Aurora's POV
Being seated at the table with Liam and Isabella felt like torture to me. I felt like I made a mistake attending the ball. Every minute I spent, I felt like I was confined in a space where I had to play pretend and smile even though I was burning inside.
"I should have faked being sick to avoid being here," I thought to myself. The feeling of not being able to be with Liam openly started to weigh down on me heavily as it left me questioning if my relationship with him was worth taking all these risks for.
If he marries Isabella, I am forever going to be stuck as his mate forever, and Luca, on the other hand, doesn't even care whether or not I exist in our marriage.
My life has taken a whole new turn that I had never expected. From being a girl who lived all her l
