KAI POV
* in the stars - Benson Boone ( put it on speaker at your own risk, maybe with tissues at arm/m’s lenght) *
Everything happened in slow motion.
I hit Reyes.
Derrick lunged.
Reyes shot him back—with my lightning.
The very same storm I had summoned in blind rage.
And Derrick collapsed.
One second he was flying at Reyes like a wolf possessed, and the next, he hit the ground like a puppet with its strings cut. The sound—gods, the sound—of his body hitting the stone floor will haunt me forever. A dull thud. Then silence.
No breath.
No scream.
Just stillness.
"Derrick!" I didn’t know if I screamed his name or just thought it. I was already running.
The world narrowed to a tunnel. Faces blurred. Voices became distant noise.
I didn’t care about Reyes. I didn’t care about the
