Narda's POV
The air between us was thick enough to choke on, heavy with the raw tension still vibrating from Axle's outburst.
Something inside me snaps harder, some last tether of patience that had kept me in check before. I cackled… a broken, humorless laugh that made even my own skin crawl. "You know what you are, Axle?" I said, my voice laced with sharp, painful honesty. "You're an incompetent coward. That's what you are. Always blaming everyone else for your mistakes because it's easier than actually facing them."
His eyes darkened instantly, the vein in his neck twitching as his fists clenched at his sides. "You need to step back," he bit out, voice low and venomous. "Stop being so damn maternal with Liam."
My mouth dropped open, then snapped shut as anger rolled up insi
