Chapter 25
Aurora POV The last few days had been a confusing, messy blur of hormones and survival. Being on my period in the middle of a post-invasion wasteland was hard enough, but being stuck in a tiny cabin with Adam made it feel like a psychological endurance test. I usually prided myself on my "silent strength"—the stoic girl who could witness tragedy and keep moving—but my biology had other plans. When I’m on my cycle, I’m a walking disaster: emotional, moody, and bone-deep exhausted. But the most humiliating part? The way my body reacted to him. There’s a specific, inconvenient spike in libido that hits me during these days, and having Adam around was like throwing gasoline on a fire. Every time he walked into the room, my eyes would betray me, tracing the sharp, masculine line of his jaw o
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