Chapter 15

• Aurora’s POV:
• Darkness isn’t empty. It hums. It breathes. It waits. That’s the last thing I remember before I come crashing back into consciousness.
• My eyes flutter open to harsh white lights above me, blurry and too bright. Everything feels… off. Like I’m underwater, and the surface is too far to reach. My tongue is thick in my mouth. My head pulses in a slow, agonizing rhythm. I blink, trying to bring the world into focus.