“You…killed Celeste?” Kai’s voice cracked once more as disbelief strained each syllable.
Serena groaned, her lips curling with impatience. “I said I did!”
But her answer made something snap inside him.
It happened so fast that Abigail’s breath never caught up to the moment. One second, Kai stood frozen, his chest heaving in shallow bursts. The next, he lunged with the force of a predator unleashed, knocking Serena’s pistol to the ground with a sharp clatter. The sound echoed across the villa’s marble walls, but neither woman had time to react before he had Serena pinned down the floor whilst holding on to the crying infant.
“Ah—Kai—!” Serena’s cry broke off as his hand closed around her throat. His weight bore down on her while his eyes burned with a feral fury.
“How dare you?!” His v
