"Her troubled eyes held fire. The kind of fire that was capable of burning me to ash."
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I grabbed her chin with my free hand, making her look at me. "I hate that I don't know you. I hate not being a part of your life, like I was before."
I lean...
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Emily's P.O.V
My eyes were squeezed shut and my arms were around Ryder in an even tighter grip.
A moment passed.
Then another...
It took me about 5 seconds to realise that I couldn't feel the impact. I couldn't feel anything except Ryder's body heat and both of our loud and fast heartbeats.
The sound of the gunshot was still ringing in my ear, as a confirmation that a bullet was in fact, fired.
I just wasn't brave enough to open my eyes to see its effect. Because sadly I wasn't sure if I was fast enough but I remained latched onto him.
I was not surprised at all when I jumped in front of Ryder and I knew that I'd do it again, if I have to.
My body just reacted on its own as I pulled him into one last embrace.
"Oh my god..." Ryder breathed out, making me snap out of my trance and my eyes widened.
"What?" I pulled away from him with thoughts of terrible possibilities as I scanned him from head to toe. "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"
He wasn't. I'm sure I heard the sound of a gunshot fired...
I'm so confused...
My wide eyes finally landed on his and I noticed him, looking at something behind me.
I frowned before turning to look at where he's staring.
I turned to see everyone standing frozen where they were, staring at Alex in shock.
Alex stood there with a gun in his limp hand, looking down at his own bullet-pierced chest.
I swallowed a gasp when my eyes shifted to the only other person with a gun in his hand, standing behind Alex.
Jack...
He stood there with a gun in his shaky hand.
I sensed movement, and saw Diana slowly walk towards Alex. Just as Alex was about to fall on the floor, she caught him and slowly laid him on the floor.
I glanced at Ryder who was safe, before I walked closer to Diana myself.
I eyed Jack who got the hint and dropped the gun, leaning on the wall behind him, breathing heavily.
"T-traitor." Alex croaked, looking at Jack, who simply looked away.
To my surprise, I saw his eyes brimmed with tears of his own. "I was basically a hostage." Jack scoffed, making me frown.
