KAIA’S POV
I sat on one of the hard chairs in the hospital waiting room, staring at the white tiles on the floor. My head was pounding, and the bandage on my forehead itched, but I didn’t care. A nurse was gently cleaning the cut on my arm, but even that felt far away—like everything else. My mind was still stuck in that car, at the moment the crash happened… the sound of glass breaking… the way Silver’s head slammed forward.
No—Leander. That’s his real name.
Just thinking about everything made my chest feel heavy.
“Kaia!”
I looked up quickly and saw Mia walking toward me, her eyes wide and filled with concern. “I heard what happened!” she said, rushing to my side. “I was coming to find you because you didn’t show up at the pack house for the meeting. But then I ran into Lina on my wa
