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CHAPTER 140: HANGING ON A THREAD
HANGING ON A THREADMuffled voices that tore through the fabric of his thoughts, leaving fragments as they slipped in and out. Like they didn't belong in the same room. That was the first thing he heard. “—losing too much blood—”“Get pressure on that wound!”“His pulse is dropping—”He groaned as something cold pressed against his skin. Another grabbed his shoulder, pinning him down as his groan grew to a yell as fiery agony tore through his wound. The entire world dulled down to a low hum as different hands moved over him, touched him, and held him down. Damien tried to open his eyes, but his eyelids felt heavy. Like they had been sealed shut with concrete. He just let out a low breath and twisted on the soft surface he laid one, groaning with every rattle that shook his body. “…stay with us, sir… can you hear me?”A light flashed across his face, burning past his closed eyelids and hitting his eyes. He squinted even with his vision dark and flinched weakly, the motion causing h
CHAPTER 139: DEAD ENOUGH?
DEAD ENOUGH?The nurse immediately nodded, her head bobbing up and down as she tried to slow her breathing. Her trembling hands slipped down from the doorknob as she began moving toward Jim first. Dropping to her knees, she pressed her hands against the wound in a bid to study them. “Alright, I'll… I'll need some gauze and… if you could just help apply some pressure on nurse Jackie’s wounds,” she muttered to Damien as she took in slow breaths, already working. Damien remained where he was, staring at the nurse's still body a meter away. Then he turned to the working nurse, scuttling forward. “You've got them," he said, his voice dropping low. "Right?”She paused, her eyes slowly lifting to him. They still held fear, but hidden beneath that fear was a quiet strength, one that grew as she nodded quickly. “Yeah," she said, turning to the fallen nurse. “I'll try to help all of them." That was all Damien needed. Immediately, he gave her a curt nod and rose to his feet. He was headed
CHAPTER 138: BLOOD AND BREATH 3
BLOOD AND BREATH 3For a long moment, Damien just stood there, the gun hanging loosely in his gto as he stared out the window. His chest heaved heavily with tired breaths as the weight of everything that had happened came crashing down on him. The deafening silence the gunfire had left in the room didn't last, as it was immediately broken by reality. First came the loud screaming from the people below as they all huddled around the body, mixed with the wailing of sirens that cut through the halls, sharp and frantic. Footsteps boomed past the corridor outside, commanding voices overlapping as they shouted orders with panic bleeding through their tone. And at the center of it all stood Damien. He was numb, blinking slowly as he tried to pull himself out of the gaze settling over him. That's true… they were still bleeding. The thought immediately snapped him back into focus and he spun fast. Immediately, he dropped to his knees behind Elara again, dropping a hand over the cut the bu
CHAPTER 137: BLOOD AND BREATH 2
BLOOD AND BREATH 2Quickly, he dragged Jim across the floor, smeared streaks of red trailing behind his body. The moment he dropped him behind the bed, he pressed a hand against the commissioner’s wound again, hissing as he tries to slow the bleeding. “Stay alive, Jim," he muttered, red seeping between the creases of his fingers. “You don't get to fucking die on me before telling me what the hell you were about to say." Jim’s eyes fluttered open, shifting until they met Damien's. He opened his lips to speak but all that came out was a weak, choking breath. Damien cursed through clenched teeth as he exhaled sharply. Biting down on his lips, he looked around quickly, taking in the mess that surrounded him. The room was a complete wreck. Glass littered the floor, most of the equipments had been destroyed and the white tiles was now stained red with blood. And the window… it was still wide open. "Think, think, think,” he muttered under his breath. Leaving the room wasn't the best as
CHAPTER 136: BLOOD AND BREATH 1
BLOOD AND BREATH 1“NO!”The word tore out of Damien's throat before he could stop it. It left him raw and violent, the sound tearing through the thundering snap of bullets gifting drywall as though it could undo the chaos that had just happened. Before he could make a single move, Elara's body hit the floor hard and the sound instantly rooted him to the spot. For a split second, everything slowed and the entire world dulled to a little hum. The whirring in his ears muffled the sound of gunfire, swallowing the shouts outside until all that remained was just her body laying there… still. His breath left him and for once, he didn't care to duck or dodge the hits that were being directed at him. But then, he watched her chest heave slightly and reality instantly slammed him back into focus. “Shit!" he cursed out loud as he dropped back down. The moment he moved, another shot cracked through the room, the bullet snapping past the space where his head had been a second ago and slammi
CHAPTER 135: SHATTER POINT
SHATTER POINTThe moment the door clicked shut behind Elara, silence settled in the room. It remained for a moment, with Jim staying quiet as he stood there, watching Damien. His gaze remained fixed on him, studying him like he was trying to measure something…Or maybe find the right words for what he was there to say. And Damien didn't help him. He just sat there, his elbows resting on his knees again, his eyes full and unreadable.“Well," Jim muttered finally, exhaling loudly as he dragged a hand over his bald head. “You've really done it this time."Damien didn't react. He watched silently, waiting for the ‘bomb’ Jim wanted to drop. If coming here was to tell him the consequences of his actions again… if that was all he had to say, he need not continue. But Jim, oblivious to the thoughts running through Damien's mind, simply stepped further into the room. “And your actions, Damien," he continued, his voice low but firm, “they’ve… really put your freedom in serious danger." That
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