it Gifts Chapter 54 Rejected … 1/5 AURORA Danes face was filled with unspoken pain .

If I spend my entire life trying , I can never make up for what Ive done to you .

What ? My heart was frozen .

I couldnt believe he was saying this .

I couldnt believe he finally believed me in the exact moment I could no longer believe in myself .

How … do you know she lied ? I asked .

Dane gave my hands one more squeeze , then released them .

Like I said , I had the recording analyzed by a contact of mine .

Its not your voice .

Its a deep fake , created with other recordings they had of you and AI .

I hugged myself .

So , thats how she did it .

I had no idea how it could sound so much like me .

I guess thats it .

For a long moment , we both stood there in silence .

Finally , I asked , So , what does this mean ? Do you believe me about everything , now ? Everything Ive been begging you to believe for eight years ? Dane let out a slow breath and stepped toward me .

Im … working through it .

+ Chapter 54 2/5 I stepped back .

I couldnt let him touch me .

I felt like my whole skin was poisoned .

Like if he came anywhere near me , Id do what my shadow promised she would so long ago , and he would be destroyed .

Did I care if he was ? If I was finally the one with his fate in my hands , instead of mine in his , how desperately did I want to save the man who had tried to ruin me ? TRAJAN I looked around the massive cavern and let out a low whistle .

I had served Aurora for years .

I was loyal to her .

it

her assistant , and I would be

everyone knew everything about

she did , the way our closest friends often

past

even I couldnt have prepared myself for what I was

an enormous cavern

about parked a cruise ship in it

to a Chapter 54 round hole like an

shone through it

ground , there was a massive circle that looked like it

was made of runes and strange geometric

reminded me of Auroras book

there was a rectangular stone block that looked

, I was pretty sure thats

granite with channels

candles I moved closer and got a nose full of rot

smelled like

the Reeds doing

, the room rippled with cold

pulse of a frozen

? the beta

of being watched prickled the

wolf quietly

we were here looking for pages torn from

journal were written on the

at me to turn and run , we

on , I said

I stepped into the room

a sound like distant whispers and another

, Archer

, here , Trajan

you feel

It doesnt matter .

to search

dont know exactly what Aurora and Dane are into

but a second later , he stepped

shoulders , but the feeling

to ignore it

and I crossed

was another pulse

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