Two weeks later, Aurora woke up in a top-tier private rehab facility in Jadeport City. She'd been unconscious for fourteen days straight. It felt like she'd been trapped in a nightmare that would never end—one filled with deafening explosions and fire raging toward the sky. In the dream, she was covered in blood. Shards of something kept cutting into her, dragging her down like demon hands reaching out to pull her under. And the man she'd once loved so much? He left her behind without a second thought, so he could save Anya. "No!" Aurora jerked awake with a scream, sitting bolt upright. Her thin hospital gown was soaked through with sweat. Her heart pounded so hard it hurt. But the room around her wasn't the plain hospital room she'd expected. Instead, a face was hovering close to

