Yuri's face paled instantly, the idea that he could die suddenly dawning heavily on him like a bucket of cold water.
Patro looked to one of his men who pulled th trigger. "Are you stupid? Did I ask you to shoot?"
The beta bodyguard glanced at him, frighetened. "But sir, your father, he—"
"Do I look like my father to you, huh?" He was fuming. "When I give you an order, you obey the damn thing!"
In his last sentence, he shot the bodyguard dead at the temple, watching him drop to the floor lifeless. "Idiot. This is my game, not yours. You do what I ask you to."
The other bodyguard, who was clearly a brother, trembled, peering at the lifeless body of his younger brother on the floor. Patro had killed him without a single thought behind his eyes.
Caius who'd staggered towards Yuri, caught him in his arms as he fell to the floor. "Yuri…Yuri look at me." His trembling fingers reached to cup his cheek.
He still felt warm, he stil—
"Caius—"
