The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 255

Chapter 255

Aurora

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She stared at me like she was trying to make sense of something impossible.

Her eyes moved from my face to Zayn standing a few steps behind me, then back to me again. Slowly. Carefully. Like she was afraid that if she looked too fast, I might disappear. The silence stretched, thick and fragile, until it felt like one wrong breath would

shatter it.

Finally, she spoke.

“Who are you?” she whispered.

Her voice was soft. Not sharp. Not defensive. More like it had been worn down by years of quiet. Even as the words left her mouth, I knew–knew that she already understood. This question wasn’t for information. It was for confirmation. For courage.

I swallowed, my throat suddenly dry.

“Cecilia?” I said, saying her name out loud for the first time.

The sound of it seemed to hit her harder than anything else. Her breath caught, just slightly, like she hadn’t expected to hear it

spoken by me.

“It’s me,” I continued, my voice shaking despite my effort to keep it steady. “Aurora. Aurenya.” I hesitated for a fraction of a second,

then forced myself to finish. “Your biological daughter.”

Her eyes widened instantly.

Not in disbelief exactly. More like recognition crashing into reality all at once.

“I…” she started, then stopped. Her lips parted, but no words came out. She shook her head once, slow and unsteady. “How…?” Her

gaze flicked over my face again, searching for something familiar, something undeniable. “Who…?”

She stepped back half a pace without realizing it, one hand lifting to brace against the doorframe as if her body suddenly needed

support.

I didn’t move. I was afraid that if I did, it would be too much. That would overwhelm her. Or myself.

“I know this is a lot,” I said quietly. My heart was pounding so hard almost hurt. “I didn’t even know where to start. I just—* I stopped, exhaling slowly. “I was told where you were. I came looking for answers.”

Her eyes dropped to my hands, then lifted again, lingering on my face. On my eyes. I saw the moment she noticed them properly. The way her expression shifted, something old and buried surfacing in her gaze.

Her breath trembled.

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“I thought…” she whispered, more to herself than to me. “I thought was done seeing ghosts.”

“I’m not a ghost,” I said softly.

Her eyes stayed on my face, moving slowly, like she was trying to memorize me and already knew she never would forget this

moment. She didn’t blink. Not once. It was like if she did, I might disappear.

Then her expression changed.

Just a little–but enough for me to notice.

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Her lips parted, a quiet breath slipping out. Her gaze sharpened, not pulling away, only focusing harder, as if something had just

clicked into place.

“You…” she whispered.

I swallowed, my heart pounding so loudly I was sure she could hear it.

She took a small step closer without realizing she was doing it. Her eyes searched mine again, deeper this time, and her voice came

out shaky when she finally spoke.

“You look like him.”

The words hit me unexpectedly, settling somewhere heavy in my chest.

“Like… who?” I asked quietly, even though I already felt the answer coming.

She hesitated for half a second, then said it.

“Your father.”

Her voice wasn’t loud. It didn’t need to be. The way she said it carried years behind it–recognition, certainty, something old and

unresolved.

I stood there, frozen, not knowing what to do with that information.

“I’ve never seen him,” I said softly.

She nodded once, like that didn’t change what she saw at all. Her eyes never left my face.

“But I know,” she said, almost to herself. “I know that look.”

Silence stretched between us again, thick and fragile, like one wrong word could break everything.

“Your eyes…” she started quietly.

I exhaled and spoke before she could finish, my voice gentle but tired. “They looked normal until recently. I don’t really know what

happened.”

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That seemed to ground her somehow. She nodded once, accepting it Her attention shifted then, finally breaking away from me as she loo

At Zayn.

Her posture changed–not defensive, not hostile, just alert. Careful.

before trusting it.

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