Lucia
Everything happened so fast, I was left feeling confused and disoriented. I intended to just slightly injure Nicholas so that I could intimidate him. But when he came to me, the killing intent clear in his eyes, my hand lashed out on its own, causing a serious gash on his face, even shutting off one of his eyes. Then he drew his gun and all hell broke loose. I grappled with him on the floor, trying to evade the weapon. I kept pushing it away while he kept shoving it at me. My heart thudded in fear like I'd never felt before. I could see death reaching out to me with its merciless clutches. For some reason, my mind chose to reach out to Adriano in that instant. Thinking of him somehow gave me strength and I doubled my attempts to defend myself. Then a deafening bang resonated through
