Novels by Omah Browne

IVY’S POVI woke up a little past six.My body felt stiff.My chest felt tight.The room felt too small.Everything around me felt like it was closing in.I blinked a few times and turned my head.Kai was sitting there.Quiet.Still.Staring at me like he had been thinking too much.He didn’t even notice I was awake at first.His eyes were fixed on me, but his mind was somewhere else entirely.“Kai” I said.He snapped back fast.“Are you ok” I asked.“Yes. Princess, I’m fine.”He leaned forward slightly.“Are you good”“I’m alright” I said.“But I’m tired of staying here. I want to go home. My whole body aches.”He shook his head before I finished talking.“You can’t go home yet. You have to be fully recovered first.”I made a tiny sad face on purpose.I knew he’d react to it.He sighed.Almost like he wanted to laugh but didn’t want to encourage me.I stared at him again.He stared back like he was trying not to give in.“Can I at least walk around the hospital for a bit” I asked.“Y

KAI’S POVIt was two in the afternoon. I had not slept again. I sat in the same chair and kept my eyes on her. I told myself I was monitoring her. That was only half true. The other half was something I did not want to admit out loud. Not yet.She was resting. Her breathing was even. Her face looked pale but stable. The doctors said she was improving. That should have been enough to calm me. It wasn’t.I kept staring at her. I kept catching myself doing it. Every few minutes I would look away, pretend to check the monitor, check the IV, check the door. Then my eyes went right back to her. I didn’t even fight it anymore.I leaned back in the chair. My neck felt stiff. My eyes felt heavy. My head felt crowded. I tried to distract myself, but nothing stayed long. Everything circled back to her.I remembered her at work. Not even the big moments. Just the small ones that didn’t seem to matter then. The day at the for naming the new model. She stood beside me, made little comments under he

Kai’s POV I did not leave Ivy’s room after the incident. Even with my men stationed outside and hospital security doubled, the tight feeling in my chest did not loosen. I sat beside her bed and kept my eyes on her face. Every small movement made me alert. Every shift in her breathing made me check the machines again.The night felt long. Too long. The hours dragged and my mind would not slow down. I knew she was safe. I knew no one would get past my guards. I knew Asher and Levi were handling the search. None of that changed the way I felt. It bothered me how much I cared. It bothered me that I could not sit still, that every part of me stayed on edge.I had never felt this way for anyone. I had protected people before. I had guarded people. I had followed orders. But this was different. I was not protecting Ivy because I was assigned to. I was doing it because I could not imagine anything happening to her. The thought alone sent something cold through my body.I sat in the chair wit

DAMIEN’S POVThe abandoned building was quiet. The kind of quiet that let every thought sit clearly in my head. I stood in the middle of my small office on the top floor. Broken tiles covered the floor and the air smelled old. I did not care. I liked the isolation. No one came here unless I called for them.I dropped into my chair and allowed myself a slow breath. Everything was going perfectly. Ivy was down. Kai was shaken. Asher would be furious and confused. Good. They deserved worse.I rested my hand on my desk and tapped the surface. I kept replaying the moment I drove toward her. The first hit had sent her to the ground. I could still see the way she lost her balance. I thought it would finish her, but she held on. I went again. I was ready to end it properly. She would have been gone before she understood what happened.Then that guard ruined it. He came out of nowhere and crashed into my car. The impact threw everything off. It spoiled a clean job. I would have finished her if

KAI’S POVThe moment the call ended I lowered the phone slowly and stared at the screen for a few seconds. My mind felt tight. My body felt heavier than it should. There was too much noise in my head and all of it pointed in one direction. Ivy.I slipped the phone back into my pocket and opened the door to her room. The soft lights were steady. The machines were quiet. The air felt clear and still. She lay on the bed with her eyes closed and her breathing steady. Her chest rose and fell with a slow rhythm that steadied something inside me every time I looked at it.I walked to her side and sat on the chair beside the bed. The chair creaked slightly under my weight. The sound felt too loud in the quiet room but she did not move. I reached out and placed my hand on her arm. Her skin was warm. Smooth. Soft. It felt like life. It felt like something that anchored me in place.I leaned forward a little. My voice came out low. “I will not let anything happen to you. You hear me.”There was

ASHER’S POVThe moment I stepped into my office I locked the door behind me. My hand was shaking. My chest felt too tight. The room felt smaller than it usually did. There was a pressure everywhere, in the air, in my head, in my throat. I could not breathe properly and the only thing I could think about was her.Ivy.On that road.Bleeding.Unconscious.Because of Damien.Because he aimed his car at her and wanted to finish what he started.The thought burned through me until something inside snapped. My hand shot out and I swept everything off the table. A stack of documents hit the floor. A glass cracked against the wall. My laptop crashed onto the carpet. The sound barely registered because the anger had already pushed past the point of control.I picked up the chair by the backrest and slammed it into the shelf beside the desk. The shelf shook. A framed award slipped and landed on the floor. I kicked it away and dragged a hand through my hair. My breath came out hard and unsteady.