The Breaking Point

LYDIA’S POV

The glowing phone screen hovered between us in the otherwise silent classroom. The video remained paused on the exact, damning moment Cassian’s hands framed my face, his mouth slanting over mine in the Kingsmont parking lot. Every pixel seemed to burn into my retinas. My heart pounded against my ribs in a harsh, jagged rhythm, threatening to crack my chest wide open.

The teenage boy