XAVIER’S POV

The door clicked shut behind her, and for a moment, I just stood there staring at the empty space she’d been standing in seconds ago. My heart was still hammering in my chest, my palms clammy, and my mind… well, my mind felt like it had been tossed into a blender.

“What the hell just happened?” I muttered under my breath, dragging a hand through my hair.

My living room felt smaller somehow, like the air had been sucked out. I replayed the whole scene in my ...