Too Late for Apologies

PIPER’S POV

Kellan did not answer me immediately. The silence only made my heart pound harder.

I swallowed painfully and tightened my grip around the water bottle. “How did you find me?” I asked again, my voice shakier this time.

Still, he said nothing. Instead, he started walking toward me slowly. Every instinct told me to move back. To run. To scream at him to get out of my apartment.

But I coul