Chapter 46. Consumed

Like a light of a single firefly banishing in the prey's mouth, his burning eyes were gone, and so was his grip, which was almost an inch away from my hands.

Oswin was able to move him to the point where the bullets would have passed through, which should have been for the enemy. Chase hesitated when he got to his new place, but as soon as he did, three bullets hit his right chest in quick succession.

Chase almost recoiled as the bullets hit his body. White, icy mist splattered from the gunshot. like a ball bursting inside after hitting a sharp and deadly bullet. My heart slowly disintegrated seeing his demise.

"Chase!" I screamed. I tried to run towards where the man was now unable to move and what looked like a lump of ice in the standing.

Chase was frozen solid, metaphorically speaking. He was paralyzed from the neck down.

As the scalding liquid trickled down my cheeks, I made an effort to close the gap. As I walked up to the man, tears filled my eyes.

It didn't go unnoticed b