Chapter 189: A Narrow Miss

The house’s security had been alerted by the sounds of gunshots ringing out, and even before Ezra started to hell, “Find her!” repeatedly, they'd all already sprung into action, searching the grounds where she'd fallen to. “Sir, there's no one here.” He opened and closed his mouth like a fish for a few seconds before whirling around at the sound of footsteps approaching. “What's going on here?!” Rocco thundered, his eyes blazing and alert as he adjusted his robe with one hand while the other firmly gripped his pistol. “Sir,” the head guard began as he stepped forward. “We had an intruder, someone who tried to attack Mr. Ezra.” “Kill,” Ezra quickly corrected, watching as his father joined them. “The assassin tried to kill me.” Rocco glanced around, his eyes settling on the men's faces one by one. “And why hasn't this person been found?!” “He or she escaped before we got here,” the guard answered, then shrugged as he pointed at the small pool of blood on the ground. “We don't know