The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 154

Chapter 154

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Selene, Riven, and Lira arrived not long after Mira called them. The moment they stepped inside and saw the look on my face, they

didn’t ask anything–they just moved closer, surrounding me like they always did when the floor started to drop out beneath my

feet.

I showed them the box.

The necklace.

The dried blood.

The voice message.

They didn’t speak at first. No stupid theories, no attempts to soften the blow. Just silent, tense understanding settling in the air like

a fog.

I sat on the edge of my bed, shoulders tight, fingers twisting into the fabric of my dress. I kept thinking about Seraphina’s voice-

how raw it sounded. That crash behind her. The way the message cut off like-

Like she didn’t have time to finish her warning.

My throat tightened.

If something happened to her…

It would be because of me. Because I kept pushing. Because I couldnt leave any of this alone.

The thought made my stomach twist so hard I had to press a hand against it.

Riven and Mira stood near the door, pacing, muttering curses under their breath. Lira sat close beside me, her hand resting gently over mine, grounding me. Selene leaned forward on the foot of the bed, elbows on her knees, eyes sharp like she was ready to go

hunt whoever did this.

But none of that helped the tightness in my chest. I needed… I didnt know what I needed. Maybe someone who actually understood how serious this was. Someone who wasn’t terrified but angry enough to do something about it.

My hand moved before I thought about it, grabbing my phone. My thumb hovered for a second–but I hit Kael’s name anyway.

He picked up on the first ring.

“Hello?” His voice was sharp, alert.

Like he’d been staring at his phone waiting for it to light up.

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My voice shook despite every attempt to steady it. “Kael.”

Instant silence.

Then-

“Aurora, what happened?”

He didn’t sound confused. Or annoyed.

He sounded like he already knew something was wrong.

Like he felt it.

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I swallowed hard, pressing my free hand to my forehead. “You were right,” I whispered. “This… this isn’t just someone messing with

me.”

Mira reached over and squeezed my knee gently. Selene leaned close, listening to every breath through the phone.

Kael’s voice lowered, roughening at the edges. “Tell me everything.”

“Your witch is dead.” I blurted out.

“My witch is what?”

His voice cut through the line–not loud, but sharp enough that I could picture the way his whole body must’ve gone still.

I squeezed my eyes shut. The words felt too big in my chest, like speaking them made everything worse–made it real.

“Seraphina,” I said quietly, but my voice still cracked. “She’s gone, Kael. I think she’s… I think someone killed her.”

There was silence. Not the kind where someone didn’t hear you–the kind where someone is trying very hard not to lose control.

“What exactly happened?” His tone dropped, careful but tight.

I dragged a hand through my hair, trying to slow down enough to form actual sentences. “She sent me a voice message,” I said. “It was rushed. Panicked. She kept saying someone found her–that I shouldn’t trust… something, or someone, I don’t even know.”

I swallowed, breath shaking. The memory of that final scream still rang in my ears. “And then I heard this crash behind her. Loud. Like something breaking. She screamed- and then there was shouting. Some language I didn’t understand. It sounded like a spell or -or an order. And then the message just… ended.”

My breath hitched, the fear I’d been trying to shove down clawing its way back up.

“It was too real, Kael,” I said, barely above a whisper now. “Too scared to be fake.”

Silence crackled on the line–tight, heavy.

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“And there’s more,” I forced out, my voice cracking.

“Aurora,” he said carefully, “what else?”

I glanced toward the small black box still sitting on my bed like a threat.

“Someone got into my room,” I said. “They left a box on my pillow.

“What was in it?”

His voice was low now.

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“A necklace,” I said. “A moon pendant. But the chain… it’s covered in dried blood.”

There was no response this time–just the sound of his breath, suddenly rough and furious through the speaker. For a moment, I

thought he might actually break something on his end.

“Kael?” I whispered.

“I’m coming back,” he said–no hesitation, no room for argument. “Stay with your friends. Don’t open that door for anyone until I’m

there.”

After Kael hung up, the room felt too loud and too quiet all at once five girls holding their breath, staring at a bloody necklace like

it might start talking.

I didn’t even have time to spiral before a hard, rushed knock rattled the door.

None of us moved.

That wasn’t Kael–he couldn’t have gotten here that fast.

Mira shook her head at me, eyes wide.

Lira mouthed, Don’t.

Then-

“Aurora!”

Zayn’s voice.

Shaken. Rough in a way I had never heard from him before.

My heart lurched so hard it hurt. My roommates all looked at me again–four silent warnings.

Don’t trust it. Not yet.

My feet ignored them.

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His chest was rising and falling too fast, and there was panic in his eyes–panic I’d never seen from him. Before I could even say his name, he stopped forward and cupped my face in both hands,

Warm palms. Cold fingers, Shaking

His gaze swept over me–eyes darting from my eyes to my throat to my shoulders–like he was checking for blood or wounds or

some hidden damage

“What the fack happened?” he breathed.

Not curious.

Not angry

Scared

Like he already knew something was wrong.

Like he’d felt it.

My heart hammered against my ribs, stealing every possible answer from my tongue. The tear behind his voice tangled with the fear

already clawing through me.

And suddenly, nothing made sense.

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