Nowhere to Run

Kaelia

Gunshots ripped through the hospital, loud, sharp, impossible to ignore. Each one hammered my nerves until I felt like I might just fall apart.

Valen didn’t hesitate. He dragged me behind him before the last echo faded. Bram and the other guards snapped into position, weapons up, forming a wall between us and the chaos. Everything looked surreal under the emergency lights, red and twisted,