KAIA
My whole body feels like it’s trembling, even though I’m standing still. This is strange as hell as if I’ve just stepped into somebody else’s nightmare and got stuck there. My brain can’t keep up, can’t even make sense of what’s unfolding right in front of me.
Hailey gasps, and before I can even blink, Caius scoops her up off the floor like she weighs nothing and sets her carefully on the sofa. His movements are firm but gentle and practiced, almost like he’s done this before.
My chest tightens as I clutch the edge of the table, watching three men fill my medium-sized sitting room, their shadows pressing against the walls. The space feels suffocating with them in it—too many bodies, too much energy, too much heat.
This has to be a joke. It has to be. Some sick, cruel prank that’s
