Chapter 53

Kaia POV

He was standing there, hands in his pockets, watching me with that infuriatingly calm smile of his. That same soft, confident smile that always made me relax without meaning to.

My lips parted in shock, then curved without permission.

“Lucian,” I breathed, almost in disbelief.

He looked… different.

More serious.

More tense.

As if he had been searching the whole world for me and had only now found relief.

He stepped closer, his gaze sweeping over me ...