Aurora Black.
I could not process what he just said.
Aiden’s words left me breathless, my heart pounding against my chest. He stood by the chair near my bed, his eyes locked onto mine with a fierce intensity that made it impossible for me to look away. Those sea blue eyes, they held more intensity than I thought was possible. It was as if the air in the room had thickened, weighed down by emotions I couldn’t quite understand. My mind raced to keep up with the meaning behind his words, and I felt a strange fluttering in my chest—uncertainty mixed with something deeper. An emotion even I could not detect within myself.
"What do you mean?" I whispered, barely able to find my voice. "Why would you care so much about what happens to me?" He and u are not that close, and Aiden never seemed t
