Aria’s POV
I sat in the living room, my hands clenched tightly on my lap, my mind tangled in worry and confusion. I had been calling Adrian over and over, but ever since our last conversation, his phone had gone silent. No replies. No missed calls returned.
And Kael had not returned either.
He had said he was going out. To where, I had no idea.
Revenge was taking longer than I expected. When I was reborn, I believed it would be swift. Clean. Satisfying. Instead, it stretched on, heavy and exhausting, like a wound that refused to heal.
Then the door creaked open.
Kael stepped inside.
His eyes were bloodshot, glowing faintly with restrained fury. His skin looked pale, his jaw clenched so tight it seemed ready to snap. Power rolled off him in suffocating waves, his wolf pressin
