Chapter 68

• Chapter 68
• The lane was narrow, silent except for the faint hum of the drone circling above. Aurora’s mother stood in the shadow of the stone wall, the remote glinting in her hand, her smile razor sharp. Liam tensed at Aurora’s side, his entire body shifting into shield and steel. Elena raised her rifle a fraction, finger hovering just shy of the trigger.
• But Aurora didn’t hear her mother’s words anymore. The threat, the power plays, the manipulation—everything blurred into static. Her chest heaved, her shoulder throbbed, but all she could feel was Liam’s nearness, the steady pull of him like gravity.