I take a step forward, ready to feel a bullet hit me, when out of the corner of my eye I see movement.

“She’ll be a useful toy to sit at my feet while I’m the one that rules,” he hisses.

“Never,” I seethe, and then the gun goes off.

Phoenix screams, but I don’t feel any pain as I look down and see I’m unharmed. I turn around and she reaches for me, checking me over to see where the bullet hit.

“He missed?” she asks in disbelief.

We both look back to see Marco in a pile ...