Aurora's POV
Natalie’s message just replayed in my mind.
Zayne’s unseen presence pressed against my skin.
And for the first time since my mother left me. I realized something horrifying: This project wasn’t the only thing she left behind. She’d also left enemies.
Secrets. And traps.
And I had just stepped straight into all of them.
I stood in the silent boardroom, staring at the empty doorway where Jake had disappeared.
My phone vibrated again. My breath caught. One new message again.
From Zayne. “I felt something was wrong. I’m coming for you.”
The air thickened. Something dark, unstoppable.
Something I could no longer pretend I didn’t want. And as the lights in the boardroom flickered…
A whisper slid across my skin like a shadow brushing my throat.
He’s already here. When I
