AYLA'S POV
The second Rowan turned his back on me and walked away, I couldn’t move.
I couldn’t breathe.
Everything around me felt too loud...people gasping, whispering, the buzz of phones still recording, someone saying something about security being called...but inside my head, it was dead quiet. Like time just dropped off a cliff.
I looked down at Kai.
Blood was running from his nose, his mouth. One of his eyes was swelling already, skin turning a deep purple-blue like someone painted pain onto him. His breathing was rough, short. His hands trembled as he pushed himself upright, but he couldn’t even stand.
“Kai...oh my God, Kai...” I dropped to my knees beside him. My voice was shaking. “I’m so sorry.”
“I’m okay,” he muttered, but he wasn’t.
He wasn’t even close to okay.
He winc
