KAIDA REED POV

Everything moved in slow motion.

The static in my ear grew louder, my heart pounding hard in my chest almost like it wasn't even mine to begin with as my eyes shifted from Lucien's terrified ones to Zavian's unreadable expression.

No, not unreadable. Cold. Yes, that was the only word to describe them. But they weren't just cold. They were terrifying.

I stared at him, air barely scraping past my lungs as I waited with bated breath for what he was going to do next, because the look in his eyes promised retribution and even though it scared me, I wanted to see him unleash whatever dark...