The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 384

Chapter 384

Aurora

We didn’t linger another second in that fucking house.

Kael made a few sharp phone calls in a language I didn’t recognize, his tone clipped and dangerous, and when he hung up, he only said one thing to me:

“Everything will be taken care of.”

I didn’t ask what that meant.

I didn’t want to know.

The moment we stepped outside, the cold hit me like a slap. The air was sharp, metallic, the sky dull with clouds. Snow was falling again, fat flakes drifting lazily down like the world had no idea what horrors lived behind that front door.

But I knew.

And I couldn’t stop thinking about the others.

The girls who didn’t have wolves.

Or magic.

Or mates who would cross continents for them.

The girls whose names were called one by one, vanishing behind doors with strangers.

My stomach twisted, nausea rolling through me.

A black car waited at the bottom of the steps, engine running, exhaust smoke curling into the frozen air. A man I didn’t know sat behind the wheel-silent, eyes forward, professional in a way that made my skin crawl but also promised efficiency, safety, escape.

Kael reassured me again, his hand briefly touching the small of my back to guide me forward.

“Don’t worry,” he murmured, low enough that only I could hear. “We’re leaving. Now.”

We climbed into the backseat-Kael first, then me, then Zayn. I ended up in the middle purely because neither of them was willing to sit

next to the other.

Zayn didn’t say a word.

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Didn’t look at me.

Didn’t breathe in my direction.

Good.

I didn’t want him to.

I hated him.

I hated the way his silence felt like a mixture of guilt and fear and something he didn’t know how to put into words. I hated the way my

wolf still twitched in his presence, recognizing him even when I didn’t want to. I hated the way I still remembered how he used to look at

me-even if it felt like a lifetime ago.

The car pulled away, tires crunching over the snow. The house faded behind us, swallowed by trees and snowfall.

I stared straight ahead.

Then-to Kael.

“Kael…” My voice cracked but I forced myself to keep going. “I wasn’t the only one bought. The other girls… we need to help them.

Please. We have to save them.”

His eyes softened as he turned his head to me, something gentle flickering in them that I’d never seen before.

“We will,” he said quietly, firmly. Not a promise thrown out carelessly, but one spoken like he’d carve it into the world if he had to. “I give

you my word.”

“But first,” Kael continued, shifting slightly so his shoulder brushed mine-not accidentally, but to steady me–“we have to get you out of

the country. To somewhere the King can’t track you.”

I nodded, even though the fear still sat like a stone in my stomach.

I knew I wasn’t safe.

Not here.

Not yet,

Maybe not for a long time.

The rest of the drive passed in a blur of snow and silence. None of us spoke. The only sound was the steady hum of the engine and my

own heartbeat thudding unevenly in my chest. Every time I blinked, I saw pieces of the mansion… the blood… his body hitting the wall

the screaming…

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By the time the car rolled to a stop, my hands were shaking again.

We pulled up in front of something that barely looked like an airport.

More like an abandoned hangar swallowed by snow and wind.

If the plane wasn’t already sitting on the strip-small, black, sharp-edged-I would’ve thought Kael had dragged us to the wrong place.

The driver killed the engine.

We got out one by one, the cold swallowing us instantly.

Wind whipped across the runway, sharp enough to sting my eyes. I tucked my arms closer to my chest and stepped forward, following Kael and Zayn toward the plane.

We made it halfway across the snow-covered ground before Kael stopped abruptly.

His hand shot out, fingers encircling my arm-not painfully, but firmly enough to keep me still.

I turned to him, confused, my breath fogging between us.

“Listen, princess…” he started, voice lower now, almost careful. “I have to stay here in Russia for a little while. There are things I need to

handle.”

The words hit me like cold water.

“What-?”

My voice cracked, panic slipping out too quickly.

“No. No, Kael, you can’t- you can’t just leave me here-”

He exhaled, shaking his head slightly.

“You won’t be here. You’re going home.”

“No!”

It came out too sharp, too desperate.

“You can’t leave me. Not now. Not after-” my words tangled, breaking. “You can’t just leave me alo-”

“Alone?”

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A voice cut through the wind behind me, sharp enough to snap the air.

I didn’t have to turn to know who it was.

Zayn.

“And I’m not fucking here?” he finished, stepping forward, his jaw tight, his voice carrying that simmering anger he’d been holding since

we left the mansion.

I flinched at the tone, but I didn’t move away.

Kael lifted his chin, meeting Zayn’s glare with one of his own-calm, steady, unfazed.

There’s a difference between being here,” Kael said quietly, “and being trusted.”

dayn’s hands curled into fists at his sides.

“I have done nothing but-”

“Fail her?” Kael cut in, not loudly, not cruelly-just stating a truth that made Zayn’s face twist in pain.

The wind roared between us.

My throat tightened, my chest aching.

Zayn’s eyes flicked to me-just once-and it was enough.

I saw it.

The guilt.

The fear.

The helplessness eating him alive.

The same helplessness I’d felt for days.

But the anger… the betrayal… the hurt…

It was louder.

“Kael,” I whispered, swallowing hard, “please don’t leave.”

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He looked at me then-really looked.

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