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In the overwhelming chaos, I didn’t know what was happening. All I knew was that Connor had slumped against me and we had fallen to the floor. He was lying on top of me, unconscious.

At least, I prayed that’s all it was.

Or I would have been praying if I hadn’t been screaming frantically.

Suddenly Connor rolled to the side, and I thanked God that he was alright –

Except his eyes were closed and he sagged like a rag doll, no reaction on his face.

“CONNOR!” I screamed, clutching at his limp body. “CONNOR – ”

And then Johnny was there above me, just a foot away, ten times more panicked than I had ever seen him. He looked like a man who had just lost his entire family in some horrible, sudden tragedy, right before his very eyes.

“Lily, are you hit?!” he yelled.

“Connor – ”

“LILY, ARE YOU SHOT?!”

“No, no, I’m okay,” I babbled, and immediately burst into tears.

I needed to tell him – I needed to tell him how Connor had sensed the danger, and had wrapped his arms around me, shielding me fr