Chapter 119 Cracks in Alliances (Damian’s POV)The night pressed heavy on the Blackwood mansion, shadows crawling across the walls like restless spirits. I stood at the edge of the hallway outside Aurora’s study, my hand hovering near the doorknob but unwilling to push it open. From inside, I could hear her, papers rustling, the sharp scrape of a pen, the controlled inhale of someone holding herself together by force, not wanting to break down, because she felt this was not the right time to do that. Aurora hadn’t cried since her father’s death, which was weird. Not once. Not in front of me, not in front of Dominique, not in front of anyone. Instead, she’d built walls around herself, higher and thicker with every passing hour.And with each wall she raised, I felt her slipping further away, into something darker, colder, and far more dangerous than anything we’d faced before. Finally, I pushed the door open.She sat at the oak desk, her hair falling wild and loose, ink smeared
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