Natalia sat frozen when the first shot went off. She was expecting blackness to envelop her, the pain to explode through her from the bullet that had surely come from Amanda. She closed her eyes when the second shot was fired, only to peek when nothing touched. As if in slow motion she turned around, seeing Ellen cradling the crying Joshua in her arms.
A low groan of pain brought her eyes to the man who was standing before her. 'No, no, no!' she said in a low voice as a patch of red-stained his shirt right on his chest. She was on her feet and moving to him before Derek got there. 'You are ok,' she whispered as she looked at him.
Christian looked at Natalia, making sure that she was safe. The pain on his chest was making it difficult for him to breathe. Though he tried to stagger to th
