Chapter 16

Jake Carson

I hear someone screaming loudly, making me jolt up in my bed. Danika was sitting upright, with her face as white as a ghost, staring at the window.

Did she see a shadow or something?

But before I could get up and look, I hear gunshots firing and shattering the bedroom windows, making Danika scream again as she holds on to my hand tightly. I quickly remove the gun kept on the nightstand, trying to figure out where the sounds were coming from.

“Jake, don’t! Please.” Danika whispers as her grip on my hand tightens trying to stop me from approaching the balcony, her eyes were filled with tears and her hands were shaking.

“Danika, stay here, don’t move, the attacker is probably gone.” I reassure her, before swiftly walking towards the window with a gun in my hand. I get a glimpse of a man with red hair running away from the scene as soon as he sees me.

I find the bullet in the mess of the shattered glass, only to see that it was a dummy. Enough to scare someone but can’t really