Daisy's pov
Khai was in the living room when I walked through the front door and the look on his face told me that whatever patience he had been sitting on since I left had run completely dry.
He stood up the moment he saw me, his eyes moving straight to the bruise on my cheek, and whatever he had been planning to say first got swallowed by something darker.
"What happened to your face?"
"I am fine."
"That is not what I asked."
"Khai." I set my bag down on the side table and turned to face him. "I handled it."
"You left this house without telling me where you were going, you ignored every call I made, you walked into a situation with Finn alone, and you came back with a bruise on your face, and you are standing there telling me you handled it."
"Yes." I kept my voice level. "That i
