Chapter 43. It Had Only Begun

Mattias’s POV

“Bang!”

A loud bang erupted from Noah’s end.

“Noah!” I yelled, turning to him. He fell to the floor, scared and crying from the sound of the gunfire.

It took me a few seconds to realize what had happened. Lucas lay on the ground in a pool of his own blood, his eyes wide open as he stared into thin air. He had been shot—Noah had shot him through his back.

I got up quickly, running toward Noah. I scooped him up, holding him tight and close to me.

He had saved me. My little boy had saved us all from this monster—someone I thought I knew, but who had proven me so fucking wrong.

For years, we had lived in fear, in pain, and in worry. But today, right now, it was all over.

The dist