Ivan’s POV

Kyle’s words left me sitting there longer than I should have. The noise of the club kept going beneath us, but it felt distant now, like it belonged to another place entirely. I stared at the glass in my hand without really seeing it.

Then a voice cut through everything.

“Kyle, are you done? It is almost time.”

Heaven appeared beside him, breath slightly uneven as she reached for his hand. Kyle’s expression changed the moment he saw her. Whatever seriousness he had ...