KAI POV
Sunlight filtered softly through the heavy curtains around my canopy bed, dust particles dancing in the golden slivers of morning. The air smelled of sweat, s*x, and sandalwood—and the images of last night came crashing down like a fever dream.
Marked.
Mated.
Mine.
I couldn’t believe it.
Something deep in my chest pulsed in sync with theirs—like a third heartbeat that didn't belong to just me anymore.
I blinked slowly, adjusting to the glow while my senses caught up. My skin still tingled from where their fangs had sunk into me, a ghost of pain laced with something far more intoxicating. Lust.
Dalton.
Derrick.
Their names reverberated in my bones like a prayer and a curse.
Dalton—the geek with stalker tendencies, calm, focused, with eyes the color of wild emeralds and a
