AMARA POV
The gunshot split the air.
Then….
“No!”
Daniel’s scream tore out, raw, broken, filled with something that didn’t sound human.
My heart stopped.
A body had thrown itself against him.
Everything blurred for half a second, confusion, shock, disbelief, before reality slammed into me like a physical blow.
Nora.
Daniel caught her before she hit the ground, his hands shaking violently as her fragile body folded into his arms.
Blood bloomed across her back.
My breath hitched.
My legs moved before my brain did.
Anna’s laughter rang out, sharp, manic, as she c****d the gun again, eyes blazing straight at me.
“I have to kill her!”
She raised the weapon,
But it was knocked from her hands.
A uniformed officer lunged from behind, tackling her hard to the floor.
“Keep your han
