Chapter 12

"Shit! Why did you do that, Shawnel?" Deon angrily asked Dashiel while we were still hiding. Shawnel remained silent, lost in thought. When Deon saw how serious she was, he stopped talking too.

Minutes passed before the shooting stopped, and during that time, all we did was duck and hide, as we couldn't find the time to do anything else.

When we finally stood up, we looked around to see where the barking dogs were and why they had stopped. I was shocked when I saw that they were all in the SUV, except for Lucille, who was struggling to climb into the vehicle.

Before she could get into the SUV, I targeted one of her feet and kicked it, causing her to stumble and fall. Vildamir cursed loudly upon seeing Lucille fall.

"V-ild help me," Lucille groaned, wincing in pain.

Vildamir was about to get out of the SUV to help Lucille when Shawnel fired shots again, causing him to step back and swear.

We emerged from our hiding places, holding our guns and aiming them at the enemy. I approached the