Isla’s POV
The next morning, I started avoiding him. He started it first, and I plan to follow through.
I choose different hallways in the house. Different breakfast times. Different everything. I tell myself it’s because he’s nosy and annoying, because his smirk gets under my skin, because I can’t read what’s going on behind those eyes, and that makes me uneasy. But deep down, I know that’s not the truth.
The truth is, Zayne is dangerous.
Not in the way Silas was. Silas was an obvious danger, smooth words and a beast underneath. Zayne’s danger is hidden, like a fuse already lit but pretending it isn’t.
Every time he’s around, I feel that fuse burning closer.
Sienna notices, of course. She always does.
She’s in the living room scrolling through her phone when I pass by with my ca
