All eyes were wide and fixed on the woman standing before Bryan. There were no visible wounds, but then she was clutching a part of her body that was oozing fresh blood.

Nearly staggering, Bryan scrambled to free himself from the man holding him, then rushed over to support his wife.

"Shienna!" He called out her name in dismay, checking where on her body the gunshot had hit but found only a wounded arm. He took off his jacket and wrapped the wound. "Hold this tight, okay?"

He let go of Shienna, who could sit up well because there were no severe injuries, which allowed Bryan to take care of...