RAVEN

The elevator ride down from Elena's penthouse was silent and heavy. Kai's hand gripped mine so tightly it almost hurt. Elena's bombshell - her fake pregnancy using my stepfather's samples - hung between us like a blade.

"I won't let her win," Kai said, voice low and dangerous. "Not when I finally have you."

We drove straight home. The confrontation happened that same night.

Elena arrived at the mansion an hour later, smug and triumphant, thinking she had us cornered. Our parents were in the living room when Kai dragged her inside.

"Everything ends tonight," Kai announced coldly. He played the recordings he'd secretly made of Elena admitting to...