The Player's Obsession

PIPER’S POV

After I left Kellan's house, I walked.

For minutes. Then hours. Then I wasn’t sure how long anymore.

The city blurred around me, headlights streaking past, the hum of traffic, people laughing on sidewalks, life moving on as if mine hadn’t just cracked open and spilled everything I thought I knew.

A bet.

The word scraped inside my skull like metal.

Every memory with Kellan felt infected