CHAPTER 15 AURORA“Tomorrow, I will talk to Elijah about the stone,” I said after breakfast. “About putting it inside of you,” Mars clarified. “Maybe …” Did I want to use it? Maybe. Would I rather have Charolette use it? Definitely. Charolette didn’t want it though. She didn’t want to be a burden on anyone, thought she didn’t deserve this life, and she believed her mom had committed suicide because of her. Just like Ares and Mars, Charolette had grown up living in a harsh reality. She deserved the stone more than I did, but nobody could force her to take it. “Soon,” Mars suddenly demanded. A darkness flashed through his eyes, and he thrust his shoulders back and ripped open the pack house’s front doors and stormed in. Ares was back in control, about to tear me to shreds for not agreei

