Chapter 227 A Place To Call Home Part 1

• Aurora’s P.O.V
• The weight of their gazes pressed down on me, twin sets of piercing eyes scrutinizing our every move, our every breath. The two Alphas, towering figures of authority, sat before us, their expressions unreadable, their silence a vice squeezing at my lungs. I swallowed hard, my fingers twitching at my sides. Maggie, Ashton, the others—we were all standing in a row like criminals waiting for judgment. My heartbeat thundered in my ears, the room suffocating with tension as we waited for someone to speak first.
• "Tell us everything," one of them said finally, his voice a low command that brooked no argument. "Every detail that might matter."