The Scent Of Ash

POV: Kaelen

The heavy wooden door clicked shut behind her. That final, sharp sound echoed through the small room, striking my ears with the deafening crack of a physical gunshot. I stood frozen in place, my boots rooted to the floorboards as I stared at the empty space where she had just been standing. She was gone. My broad chest burned, a harsh, jagged heat flaring from the hyper-active mate bo