Keziah Gray is tired of being a shadow.

She tightens her grip on Kai's hand.

Maybe this is moving too fast.

Maybe the only reason she wants him is because he doesn't want her.

He presses his lips to hers and all she can think is Kai.

Suddenly she doesn't care if this is going too fast.

Kai Matthews wants her, not Noelle Parker, and God, it feels good.

"Kai," she gasps.

He pulls her closer.

"Noelle Parker, you really are something special," he whispers, lips grazing her ear.

She blinks.

"What?"

She is crumbling.

In the end, it all leads back to Noelle Parker.

"You couldn't get her so you thought you'd use the best friend, huh?"

He flinches, eyes widening in shock.

"Kez, I just - "

Her lips twist upwards into a bitter smile.

"Save it, Kai."

"No, Kez, I didn't mea - "

Keziah Gray is living in a shadow and God, she hates it.