Aria's POV

My past self, Alicia, held Kael by the arm, pulling him back. “It's not what you think, Kael. Nothing happened between us. I think we were drugged.”

Kael just cast her a look of pure disdain, and he jerked her arm from his shirt, continuing his deadly march into the room.

Her breaths were uneven, her chest heaving so loud I could hear it beat a low, ominous rhythm, though it was a memory. “Kael, no… You have this wrong. You are…” She desperately reached for him again, ...