Chapter 57

"Are you serious?" Hudson thought Owen was joking. He just smiled and didn't think too much of it. But when Owen turned around and tilted his head slightly, his eyes locked onto Hudson from under the brim of his hat. Hudson immediately felt a wave of sinister aura closing in on him. In that split second, he could deeply feel as if death was slowly closing in on him. "This first shot," Owen muttered, "is the death knell that rings for you." Hudson's skeletal form covered his body in instinct. Almost at the same instance, there was a loud gunshot. Hudson's perception could barely catch when Owen had drawn his gun. Normally, his senses should be able to detect something like a bullet— There was a loud boom and Hudson felt a sharp, intense pain in his shoulder, followed by a loud sickening sound of bone shattering. The bullet had torn through his skeletal form and ripped straight through his shoulder. The immense force of the impact sent Hudson spinning through the air several ti