Chapter 117:

Kieran's POV

The hot water was doing absolutely nothing to ease the tension sitting between my shoulder blades, and I'd been standing under the shower spray for at least twenty minutes trying to clear my head of everything that had happened in the past few days. Lucas's murder, the looming war that was getting closer with every hour that passed—all of it pressed down on me with weight that made breathing feel like effort.

I heard the bathroom door slam open with enough force that ...