KAIA'S POV
I pushed open the door to my room, stepping aside so Leander could enter first. My heart was still racing from earlier, from the way he had held me outside, from the way the storm inside him had calmed almost instantly. I didn’t know how he did that—how he could be all fire and rage one moment, then steady and calm when he wants to be. I didn’t know what to make of it. All I knew was that he wasn’t letting me out of his sight tonight. For some reason he had refused to go back home.
Leander paused just inside my room, his broad frame filling the doorway. His voice was low, almost uncertain as he asked. “Are you sure this is okay? Me staying here? Spending the night in your room? Won't your parents mind?”
I froze for half a second. The truth? I wasn’t sure. My parents weren’t
