Midnight Resolve

KELLAN’S POV

Sleep never came that night.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw it again, Piper stepping back, her face tight with panic, Nolan leaning in where he had no right to be. The image replayed on a vicious loop, each time sharpening the same instinct in my chest.

Protect her. Destroy the threat. Destroy Nolan.

I rolled out of bed and dropped to the floor, knocking out push-ups until my arms