Tessa’s heart, her lungs, everything felt like it just stopped working. Every part of her seemed to freeze when she saw the two men lying on the floor, motionless. No one spoke, and she could barely tell if they were even breathing.

What happened? Who was hurt? Both of them? Just one? Were they still alive?

The gunshot still rang in her ears and the smell of smoke burned her nose.

Then one of the bodies moved.

Charles Remington pushed himself up with a low groan, swayed for a ...