I run at full speed and beat her to the position at the last second. She halts at my right, her expression stunned as a bullet pierces my chest. The force swings me back and I slump on the ground, my bones taking the impact. Hot liquid pours out of me before red soaks my chest and pools all around me. “Kyle!” Her shrill, panicked voice reaches me despite the chaos. An angelic face hovers over me, flashing back and forth in my blurry vision. I raise a finger to her cheek, only my arm doesn’t move. “I knew you would be the death of me, Princess.” My eyes roll back in my head and the world turns
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