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 .

she commanded it ,

was her best friend , her assistant , and I would

about her ,

she did , the way our closest friends often saw

past

even I couldnt have prepared myself for what I was seeing now

an

you couldve about parked a

arched high above to a Chapter 54 round hole like an eye

shone through

there was a massive circle that looked like it had been painted in white

was made of runes and strange

reminded me of Auroras book

the center of the circle there was a rectangular stone

, I was pretty sure

, black slab made of granite with

I moved closer and got a nose

altar smelled like old

doing down here ? Archer asked

, the room rippled

one pulse of a

was that ? the

watched prickled the

quietly

here looking for pages torn from

the journal were written on

my instincts were screaming at me to turn and run , we

54 Come on , I

stepped into

whispers and

no ,

, here ,

you feel it

It doesnt matter .

have to

what Aurora and Dane are into with this ,

second later , he stepped into the room

feeling of being watched

decided to ignore

, Archer and I crossed into the circle

pulse of cold

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