Xavier stormed upstairs, heart pounding, only to find the master bedroom door standing wide open. Aurora's things were gone. There wasn't a single trace of her left.
The vanity was bare. The closet had been cleared out. Even the shirts he usually left strewn around had been folded and put away, as if she had erased every sign she'd ever been there.
A cold knot twisted low in his stomach. The truth hit him all at once. She'd been packing from the moment they got back from charm school.
He'd thought she was just making a scene. It had never truly occurred to him that she meant to leave.
His hands shook as he grabbed his phone and called his assistant. "Find Aurora. Now."
The second the call ended, he snatched up his keys, bolted out the door, and tore toward Lucero Manor with his foot s
