Sera POV

I pressed my forehead harder against the door, the cheap wood cool against my skin, like it could soak up the panic that was invading my mind.

Inside, Kael’s pacing had stopped it was silence now. Heavy, waiting silence that felt worse than the stomping or screaming.

My hand hovered over the knob. One twist and I would be face to face with the guy I spent weeks pretending wasn’t existing. One twist and I will have to look at him after the hallway incident—after the way his ...