Chapter 285. Maze

Angelo

One second.

That’s all it takes to lose sight of Tatiana.

One second she’s right behind me—then gunfire erupts, men come charging out of a room, and just like that, she’s gone.

A surge of dread hits me the moment I realize she’s no longer at my side, but there’s no time to panic. If I stop now, I’ll end up with a bullet—or several—lodged in my chest.

Dice and I press against the wall, ducking as bullets scream past us. Rominas pour out of the room, weapons raised—but somehow, we’re faster.

One. Two. Three. Four.

My shots hit their marks, and four bodies hit the ground before I even register how many there were to begin with.

Dice handles another group of three, but we don’t have time to think about our next moves when footsteps on the stairs tell us that more men are coming. I don’t need to wait and see if they are ours or not.

“We need to get out of this hallway. We’re easy targets here,” Dice snarls at me, already headin