Liam's POV

The bright fluorescent lights of the hospital waiting room felt like they were burning into my brain as I paced back and forth. The sound of Mia's head hitting that metal rod kept echoing in my mind, along with the sickening crack it had made.

She was trying to protect me. She got hurt because she was trying to stop us from fighting.

"This is all your fault," Xavier said, his voice raw with emotion as he sat hunched forward in one of the plastic chairs. "If you hadn't ...