Chapter 111

• The air was thick with the smell of blood and gunpowder, a nauseating mixture that hung in the air as I stood still in the middle of the store, the satin wedding dress now stained with the blood of those who had fallen around me. Men, some of my allies and others enemies, lay motionless, their lives taken by the violence of the ambush.
• The surrounding chaos was palpable, people moving frantically, screams echoing through the open space of the store. I was dazed, trying to process what had just happened, my body still trembling with the adrenaline of the battle that had just been fought.
• A police officer approached me, his face reflecting the seriousness of the situation. His voice sounded distant as he asked if I was okay, if I was hurt. I stared at him, struggling to understand his words through the haze of confusion enveloping my mind.