“Sophia’s POV”

For a second, I couldn’t move. My mind went blank.

One of Damien’s men stood at the spot Lucian fell, his chest heaving, the butt of his gun still raised when my eyes snapped to him.

His strike had come from nowhere—slamming hard against the back of Lucian’s head, right to his skull.

The sound had been sickening, a crack that made my stomach turn.

Lucian crumpled, his body hitting the ground with a heavy thud and collapsing in front of me, My breath seized, and ...