In the circle of the crowd, the second the tall and straight figure she missed so much was going to fall, she heard herself call his name with all her strength without thinking. And he seemed to hear her calling and tried to turn back.
Kate was anxious and called again, "Tristan-"
And then she witnessed him fall on his back with a thud.
The van behind her was surrounded by armed police. The other two men got out of the van with her, and the others inside the van all raised their guns and shot.
But all these had nothing to do with Kate.
In her eyes, she only saw the slow-motion of Tristan's falling down. The thud crashed her eardrums and her heart. She could hear nothing else.
She used the strength she had to push away the human wall. Somebody tried to grab her, and somebody's gun barrel touched her face, but she didn't care, and she just ran.
