CHAPTER 0026

Willa’s POV:

I nursed my cup of coffee, my mind spinning, thoughts unraveling faster than I could piece them back together.

Killian hadn’t come back downstairs since he’d so sternly shut down my request to release Jade. Like I was a child asking for candy during bedtime.

I scoffed.

I couldn’t stop replaying it—the way he’d said no without any hesitation. As if it was final. As if my opinion didn’t