'T-This is bad. I hope Ethan and others are following me. I think I might need their help with this.'
Selene felt the tension rise in the air as she looked at the body in front of her. She had a feeling things were about to get worse somehow.
The moment the assassin collapsed, a thick, dark vapor began to seep from his body, curling into the air like ink spreading through water.
The acrid scent of poison burned Selene's nostrils, and her instincts screamed at her.
Move. Now.
Without hesitation, she snatched Nora by the wrist and yanked her back, her boots skidding against the polished restaurant floor as she dragged them both to safety.
The other patrons and staff had barely begun to process what had just happened before the realization hit them all at once—they were trapped inside with a spreading toxin.
Panic erupted.
Screams filled the high-class restaurant, silverware clattering to the floor as people scrambled away from the spreading fumes.
