Chapter 335 Bury The Truth Part 2

• Aurora’s P.O.V
• Ashton…had helped me with Riley more times than I could count, and he had done so while expecting nothing in return…then…how could I doubt them so easily?
• I sat back down at the edge of my bed, knees drawn close, the faded golden pendant resting in my palm like some ancient relic of a time when things were simpler—when my mother was still alive, when I still believed in the comfort of daylight and the innocence of silence. The metal was warm, whether from my body heat or something deeper, I couldn’t tell. I clutched it tighter. Maybe if I held on hard enough, her strength would seep into me, her resolve would bleed into my bones. Gods, I needed that. I needed her.