Ciara's POV

I chuckled darkly. “Still lying to your men, Trey? It’s laughable that even now, you can’t come up with a single valid reason why any of this is our fault. Just once, try telling the truth. The end’s coming, might as well be honest for once in your life.”

He finally stopped talking and started slamming a barstool into my barrier. It didn’t drain me much to hold it—yet—but it still cost me some energy. What I really needed was for him to waste his bullets. That would ...