The room was filled with people. To make it easy for everyone to hear him, Felix Lawrence was positioned right in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.
Stella Sterling's sharp eyes spotted a long crack running down the middle of the glass. Just then, a hailstone the size of an adult's fist, propelled by the frigid wind, came hurtling straight toward that very crack.
She shouted a warning, then quickly rolled to the side to get out of the way.
Felix Lawrence didn't know what was happening, but seeing Stella Sterling's reaction, alarm bells went off in his head. He yelled to the crowd, "Spread out!"
Then he covered his head and ran to the side as well.
He was facing the crowd, so he couldn't see what was behind him. But many people had seen the situation behind him the moment Stella Sterling yelled. By the time Felix Lawrence shouted his warning, everyone was already starting to take cover!
