Chapter 278

The gunshot rang out.

The numbness got to him first, blood running cold in seconds. He was dying; did it mean he could never have gotten to them in the first place?

Did it mean he was never all that in the first place? Parading himself as steel when he was just a helpless who had left home to search for approval?

It was a wonder how death had him facing the truth, the last seconds of his life replaying his time on earth, which was all useless.

But wait a minute, was death this painless? Why was it taking so long to slump down and give it all up?

All thoughts.

Until he heard the body drop in a noisy heap behind him. And when his brows creased out of sheer habit... Could it be?

He heard the wince and the painful howl, and when Nico turned to see the man sprawled, writhing on the ground in pain, he squinted, at the same time frowning.

Was he... Was he alive?

And HOW?!

"SO..." He heard the yell from the other side, and when he turned