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Chapter 9

Author: Deewrites
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-02 05:54:04

AURORA'S POV:

I don’t go downstairs the next morning.

I stay curled on the edge of my bed with my knees pulled to my chest and my arms wrapped around them like a cage. I haven’t cried, not yet, but my head feels like it’s been crying all night. Heavy. Foggy. On the verge.

There’s a knock at my door.

It's soft and gentle.

"Kaia?" Ezra’s voice.

I don’t answer.

"Okay. I’m just gonna leave this here." A pause. "It’s cinnamon toast. You liked that, right?"

The plate clinks softly as he sets it on the floor. Then silence.

I wait until I hear his footsteps fade before I crawl over and open the door just a crack. The plate is still warm. The toast is perfectly golden. It even smells like childhood, like something I was never allowed to want.

I take a bite, chew slowly. It tastes like guilt.

****

When I finally drag myself downstairs, Rowan is already waiting at the bottom, leaning against the railing like he’s been there for hours.

"We need to talk."

I groan. "If I had a d
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