Secret Courtship

KELLAN’S POV

The next day, I woke up before my alarm, heart already racing like I’d missed something important.

For a few seconds, I just stared at the ceiling, replaying the night before. Piper’s voice. The way she stood beside me, not behind me. The certainty in her tone when she said something real.

Real. The word lodged itself in my chest and refused to leave.

I swung my legs off the bed and s