The Ambush
The gunshot pierced the simulated silence.
Flora had slightly a moment to reply before Jace seized her, yanking her to the floor as an alternate bullet ripped through the wall above her head. The air filled with the sharp scent of gunpowder.
" Stay down!" Jace barked, his voice slightly audible over the unforeseen barrage of gunfire.
Lorne cursed, ducking behind a capsized table and drawing his weapon." You led them then?!"
" No," Adrian gritted out, floundering to sit up. He was still weak, his body slightly recovered from the last fight." It's not just them." His breath came suddenly." It's worse."
Flora's palpitation pounded. She risked a regard toward the door, but the murk outdoors made it insolvable to tell how numerous enemies there were.
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