Max’s POV

The room spun around me as I stared at Kieran’s battered face, the blood trickling down his chin, his smug smile still etched on his lips. I clenched my fists so tightly that my knuckles went white, trembling with raw fury. Every muscle in my body was taut, the fire inside me blazing hotter than ever. How could he be so damn confident? So defiant even now, after everything we’d done to him?

I looked over at Leo, who was kneeling beside Kieran, ...