Chapter 67

• Chapter 67
• The smell of soap and warm bread drifted through the little room. White curtains moved like slow breaths. Aurora woke to the steady rise of Liam’s chest under her cheek and the quiet thud of his heart against her palm. Sunlight made a soft square on the floor. It felt like a promise.
• She did not move at first. She listened. A street below. A cart wheel on cobblestone. A dog barked twice and went quiet. No sirens. No rotors. No orders. For a few stolen minutes, the world was just air and light and the heat of him beside her.