Signed in Blood

The gunshot echoed louder than Vivienne’s scream.

Dominic barely had time to register it before the pain hit him, exploding through his leg like fire burning through his skin. He went down hard.

His knee slammed against the concrete, his body folding in on itself as a strangled groan tore out of his throat.

Blood spilled immediately, dark and fast, soaking through his trousers and pooling beneath