'What the fuck...'
Kai's thoughts sharpened like a knife as he stirred back to reality. His head was pounding, like someone had tried to cram memories into his skull with a crowbar.
He connected the dots fast.
Eye contact with that woman - Seraphina. Something in her stare had flipped a switch. He'd been caught in some kind of hypnotic illusion. A fabricated reality that had felt real. Absurdly so.
But something about it hadn't sat right. The details. The way Mason had called him Kai with a smile? That wasn't Mason. That couldn't be real. And once Kai figured it out, the entire thing shattered like a mirror.
Now?
Now he was being dragged.
Each arm locked in a death grip by a mountain of muscle in a black suit.
Ahead of him, casually strolling like they were on a shopping trip, was Seraphina. Elegant. Unbothered. Like she hadn't just waltzed into a bar and straight-up abducted someone.
