Kaiden’s Point Of View
The color drained from her face. Her lips parted, a soft whimper escaping as the full weight of her mistake slammed into her. "N-No…" she whispered, stepping back. I stalked toward her, slow, deliberate, every step like a drumbeat of doom.
"You touched her," I said, my voice low and deathly calm. "You dared to touch what belongs to me."
"She betrayed us!" Maya cried, her voice shrill and broken, desperate now. "She betrayed you!"
"No," I said simply, as if I were correcting a child's math homework. "You betrayed me." The room felt like it was shrinking around her. Her back hit the wall, and she pressed herself against it, as if she could disappear into the stone.
Her eyes darted toward the door, calculating, desperate for escape. "Kaiden, p-please," she stammered, her tears falling freely now. "I-I only did what I thought was right! I did it for you!"
I loomed over her, my body blocking out the light, casting her in shadow. "For me?" I echoed, almost amused. "Yo
