The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 290

Chapter 290

“You won’t get to him,” I said. “Not through me.”

His eyes darkened, just slightly.

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“We’ll see.”

The small lamp on the nightstand flickered, shadows warping along the walls, stretching where they shouldn’t. He leaned in just enough for his voice to drop.

“Rest while you can, princess,” he murmured. “This was only the beginning

The room fractured–light, shadow, sound collapsing inward-

and everything fell into black.

I woke up with a sharp gasp, air tearing into my lungs like I’d been underwater too long

Zayn was awake instantly, pushing himself upright beside me, one hand already on my arm.

“Rory,” he murmured, his voice rough with sleep. “What’s wrong?”

I turned to him, my heart still hammering, my body tight like it hadn’t realized yet that I was awake. The dim light of the room caught his face -concerned, alert now, fully here.

“I saw him,” I said, the words tumbling out before I could slow them down “I saw Zade.”

Zayn stilled. Completely. “Where,” he asked carefully, “where did you see him?

“In the dream,” I whispered. My throat felt dry, scraped raw. “1–he knew. He knew where we were, or at least that we were together. He said your father is looking for us. Both of them are.”

Zayn’s jaw tightened, his eyes darkening as the last traces of sleep vanished. He leaned closer, grounding, solid, but it didn’t stop the unease coiling in my chest.

“How,” I continued, my voice shaking despite my effort to steady it, “how could be enter my dream, Zayn? How is that even possible?”

“I don’t know,” he said finally, and the simplicity of the answer somehow made it heavier. “Last time I checked, werewolves can’t do that. Only vampires can… and witches.” He let out a slow breath, rubbing his eyes with the heel of his hand. “But werewolves? No. Not that I’ve ever

heard of.”

That didn’t help. If anything, it made the knot in my chest tighten.

He glanced at me again, searching my face.

“But you didn’t tell him anything, right?”

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Chapter 290

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I shook my head. The movement felt weak, like my body was still half stuck in that other place. I eased myself back down onto the mattress, the thin padding creaking softly beneath me. Zayn followed immediately, ing down beside me as if leaving even a sliver of space between us

wasn’t an option.

I turned onto my side to face him. In the low light, his features looked sharper, more tired. “I’m fine,” I said quietly, even though I wasn’t sure it was true. “I’m sorry I woke you up. Go back to sleep.”

He looked like he wanted to argue, like the words were already on his tongue, but after a moment he stopped himself. He just nodded once and turned onto his side, facing away from me. Still close. Still there.

But sleep didn’t come back to me.

My mind kept replaying Zade’s voice, his eyes, the way he’d looked at me like he already knew the ending. My heart wouldn’t slow down, no matter how hard I tried to breathe evenly.

Carefully, so I wouldn’t wake Zayn again, I reached and grabbed my phone from the floor beside the mattress. I’d left it there earlier without thinking. I half–expected the screen to light up with nothing–no signal, ne connection–but when I turned it on, my phone vibrated in my

hand.

Messages started pouring in.

One after another. My roommates. Are you okay? Where are you? Please call me back. You disappeared. The timestamps blurred together, panic threaded through every line. Guilt pricked at my chest, sharp and immediate.

Then one message stood out.

Older. Two days ago.

Kael.

We need to talk. It’s urgent.

My fingers tightened around the phone as my pulse picked up again, a different kind of unease settling deep in my stomach.

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