Chapter 141:

Kira’s POV:

“What?” I blurted out, my voice thin, almost disbelieving.

Then, despite the tightening knot in my stomach, I shook my head, my jaw setting stubbornly. “No… I am not.” It felt like a flimsy lie even as the words left my mouth. Why was I so bad at lying? Especially in a circumstance as critical as this?

My mind raced, searching for a plausible explanation, a convincing denial, but my th