Chapter 5 - SHADOWS AND GUNFIRE
The illusion shattered at midnight. A waiter reached into his jacket, and Adrian’s reflexes were terrifying. He shoved me behind a marble pillar just as deafening gunfire shattered the crystal chandeliers. Glass rained down around us. Adrian drew a sleek black pistol, his face a mask of absolute lethality as he returned fire. "Stay down," he roared, pulling me into a side corridor. My hands were shaking, my dress torn, but as Adrian shielded my body with his own in the dark, I realized he was willing to take a bullet for a woman he barely knew.
