Not A Small-Town Girl

preparing to leave the hall. This development shocked them.

The ear-piercing gunshot shattered the initially peaceful atmosphere. The entire place was in chaos. People fled in panic, looking for a safe place to hide.

Although shootings were common at the border, the guests were terrorized by the sudden besiegement.

Luke looked at the people in camouflage uniforms surrounding him and his comrades. He said, "We’ve been targeted."

"They’ve been watching us since we came in," Elliot said calmly.

cover," Elliot

the loudspeaker and announced, "Everyone, please leave

to keep us here,"

guests in the auction hall soon

to fight back," Elliot

shots. Bullets flew across the room, and the sound of glass shattering could be

mess. Tables and chairs were overturned, and items were scattered on the ground.

was hard to imagine that the hall had been the venue of

who were sitting in the reception room on the third floor, heard