~Jeremy’s POV~

For a fraction of a second, everything went silent.

The kind of silence that followed something irreversible. The kind that sucked all the air out of the room and left your ears ringing even when no sound remained.

My heart pounded harder than it had ever been. Chris was going to shoot Teyana, but she was still here- alive and breathing- hard. My gaze slowly darted to the floor. Chris lay sprawled there, motionless. Completely still.

Chris. Chris Dales. He is dead. I felt ...