, you killed him." I couldn't believe this.

Gianni shrugged, a cold look on his face, "I eliminated the pr