Aurelia’s POVI didn’t know what to tell her.Selena stood in my doorway like she had always belonged there, like the room had been waiting for her arrival instead of sheltering me. She hadn’t announced herself. She hadn’t knocked. One moment I was alone, trying to steady my breathing, and the next she was there, calm, immaculate, terrifyingly composed.Selena moved the way predators moved when they were already certain the prey had nowhere left to run. Her eyes skimmed the room, lingering briefly on my bed, my window, the small table near the wall. She catalogued everything before finally looking at me.“Well,” she said quietly. “This is awkward.”My throat tightened.She took a few steps inside, her heels barely making a sound against the stone floor. When she stopped, she was close enough that I could smell her.She folded her hands in front of her. Patient.“What did you see, Aurelia?”The question was simple. Casual, even.It felt like a blade pressed gently against my skin.“I d
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