Chapter 44

Cassidy's POV

It was Kaidan.

The second his face came into focus, the air shifted. Every trace of arrogance drained from the boys’ expressions like someone had flipped a switch. One of them stepped back without realizing it, jaw twitching.

“Kaidan—” the tallest one stammered, his voice cracking as he shifted his weight back, eyes flicking from Kaidan’s face to the floor like the contact might bur