Chapter 72

• Aurora’s POV
• My father’s housekeeper, whose name I had long forgotten, was a middle-aged man with a stern face that betrayed no emotion. He burst through the door, his eyes wide with shock as the abductors pushed me forward into the grand entrance hall.
• “Look who decided to return to the nest. Princess Aurora has graced us with her presence, though she needed a bit of... persuading,” he said, his voice tinged with a mix of shock and forced composure. The housekeepers behind him whispered among themselves, their eyes darting nervously. The housekeeper quickly regained his composure and addressed the abductors.