Chapter 246

ROWAN

As Aurora turned back toward the packhouse, I stepped out from the darkness, my heart pounding in my chest.

“We need to talk,” I said.

She faced me and didn’t bat an eyelid in her stare, as she stopped.

A second more, and I half expected her to send me away, but she nodded then and said, “Let’s talk… but not here.” She turned and moved away.

I trailed behind Aurora toward the practice area, above us, the moon cast a shallow ray upon the yard.

She walked to the edge of the clearing, turned, and faced me. I gulped as I felt my throat run dry. I felt my chest tightening with the way she pinned her interrogative gaze on me.

that you want, Rowan?” she asked in a calm though firm manner. “I gave you your space, reached out to you, but I don’t have a magic lamp to fix what’s wrong until you

a well of anger bubble just beneath my surface. I couldn’t

spat back. “You tell me.

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You have always been worth it, Rowan. Yet, the choices that define which person you are to turn into shall be defined by you and

gulped as those words felt like a lump in my throat, suffocating me. I watched her walk

of Aurora continued to ring within me as I trudged towards my quarters, her frankness cutting through the fog of doubt which had assailed my mind for weeks

more suffocating than usual when I went in. I threw myself onto the bed and fixed my gaze on

floor.

my mind I played back the sentence Alina had said, “They’ll never

first time in my life, I began to

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