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Alana’s POV

Kai’s lip continued to hover feverishly against mine in the dark before he pulled away for a moment, his face twisting into a slight frown. “Aside from Adam, who else did you come in contact with?”

I swallowed nervously, my heart starting to race with fright. “No one, just Adam, and it was because he helped me off the ground when I fell.” I half told the truth and a lie.

Alex had held my hand back in his prison cell, leaving his scent on me as well. I’m lucky Kai can’t outrightly point it out because I was still covered in his own scent and clothed with his shirt. Without it, he would have smelled him on me.

“Why? What happened? Why did you fall, Alana?” He sounded panicked and skeptical even as he pulled us back under the lampstand placed in the hallway. His eyes hurriedly scanning me over.

“It’s nothing serious. I only slipped and fell." He was about to scold me once again, but I was quick to place my lips against his, shutting him up. He grumbled against my lip, but not