#Chapter 27: Breaking Points

The insistent pounding on my door started just after midnight. I knew who it was before I even reached the entryway—only Kane would dare disturb the Luna at this hour with such impatience. I opened the door to find him exactly as I'd expected: jaw clenched, eyes blazing with barely contained anger. Without waiting for an invitation, he brushed past me into my living room. "Have you completely lost your mind?" he demanded, turning to face me. I shut the door quietly, too exhausted for dramatic confrontations. "Hello to you too, Kane." "Don't," he warned, pacing the length of my living room. "Don't do that thing where you act all calm and collected while letting people walk all over you." "It's late," I said wearily. "If you've come to lecture me about my choices, I'm really not in the mood." Kane stopped pacing, his expression incredulous. "Your choices? Is that what we're calling complete surrender now?" I crossed my arms defensively. "What would you have me do? Publicly