Chapter 120
Aurora’s POV
I suddenly opened my eyes and noticed I was standing in the middle of the road, the pavement cracked and uneven beneath my bare feet. The air feels heavy, thick with an unnatural stillness like the world itself has held its breath. Everything is too quiet, so quiet it makes my skin crawl. The sound of my own heartbeat is the only thing I can hear, thudding in my ears, rapid and erratic, like it’s trying to break free of my chest.
I don’t know why I’m here. I don’t know how I got here. But I’m standing in the middle of this empty street, and something…something about this feels wrong.
The sky is a dull, washed-out gray, clouds swirling in a vortex overhead. The streetlights flicker overhead, their glow sickly and dim. There are no cars, no people. Just me, stand
