KAIDA REED POV

Lucien jerked violently, a strangled sound escaping his lips as the bullet struck his shoulder. His gun dropped slightly, and he stumbled forward, one hand immediately flying to the wound.

He slowly turned around.

Helena stood at the other end of the hallway, her gun raised, her expression looking eerily similar to the one I remembered from my first life, when she'd stood over my dead body.

"Helena?"

"Hi, Lucien." She gave him a cold smile, keeping the gun trained on him. "You didn't really think I was going to let you walk away after ruining my life, did you?"

She stopped in front of him, her...