KAELON’S POV

I sat in my office, staring blankly at the swirling ice in my untouched glass of whiskey. The silence around me was deafening. The weight of Liv’s absence crushed my chest with every passing second. I had lost her.

And it was my fault.

My phone buzzed, snapping me from my thoughts. I grabbed it, half-hoping it was Liv, but it was Evelyn, my assistant.

"Sir, I just got word that Aaron’s condition ...