Chapter 71
It happened sometime in the quiet stretch of morning, when the world outside still hadn’t fully decided to wake, and the hospital room was still dark, curtains pulled.
Aurora was curled into the side of the bed, her arm draped carefully over Rowan’s chest. Her cheek resting just beside his shoulder as she had cried herself to sleep again, eyes swollen, lips chapped.
Her body aching from staying in the same position for too long.
It started with his hand twitching under hers, then again, slower this time, like he was struggling to wake up but still doing it regardless. A faint sound left his throat for the first time in nearly a week and his heartbeat thudded faster and faster as he dragged in a shaky breath.
Aurora’s felt the sudden movement and woks up only to be met by
