THIRD PERSON POV
Everything happened at once.
One minute, Arthur’s gun was pointed at Lyra. The next, the hall doors burst open a second time, and shots rang out.
Liam had jumped and pushed Lyra out of the way, and now he slowly raised his head from the floor.
Caine and Randall.
They’d arrived at exactly twenty minutes with more backup.
All at once, the hall erupted.
Where everyone had frozen before and dropped their weapons, they picked them back up. Amidst the commotion, some people tried to flee, but they were instantly gunned down.
There was no way out.
The commotion was a lot. Arthur looked around, and for the first time that night, real fear flickered in his eyes. He took in everything. His men were sprawled dead on the floor. Liam’s men seemed to be increasing every mi
