The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 339

Chapter 339

Zayn

By morning, I had turned the entire hotel upside down.

I didn’t care about protocol. I didn’t care about rules, or the fact that we were supposed to be guests. I didn’t care how it looked or who I pissed off. Nobody could stop me-not the staff, not the professors, not the coordinators, not the security guards who kept telling me to calm

down and wait.

I wasn’t waiting.

I cornered the hotel manager myself and forced them to pull every single ecurity feed they had. Every hallway. Every stairwell. Every elevator. Every entrance. I stood there, arms crossed so tight my shoulders burned, yes locked on the screens while footage replayed again and again.

Minute by minute.

Second by second.

And then I saw her.

My blood went cold.

Aurora.

The feed showed her hood pulled low, careful steps along the polished floor of the lobby. She moved quietly, almost invisible, keeping to the

shadows. My stomach twisted as I watched her, every instinct screaming that this was wrong. Why the hell was she leaving her room at this

hour?

And then I saw the front doors. She was heading straight for them. My pulse jumped. The beast stirred, restless and anxious, clawing at my

chest.

A few minutes later, the lobby cameras caught another figure-a woman with icy, silver-blond hair, stepping into view behind her. Charlotte.

“She’s going outside…” I muttered, gripping the edge of the monitor.

My hands tightened into fists, I could feel every heartbeat, every frantic surge of the beast trying to pull me toward her.

Without a word to anyone, I turned sharply and headed for the stairs.

I knew exactly where Charlotte’s room was.

My jaw clenched as I took the steps two at a time, ignoring the sting in my legs, the burning in my lungs. Adrenaline drowned out everything else. Third floor. The corridor came into view, long and quiet, the soft hot tights doing nothing to calm the unease crawling under my skin.

Something was wrong. I could feel it in my bones.

I marched down the hallway, my pace relentless, eyes locked on the door the far end. Room 346.

I didn’t slow down. I didn’t hesitate.

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I knocked once-hard.

Nothing.

I knocked again, louder this time, the sound echoing down the corridor. St nothing. No footsteps. No voice. No movement from inside.

My chest tightened.

“Charlotte,” I called, keeping my voice low but sharp. “Open the door.”

Silence.

My hand curled into a fist. Panic flared, hot and violent, shoving aside any remaining doubt. I reached for the handle and pushed.

Locked.

Of course it was.

1 snapped.

I took a step back and drove my foot into the door with all the strength I had. The lock gave in with a sharp crack, the door flying open as I

surged inside.

Charlotte.

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She stood by the window, frozen, eyes wide. Her friend-roommate, whatever the hell she was-sat on the edge of the bed, stiff and startled,

like she’d just witnessed something she wasn’t meant to see.

Charlotte gasped when she saw me.

I didn’t look at her. Not yet.

My gaze locked onto the girl on the bed instead. Calm. Cold. Final.

“Out,” I said quietly.

She didn’t need to be told twice. Without a word, the girl got up and left the room, her footsteps echoing softly down the hall.

I turned my attention back to Charlotte. My eyes were calm, but the heat Behind them was anything but.

“What did you do?” I asked, my voice deceptively steady, like a blade hidden in silk.

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