CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - MY SUMMER

Amelia

I could recognize that chocolate color anywhere. I lowered the gun in my hands and felt my eyes blur with tears.

"Amelia!" Elija screamed my name. "BEHIND, BEHIND YOU!"

We hadn't paid attention to the front door...

I heard the shot, and the gun that was in my hand fell. I couldn't take my weight and my knees hit the hard floor and then my shoulder. The pain was something I didn't feel. Maybe my brain hadn't had time to send the signal, maybe that part had shut down from the shock. But one thing I knew, everything was spinning and going dark.

"SHIT... Amelia!" For the first time I heard Elija's excited voice. I still managed to look at him for a second before my reflection blurred. I heard a shot and then another and another. Those hollow gunshots wouldn't stop until I heard snarling and snarling through my poor vision.

I closed my eyes without even wanting to. I knew Bram's body was torn apart right behind me. I didn't want to think about it, but I couldn't help it. He had take