ARIA’S POVo

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Liam’s voice shot through the room before I even heard him step in. My whole body froze. For a moment I wished the floor would open and swallow me. Hadn’t the medicine worked? Was it because I split the dose… or maybe I should’ve waited longer for it to settle fully into my system before making a move. If only I’d been patient.

I slowly turned to face him, nerves buzzing under my skin as I tried to mask everything from my ...