Chapter 272

Chapter 272: Chapter 272

Aurora’s Perspective

It was a thrill that went bone-deep, like electricity under my skin, making every pore breathe in the night’s tense air. I tossed and turned in bed, the expensive Egyptian cotton sheets tangled into a ruin beneath me. Closing my eyes only brought a barrage of images—the pulsing red ambulance lights, Brett’s stubborn "I’m fine" grin, the frozen coldness in Mother’s eyes when she’d mentioned Uncle Keith’s team moving out.

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