BOOM!
It happened so fast that no one had time to react.
Caleb froze, his breath catching in his throat as his eyes widened in horror. Naya's body was flung backward by the sheer force of the impact, crashing into a table inside the café.
The world slowed for her in that instant. Her gaze caught a glimpse of the bright blue sky as her body twisted in the air. Then came the pain—white-hot, searing through her shoulder as the bullet tore clean through without restraint.
For a fleeting second, her entire arm went numb, almost as if it had vanished. Then, the agony hit like a sledgehammer.
"Naya!" Alice's voice sliced through the chaos, sharp and commanding. She was the first to react, snapping her head toward the direction of the shot.
