Chapter 88
Aurora's POV
I stood in the center of the training field, my body drenched in sweat as I focused on keeping my breathing steady. The sun was high, casting sharp shadows across the ground, but the heat of the day barely registered through the storm brewing inside me. Rowan stood a few feet away, watching me intently, his brows furrowed in concentration. He had been pushing me harder every day, intensifying the training, hoping that somewhere along the line, I’d find the control I so desperately needed.
But no matter how hard I pushed myself, that control still eluded me.
“Again,” Rowan called his voice firm but not unkind.
I wiped the sweat from my brow, trying to quiet the whirlwind inside me. The power, vast and unrelenting, simmered just beneath the surface, and each time
