The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 135

Chapter 135

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After we finished eating, the kitchen fell into a quiet sort of rhythm steady rain still drumming against the windows. Kael had insisted on

“You cooked? No. You didn’t. So let me.”

plates clinking softly, the faint sound of running water, the

cleaning up, waving off my attempt to help with a simple,

So I let him.

While he moved around the kitchen, sleeves rolled up, focused in that effortless way of his, I packed my things back into my backpack. My phone charger, the small pouch with my skincare stuff the clothes I’d worn last night–all shoved in neatly, though

my hands felt heavier than they should.

The apartment smelled faintly of coffee and rain. Outside, the world was gray and slow, and part of me didn’t quite want to leave

yet.

Kael finished wiping down the counter and turned just as I zipped my bag closed. “You ready?” he asked, grabbing his keys from the

bowl by the door.

I nodded, slinging the strap over my shoulder. “Yeah. As ready as I’ll ever be.”

He disappeared into the small hallway closet for a second, then came back holding an umbrella and–of course–his black leather jacket. The same one he’d thrown at me last night in the car. He held it out toward me without a word.

I blinked at it. “Again?”

“Rain’s worse now,” he said, glancing toward the window where the droplets were sliding down in heavy sheets. “And I’m not dealing with you freezing and blaming me for it later.”

I rolled my eyes but took it anyway, slipping my arms into the sleeves. It was warm and soft and still smelled faintly like him

“Thanks,” I said quietly, looking down at the zipper I fiddled with instead of his face.

Kael just nodded and opened the door. “Come on, Princess. Elevator’s faster than the stairs.”

We stepped out into the hallway, the soft hum of the building filling the space between us. The elevator doors opened with a low chime, and as we stepped inside, the reflection of the two of us appeared in the mirrored wall–me, drowning in his jacket, clutching my backpack, and him standing beside me, calm and unreadable, eyes fixed on the floor numbers as they began to drop.

When the doors slid open on the ground floor, the chill from outside crept in, sharp and damp. Kael opened the umbrella with a soft snap and tilted it slightly over me as we stepped out of the building his free hand brushing lightly against mine to guide me toward

the car.

We slid into the car, the sound of rain pattering softly against the roof filling the quiet between us. Kael started the engine, and the low hum mixed with the muffled rhythm of the storm outside. For a while, neither of us spoke. The wipers brushed back and forth

across the windshield, clearing streaks of water that instantly reappeared.

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The city blurred past in muted shades of gray and silver, reflections of traffic lights smearing across the wet pavement. I sat with my hands folded in my lap, watching the raindrops race each other down the glass, my thoughts scattered and heavy.

We hadn’t talked about any of it since last night–about the witch, about what she said, about my mother, my father, or the terrifying truth that I was half witch, half werewolf. Every time I thought about it, my chest tightened, like the air itself grew

thinner.

After a few minutes, Kael’s voice cut through the quiet, calm but curious. “Are you gonna… you know… look for her?”

I turned my head toward him, caught off guard. His eyes stayed on the road, but there was something different in his tone–gentler, almost careful, like he didn’t want to push but couldn’t help asking.

“My real mother?” I asked softly.

He nodded once. “Yeah.”

I looked back out the window, watching the world slide by in streaks of rain. For a few seconds, I didn’t answer. The question echoed in my head, colliding with everything Seraphina had told me my mother’s name, her coven, her search for me. All those years she’d been out there, looking for a daughter who didn’t even know she existed.

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it kills me that those books were destroyed.

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