Kane's POVThe clinking of glasses and shrill laughter cut through the bar like needles, jabbing straight into my ears. The burn of whiskey still clung to the back of my throat, dull and numbing.I tilted my head back and downed the last of it, letting the amber liquid flood my gut, trying to drown the chaos in my head.Across the room, Eden had his arm slung around someone, cracking dirty jokes that made the table erupt with laughter.I shouldn't have come.Truth be told, I hadn't felt right since yesterday—like something heavy was stuffed inside my chest, making it hard to breathe. But when Eden called, I said yes anyway. Now I was here, surrounded by noise and bodies, but completely detached.Yesterday, I almost lost it. Almost stormed down there and dragged Aria back just to remind her who the hell I was.But when I saw her standing there, smiling like she actually meant it—so light, so unburdened—so different from the angry, bristling little wildcat I was used to…At that moment,
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