Blair’s POV

There is an incessant ringing in my ears. Did that really just happen? Did someone just shoot at us? I realize only a moment after it happened that the hole in the railing is just barely over my right shoulder.

Does that mean that someone was aiming at Raven’s heart?

Everything happens in slow motion for me as I look at the hole and turn back toward Raven, whose eyes are suddenly a dark crimson. I watch as his fangs protrude from his ...