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.

through the remaining henchmen, scattering

out in quick succession, and bodies fell one after another. But she took a

chamber, a sinking dread

time aimed at the enemy. The attackers dropped where they

up to see Sherman sprinting toward her, worry

"Citrine!"

expression turned ashen when he saw her injury. He spun around, shouting to the people behind him, "Get a

medic rushed over, cracking open his kit as soon as he saw Citrine's

"Help him first. He's been shot in

and the medic knew better than to argue with

own wound wasn't as serious, so she patched herself up with

of the wounds were seen to that Vester finally

a glance, her

late," Vester said, guilt etched

yourself. You did everything you could—and

expression darkened, but he

couldn't help but warn him, “Darius Archer was willing to go to deadly lengths to get rid of me, an outsider. You need to be careful at home. He's got plenty of killers at his disposal, and it's the attacks you don't see

of the weight on

old bastard Darius Archer won't be a problem much longer. I've already arranged for him

need of a transfusion, Citrine didn't linger. She asked Sherman to get them to Viridis

overseas. Not wanting to worry

Back home.

Saunders family sat in the living room, a heavy silence pressing down on

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255