Unfiltered Doubt

PIPER’S POV

After he asked me that, I didn't speak for a while. I just stared at him. Then, I finally spoke. My voice came out softer than I

expected.

“Are you drunk?” The words hung there between us, fragile, uncertain. Kellan didn’t answer. He didn’t even blink.

He just stood there, staring at me like he was trying to see through me, past my words, past my face, straight into something I didn’t