Chapter 53 — Close Call with Enemies

POV: Isabella

As i replayed everything, I realised that Adrain reaction has something to deal with his mother's death.

I didn’t think I would ever understand the silence that comes right before bullets.

Not the kind of silence people talk about in movies — the dramatic type, the slow-motion type.

No.

This one was different.

It was alive.

Heavy.

Cold.

Sharp enough to slice straight through bone.

It wasn’t even sound.

It was a feeling — a shift ...