Chapter 0645

And I was trapped here, unable to even move. The crowd had grown thick with frenzy, and I was trapped, being jostled by the frantic movements of the once-peaceful party goers.

The crowd parted for a moment, and that was when I saw him. My father, from across the room, slowly stood from his chair, his stern gaze locking onto me as the chaos rippled across the banquet hall.

"Dad," I whispered, I began to make my way toward him, hoping that he could help, but a sudden collision sent me sprawling onto the floor, and my wrist began throbbing with pain as it slammed into the floor. I winced, gripping it, but found myself unable to get back to my feet clue to the chaos.

I was on the verge of getting trampled in the chaos when a strong arm encircled me, lifting me from the floor. I glanced up to see Enzo, his face a mixture of relief and concern. "There you are," he murmured.

With his arm around me, he swiftly guided me away from the mayhem and into a safe alcove down a hallway. Once we were safe enough, we turned to each other, out of breath and taken by surprise.

"Where are the others?" I panted, my voice trembling.

my belly. "They ran up to

around the corner of the alcove at the chaos that my dad's

swallowed. "No.

wasting a moment, we rushed to the storage room where I had left Lori. I flung the door open to see her standing there, wringing her hands. She looked terrified, her eyes wide with

is

talk," I said. "Just follow us." Lori nodded and didn't put up a fight

route, his tall form almost seeming to grow in the

off," Enzo hissed. "Just

himself between the man and us, and I wrapped my

taking a

and began

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