The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 324

Chapter 324

Aurora

I stared at him, searching for some crack in his words, some flicker of the ruth-or the lie-but all I found was tension, hesitation, and something else. Something that wasn’t betrayal. Something that was… rea

“I… I have to go, I murmured quietly, my voice barely above a whisper.

Without waiting for a response, I turned sharply on my heel and left his room, heading toward the elevator, my heart hammering in my chest. Every step felt heavy, though I moved as fast as I could. My mind was a jumble of frustration, anger, and disbelief, replaying every word of our conversation over and over, each one sharper than the last.

I kept glancing over my shoulder, my breath catching each time. Please, don’t follow me, I silently begged. The hallway stretched ahead, long and narrow, the soft hum of the fluorescent lights above the only sound guiding me. For a moment, it felt like I was the only person in this hotel, the only one awake in the dead of night.

Relief washed over me when I realized he wasn’t behind me. No footsteps, no shadow moving against the dim light-nothing. I allowed myself a

brief exhale, letting the tension in my shoulders ease just slightly.

I turned my focus back to the elevator, picturing the small metal doors opening and welcoming me to safety-or at least some distance. My footsteps echoed faintly in the corridor, a rhythm that barely masked the chaotic thrum of my pulse. I thought I was clear. Thought I could

make it without further interruption.

Then it happened.

The world shifted in an instant, the air knocked out of my lungs as I collided with someone solid. My body jolted back, a startled gasp escaping

my lips. The impact left me momentarily breathless, my hands instinctively raising to brace myself. My mind scrambled, processing the sudden

presence in front of me.

I froze, the hallway around me fading into the background. The warmth of the body I’d run into pressed against me, firm and unyielding. My chest heaved as I blinked up, trying to reconcile the figure looming over me with the shock that shot straight through my system.

“Are you F**king kidding me?” His voice cut through the quiet hall like a whip, sharp and unrelenting.

I opened my mouth, but he didn’t give me a chance.

“What the F**k are you doing?!” he practically shouted, stepping closer, eyes blazing. “You went to Kael?! How… how stupid can you be?!”

My chest tightened, my stomach twisting. I knew I knew I probably deserved this. Every warning Zayn had ever given me, every instinct I’d ignored, slammed into me in an instant.

“Zayn-” I started, my voice trembling.

“Shut the F**k up,” he hissed, cutting me off so sharply I flinched.

The sound of it made my pulse spike, and yet, beneath it all, I understood. He wasn’t angry in the petty, mean way. He was furious because he cared, because he’d seen danger where I’d walked willingly into it.

“The best woke up,” he continued, his voice dropping to a growl, “hissing me that you’re in danger, and instead… I find you willingly going

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to him?!”

My throat went dry. I wanted to explain, to tell him that I hadn’t… that I wasn’t planning to-

But even as the words formed in my mind, they died before they left my lis. There was no defending myself. Not against this, not right now,

The hallway felt smaller, tighter, like it had shrunk around us. I could feel the heat radiating from him, the tension coiling in the space between us. And despite the anger, despite the sharp edge of his words, there was something else there-a fierce, protective fire that made it

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