Chapter 392



Jaxon lunged at Zoe, looking to land a punch, but Bran sent him flying with a swift kick. "Come on, man, hitting a woman? Show some class." Jaxon hit the ground hard, groaning as he struggled to get up.

Cursing under his breath, he pointed a threatening finger at Annora. "Fine, you've got your knight in shining armor now, but just you wait. Once we're out of here, you're dead."

Annora was in tears, too scared to even look at Jaxon.

Zoe wrapped her arms around Annora, whispering words of comfort that I couldn't quite catch.

Then, all of a sudden, the lights went out.

Silence fell over us.

Everyone held their breath, waiting to see what madness would unfold next.

The only sounds were our collective breaths and the steady drip of a leaky faucet. No other hint of what was to come.

"Please don't tell me there's some sort of gas leak. This place isn't exactly well-ventilated," someone said, their voice shaking with fear. "Are we going to die here?"

Panic started to spread.

"What do we do? What do we do?"

darkness, a hand found mine, squeezing it gently as if to say, "Don't

It was

shielding me as we moved to a corner

the pitch-black darkness, it felt like the

an eternity, a dim light

lights flickered

up in confusion. "What's

that it? Just a power

would do something as mundane as cutting

scream pierced the

metallic scent of blood

had been slit, preventing any cries for help, and a knife was

man who had threatened Annora, was now

my gaze shifted to

she had been before the lights went

A

Who killed Jaxon?

killer had to be among

and Annora to move. "We

breath, standing close to

chill run

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