Ethan. I paused to catch my breath in front of the door once it clicked shut behind me and to listen for any reaction from Aurora, when I didn't get any, I exhaled deeply and turned to Sam to see him narrowing his eyes down at me. I wanted to believe I was a bit close to achieving something with Aurora. Even though we had a love-hate relationship. Even though we had a fight last night. Had Sam not stepped in, I would have… “You said you weren't going to do it. Maybe that's why I had this feeling that you were lying.” “Where did you say she is?” I asked to deflate the question. The least thing I needed was Sam telling me how wrong it would be to have anything with Aurora. That I already knew, but no matter how wrong it was, I still wanted it. Sam cut me a sharp look before lowering his

