Aurora's POVThree months later, in a remote border town so small it was hard to find on any map, I sat in a chair, basking in the sun.This was a world completely different from Ceyera Island.No gunshots rang out, and no fake pleasantries were exchanged. There were only leisurely days and the quiet changing of the seasons.My leg still hadn't fully healed, and it would ache faintly on rainy days. But that didn't stop me from pushing open the door of a little bookstore called "Missed" every morning and hanging out the sign that read "Open".The bookstore was run by Nicolai Greco, a young man who also bore the weight of his past and had come to this place seeking a peaceful life.The day I met him, I had been wandering along the riverbank with my suitcase behind me.As I looked down at the rushing, icy water below, I thought that settling down here to live out my days didn't seem so bad after all.Then, Nicolai appeared. He glanced at me and stared down at the river with a dead
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