Chapter 800

Despite Citrine and Sebastian Vesper's sharpshooting-having taken down quite a few of their enemies the opposition's sheer numbers tipped the balance in their favor.

Dodging bullets and firing back, Citrine and Sebastian were too busy to notice the black barrel protruding from the window of a nearby dark sedan.

The gun leveled at Citrine.

A bullet tore through the air in an instant.

"Get down!" Sebastian's voice was raw with panic as he glanced up, eyes wild.

He didn't hesitate. In a split second, he lunged in front of Citrine.

The bullet punched through his shoulder.

"Sebastian!" Citrine's face drained of color.

Watching him collapse before her, rage surged in Citrine's chest, white-hot and blinding.

Without a second thought, she raised her pistol, aiming straight at the man in the

car.

A shot rang out, and blood sprayed across the car's interior.

"Boss!" someone in the crowd screamed. The mob spun around, racing toward the black vehicle.

leader dead, panic swept through the remaining henchmen,

rang out in quick succession, and bodies fell one

chamber, a sinking dread

through the chaos-this time aimed at the enemy.

see Sherman sprinting toward her, worry etched

"Citrine!"

ashen when he saw her injury. He spun around, shouting to

open his kit as soon as he saw Citrine's

"Help him first. He's been shot

than to argue with her,

own wound wasn't as serious, so she

were seen to that Vester finally arrived, well after the dust

a

I'm late," Vester said, guilt

reassurance. "Don't blame yourself. You did everything you could—and we're still alive, aren't

darkened, but

go to deadly lengths to get rid of me, an outsider. You need to be careful at home. He's got plenty of

some of the weight on

Darius Archer won't be a problem much longer. I've already arranged

Citrine didn't linger. She asked Sherman to get them to Viridis Medical Institute as

overseas. Not wanting to worry him,

Back home.

in the living room, a heavy silence pressing down

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