Chapter 76:

Kira’s POV:

He finally stepped back.

Out of shock, maybe. Or hurt. Or maybe just the force of the word I’d thrown at him, a word neither of us had ever used before. Not like that. Not in that context.

I didn’t know.

I didn’t have the capacity to care.

My chest ached—tight and tremoring beneath the silk of my dress—and my legs moved before I could process the pain, breaking into a sprint, heels cli