Chapter 78

Kaia POV

I returned to the room quietly, closing the door behind me as if shutting out everything that had been weighing on my mind. The house felt unusually silent, the kind of silence that made your thoughts louder than they should be. I went straight to the bathroom, turned on the shower, and let the warm water cascade over me, hoping it would wash away the confusion tangled in my chest.

As the water ran down my skin, Lucian’s words replayed in my head—his voice, his pain, ...