Aurora’s POV
I felt bad for lying to him, I really did. I had expected him to shut me down, but instead, he had opened up and told me everything. Despite him trying to keep the walls up that he had built around himself over the years, I could see the hurt. I could see the human part in him as he had spoken. The way he talked about his family; the look he had in his eyes when he had told me about his mother and sister… That was guilt, and as much as I understood what guilt felt like, I also didn’t quite get why he was blaming himself for something that clearly hadn’t been his fault. I didn’t know what it was like back then other than what I had heard, but in my ears, all I heard him say was that he was a kid trying to do his best.
I focused on the road that was in front of us. The silenc
