Aurora's POV
"We go anyway."
Sebastian looks at me like I just suggested we walk into a fire. "There's someone waiting there," he says. "I know." "Someone who wants us dead." "I know that too."
Nadia leans forward from the back seat. "Aurora, this is insane." Maybe, probably, but I am tired of running. I am tired of being one step behind. I am tired of letting Vincent Reed and whoever else is pulling strings decide where I go and when.
"If we keep running," I say, "we stay in the dark. Whoever is waiting at your mother's house knows something. They know enough to be there before us. They know enough to be inside Vincent's network. That makes them dangerous. But it also makes them useful."
Sebastian's jaw tightens. "You want to confront them." "I want to end this." The silence that fol
