Chapter 457

Jaxon Adler's POV

I watched as the black SUV disappeared into the night, its red taillights cutting through the darkness like a wound that would never close. I couldn't move. My knees buckled beneath me, and I collapsed onto the cold pavement, my breath coming in shallow gasps.

Piper was gone.

And this time... it was final.

She hadn't even looked back.

I'd spent years convincing myself that blood