CHAPTER 27
Red Wine
Aurora touched down in Brazil at eight o’clock in the evening to a literal wall of sound. A massive throng of devoted fans had already laid siege to the airport, armed with professional cameras and handmade posters, their screams echoing through the terminal.
As the Global Pop Icon emerged, her security detail shifted into high alert. Rory moved through the chaos encased in her own world, blasting rock music through her headphones to drown out the noise, dressed down for travel in an oversized pink hoodie, black leggings, and white Nikes.
Despite the exhaustion of the flight, she did not miss a beat for her public. “Thank you so much!” she called out, her face lighting up with a radiant smile for the fans chanting her name in a mix of English and Portuguese sentenc
