Aurora's POV
"What did it say?"
Sebastian's voice is low, but there is nothing soft in it now. I close my hand around the phone. "Nothing." His eyes drop to my fist, then come back to my face. "That isn't true." "No," I say. "It isn't."
For one second neither of us moves. The air between us changes so fast it almost feels physical. A minute ago, he was the one person in this room who seemed to see what Damien was doing without me naming it. Now all I can see is the message burning behind my eyes.
Don't trust Sebastian Reed. He is closer to your mother's death than you know. I should not look at him like this. He notices too much. He will read something from my face if I let him. So I give him less. "I need to go back," I say. He does not step aside. "Did the message mention me?"
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