Killian’s Pov

I’d been waiting. Waiting like a fool for a woman who never showed up.

I told myself to be patient, maybe she was just running late. Maybe she got caught up.

But the hours passed. And then…

Boom.

One minute, I was pacing the room with a tight jaw.

The next, I was hearing about her car being found smashed. No Lilith. No note. No call. No answer.

And that’s when I knew.

Nolan.

Even with all the bitterness between us, Lilith would never ghost me for this long, not unless something was terribly wrong. And Nolan… he wasn’t answering his damn phone. Not his texts. Not even...