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FOURTEEN
Eli
Everything happened so fast it got blurry. We heard Hade yell "Run! Ambush!" and Nik immediately held me by the hand and we ran. He was saying something but I couldn't process them anymore.
Then I heard the shots.
Nik immediately pulled me and covered my body with his as we both fell to the ground to take cover. When I came to, Nik was lying on the ground with blood on his right shoulder.
I heard myself scream his name. From the corner of my eyes, I saw Hade not far from us. He was on the ground with his hands covering his head.
I didn't have time to think of anything. Seeing my brother's body not far away from me, I started to get up to get closer to him.
"Eli, don't!" I heard Hade scream.
But by the time he said that, a rain of bullets came pouring on us. I instinctively dropped to the ground. The gunfires stopped after a while.
"S-stay down, El," I heard Nik say that in his pained voice. I
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