Chapter 131. The Weight of A Life

"No!" Jared cried out, his voice raw and broken. It was a sound of total, unadulterated agony: the sound of a man watching his entire universe get extinguished in a single second.

The gunshot echoed like a thunderclap against the brick walls of the warehouses, a sharp and final punctuation mark to the nightmare that had haunted them for years.

For a heartbeat, time stopped.

Myla felt a sudden, heavy weight slam into her, knocking the wind out of her lungs as she was thrown hard onto the cold asphalt. She flinched when she felt a splash of something hot and wet across her neck.

Her ears were ringing so loudly that the world went silent, leaving only the sight of the dark, starless sky above her.

"Myla! Say something! Please, god, say something!" Jared screamed, his voice cracking with a terror so deep