DALTON POV Fuck, Kai was powerful. I mean, I knew they were strong—anyone with a functioning brain could feel it rolling off of them in waves—but nothing had prepared me for the raw, electric fury that surged through their skin like lightning incarnate. One second, I was swinging my fist into Derrick's jaw, adrenaline burning through my veins, and the next, I was kissing the f*****g floor with every nerve in my body spasming like a goddamn live wire. And Kai stood there. Glowing. Drenched in golden light. Unapologetic. God, they were glorious. "You messed up," Shade growled in my head, his voice guttural and dripping with disgust. As if I didn’t already know. As if my chest wasn’t already cracking under the weight of my own mistakes. I had f****d up. No one else to blame. I installe

