DALTON POV
I did like that Derrick brought Kai breakfast.
And that he included me too.
I’m not petty. I keep score in silence.
But that moment? The way he slid her coffee in front of her, like he was offering tribute to a Queen? The way she took it—like it was hers by right? I didn’t mind it.
Not really.
Because Kai deserved that. All of it.
What I didn’t like was the reason behind it.
He was tied to her. Same as me.
Fate’s sick little joke. Binding two monsters to the same girl like she was salvation.
Like she could fix what was broken in us.
But if that meant she was safer, I was all in.
I’d burn down the world before I let anyone touch her.
Even if that meant standing beside the man I would’ve gutted in a different life.
Kai rolled her eyes before storming off, muttering s
