His Rules

Bianca

I steeled my body and shut my eyes, waiting for the inevitable but at the last second, my eyes caught something through the open door; a pair of shining shoes in the hallway.

My eyes opened wide and my gaze shot up immediately and I saw the face, it was Santiago! He was approaching with determined strides and in his hand was a pistol hanging firmly.

The devil is here! I'm dead, even if the guard let me go, he wouldn't… What have I done?

A gunshot ricocheted through the air and I couldn't tell if it was from Santiago's gun or the guard's.

My legs became numb and I felt a warm splash on my skin. I didn't have to look, I knew it was blood. I just got shot…

But…I didn't feel the pain.

However, the guard who had me had let me go and he was groaning in pain. He had jerked off from me but I was too preoccupied by my fear to notice.

I pushed myself up in trepidation, only to behold the gunshot wound on the guard's leg. I quaked in great shock and fell back on the floor.

Did Santia