Chapter 48

Kaidan's POV

The pain in my chest had only gotten worse.

It wasn’t sharp or sudden. It was slow. Spreading like poison that had crept into my blood and settled there, dragging everything else down with it. It wasn’t just physical anymore. It was in my mind. My ribs. My spine.

Everywhere.

Sleep was a joke now. I hadn’t slept properly in weeks, but tonight was something else entirely. Tonight was u