*Jonah*
There was a Shakespeare quote that seemed to plague my mind these days.
'All the world's a stage and all the men and women are merely players.'
Maybe it was a beautiful way of looking at things if you're a playwright, but for me, it was pitiful. I decided from the moment that I'd heard the quote that I wouldn't be just a player. I didn't know if I considered myself a director or not, but I certainly wasn't just a bystander.
I might be something of a playwright myself.
It took a lot of work to orchestrate something like this. Convincing Aurora to get on board with my plan had been the most time-intensive thing I'd done in a very long time. I was used to making deals and twisting people to my will. But she was smarter than most.
Aurora truly had a heart of gold. That was the
