Camilla’s POV

The sound of the gunshot reverberated in my ears, echoing like a pounding in my chest into the silence of the night. I was immobile. My breath seized in my throat and my whole body froze. As I attempted to process what had just transpired, everything around me seemed to slow down.

With his weapon raised and his gaze fixed on the mayhem ahead, Lawrence's Beta stood at the edge of the tree line. The weight of the moment made the gun in his grasp tremble, yet his face was ...