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. ...