KAIA'S POV.
For a long moment, I didn’t move. I didn't even want to. I stayed against his warmth, my cheek pressed to his chest, listening to the steady thump of his heartbeat.
It was a sound I hadn’t realized I’d been starving for until this moment, when the storm had finally gone quiet and there was nothing left but the two of us.
But the weight inside me didn’t leave. The weight of the guilt from what I'd done. It pressed harder and harder, until the words slipped out of me.
“Leander…” My voice sounded so small, so broken I barely recognized it myself. “I’m sorry.”
His hand, which had been moving slowly through my hair, froze. “Sorry? What for?”
I shifted, though I couldn’t lift my head to face him. Shame burned my cheeks so hard I could almost feel the heat. “For doubting you. F
