LOGINNot when I had seen it with my own eyes.Not when I knew what I saw.Riko Kenji Moretti was there that night.He stood over Noah. He didn’t deny it.So why was my father pretending otherwise?I clenched my jaw.“There’s something you’re hiding,” I muttered under my breath.And I was going to find ou
Kai.The cabin had never felt this quiet before. Not even in the years after Noah died.Back then, the silence had been heavy, grief sitting in every corner, clinging to the walls, pressing into my chest until I couldn’t breathe.Now. It felt empty.I sat at the small kitchen table, a cup of coffee
“Or do you want me to say I’m fine,” he continued, his voice rising slightly, “while he stands there mocking me? Threatening me?”Each word felt like it was being thrown at me.“I didn’t come here to—”“Then why are you here?” he snapped.I froze, because I didn’t have a good answer and everything i
“How are you doing?” I finally managed.A low chuckle escaped him and it sent a chill through me.“I’m doing well, Aria,” he said, his voice laced with sarcasm so sharp it hurt. “In fact, I’m having a field day today.”My throat tightened.“Why don’t we throw a party after? Celebrate our win.”I bit
Aria.I shouldn’t have been there, I knew that the moment I slipped past security.My heart was racing too fast, and my hands wouldn’t stop shaking, not when every instinct told me to turn around and go back to the stands, to Maya, to somewhere safe and far away from him.But I couldn’t.Not after w
“I’m looking forward to it.”My blood boiled, every part of me wanted to lunge at him. To wipe that expression off his face.To make him feel even a fraction of what I had felt for ten years.But I didn’t move.Not yet.Because something in his eyes shifted as those dark brown eyes turned colder and
My chest pulled tight, and for a second, I almost laughed in disbelief. What the hell was she doing?And yet… a part of me couldn’t stop swelling with pride. I had never seen her like this. Bold. Fearless. Beautiful. She was shining, and I hated that the rest of the world could see her the way I did
And now, he was standing in front of Aria.I gripped the edge of the table, nails digging into the wood as I watched them. He leaned down slightly, saying something that made her laugh. My heart thudded so hard I thought it might break my ribs.Aria was laughing with him.Adrian let out a low whistl
And she was laughing. She was laughing with another guy.I gripped the edge of the table so hard my knuckles cracked.“Relax,” Ryder said lazily, though I could hear the edge of mockery in his tone. “It’s just a car wash. What’s the matter, Blackthorn? Your little stray not behaving like the good, o
Kai.I could not focus. The pens in my hand blurred against the endless jerseys and notebooks shoved my way. Every time I tried to scrawl my name, my eyes betrayed me, darting back to her.Aria.She was across the lot, bent over a car hood, a sponge in her hand, her hair tied back in a ponytail. The







