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Chapter 233

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I froze, my heart hammering.

Is this how I die?

Within that split second, her gun shifted, and she fired.

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Someone screamed while people scrambled out of their seats and lowered themselves to the floor. Dominic was already out of his seat, pulling me behind him.

That’s when I saw the waiter on the floor – his white, crisp shirt soaking through with red at the chest area. His face was contorted in pain, but what surprised me was that instead of pain and confusion, the waiter had pure anger in his eyes.

“What’s going on?” Dominic demanded as El approached the wounded man. She scanned him for a second before asking, “Who sent you?”

“Fuck you!” The man fired back and El raised her gun and shot him in the kneecap.

His screams pierced the air as his wolf came to the surface and I saw his elongated teeth and claws. All around us, people rushed to the elevator and staircase in an attempt to escape.

“STUPID BITCH!” The waiter roared, and El fired a second shot at his second kneecap.

El faced us, remorse absent from her features as she sheathed her gun.

“He’s a hired killer.” El stated, and I gaped at her, surprised.

“How did you find out?” Dominic asked.

“The moment you told me about your date, I memorized the faces of all the staff that work here. Beta Zed and I even ran background checks on each of them, too. That’s how I know that this guy,” She pointed at the wounded man. “is not part of the staff.”

“You mean he switched roles with someone?”

El’s expression darkened more. “I wish it were just that, sir.” She swallowed, seemingly upset. “I was told the original staff called in sick, hence, this bastard replacing him. But when I sent people to check on the sick guy…”

El paused, blinking profusely, and for the first time, I saw her eyes water. “They found his body.”

My heart shattered.

to the bodies of his pregnant wife

seemed to tilt, so I held on to the edge of the table to

immediately by

at

Am I okay?

murdered because of me and all my uncle could think to ask

“I’m fine.” I swallowed,

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“Take her home.

“But” El protested.

harsh. “Apart from you and Z, I don’t trust anyone

carrying annoyance. “Let’s go.” She grumbled before dashing

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but my mind was a whirlwind of voices. Voices that were like accusing fingers with claws dragging their tips through my heart, making me bleed on

is all your

you had died, that

‘You’re nothing but trouble.

in the North and you’ve

harbinger of death! Everyone should

this time. So no more

before Dominic, your

in my eyes and shaky hands, I brought out my phone with the intention of texting Theon. But

I alighted from the car and watched it do a

magnificent house filled with lights. Theon and Miro would be in there

I don’t deserve them.

just like my heartbeat, and I walked until I reached the hostel where Adam

me to find his room and after a double knock, the door swung open and I was met with a shirtless,

in longer hair

I greeted glumly, and

aside to let me in and I entered, suddenly aware that my hands

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