Kestrel's POV
I hate these silly feelings around him, when did it even start? Who is Liana, and why didn't he save me when he literally destroyed people's throats for less?
I stand there, watching him go, feeling lost and confused. The chaos around me fades into the background as I try to make sense of what just happened. Zeph, the arrogant, confident Alpha who seems afraid of nothing, was paralyzed by the fire. And he called me by another woman's name.
"Kestrel!" Sera's voice cuts through my thoughts. She runs up to me, her blonde ponytail swinging, her face streaked with soot. "Are you okay? I've been looking everywhere for you like crazy!"
"I'm fine," I say automatically, though I'm anything but. "Just a little shaken up."
"Where were you?" she demands, her eyes scanning me for inj
