LIV’S POV They resumed arguing after Martha said something. It was like walking into a conversation that had started long before I even existed. I stood there, numb and uninvited, watching the chaos unfold around me. Everyone was talking at once. Aaron, the security team, and the woman I now knew as Martha Rhys. Their voices overlapped and were thick with accusation and pain. None of them noticed me. I might as well have been wallpaper. "What the hell were you thinking, calling her?" Kaelon's voice was a low growl, dangerous and sharp. Aaron crossed his arms, unbothered. "Calling who?" Kaelon's hands clenched into fists at his sides. "Don't play dumb with me, Aaron! How long have you been talking to her behind my back?" He asked through gritted teeth. "Oh, for Christ's sake!" Mar

