Chapter 19: Amateurs

“Take cover, everyone,” Draven said as he got up and jumped out of his booth.

I couldn’t understand what exactly had been happening but a tug from Diana made me take shelter under the table where she had been crouching too.

“Stay here,” she instructed, seemingly used to this kind of thing because she didn’t look in the least bit bothered by this sudden breakage into her shop. There were worry lines clouding her face but I could tell that they were more because she was worried about her customers and staff who she was shouting instructions at to hide and stay unmoving.

When the rumble cleared it had been quite for a little bit as Aksel and Alfeo slowly moved forward towards the door with a gun in each of their hand.

That was the second time I was seeing Draven with one and honestly that metallic device scared me. It had the ability to kill a human or to provide it such unbearable pain that they would instead wish to be dead.

I would never want to be on the receiving end of that shiny b