ARES’S POV

Leilani. Her name was like a spell that remained on repeat in my head. I kept repeating it to myself as if I’d forgotten it. I had waited patiently for it and now that I had it, I wanted to keep saying it and hearing it. I had tried several names for her and none of them seemed right. I knew she’d have a beautiful name to match her face but knowing her real name put everything else to shame.

Christina continued to talk about a topic I was paying ...