The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 387

Chapter 387

Aurora

It had been maybe two hours.

Two hours of silence that felt like it could suffocate an entire planet.

Two hours of pretending the other didn’t exist.

Two hours of replaying everything in my head until every thought felt like it had teeth.

At some point, despite all my stubbornness, I glanced at him.

Just a second.

Just a tiny look.

He wasn’t asleep.

Not even close.

His eyes were open, staring straight ahead, jaw tight, body rigid like he was holding the entire world together with nothing but sheer

force of will.

He didn’t glance sideways. Didn’t acknowledge me.

But he felt it.

He always felt it.

His voice came out low and cold.

“What?”

The word sliced through the space between us like ice.

I didn’t respond.

Didn’t turn my head away.

Didn’t even blink.

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just stared at him, my expression unreadable, my thoughts a tangled mess of everything I hated and everything I missed and everything

Ewished I didn’t feel.

After a few seconds, he finally turned his head.

¡His eyes met mine-dark, sharp, tired, furious, wounded-

aandscomtething in his expression snapped.

“You know what?”The said, his voice colder than the Russian winter I’d escaped. “I flew halfway across the fucking world for you, and instead of fat thank you, you’re being a fucking bitch.”

he wordsshttmtelike asshap.

breath cought-

mothercauseitthhutt,

burther cause hazid been waiting for him to break.

Waiting forhimtosstop pretending hewasccaim.

Waitingforhimtosiowhisttrrecootorsaagain.

Illettontail bugti..

Nortblecousseittwassftummy.

Becausseittwas sunteditable.

“ATE VORUSETIONssrightnow?? “lassed, vootcertising beforell could stop it.

“Oh. I’m dead serious” “hestion that leaning towardmemow, the space between us shrinking with every word. “I’ve been sick with worry,

tearing apart the fucking worldtofindyou-

“You caused this: “Isnapped.

His mouth shut!

Not in confusion.

Not in denial.

In fury.

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I didn’t stop.

“You pushed me away. You made me feel like shit. You humiliated me. And then you expect me to what? Fall into your arms the second

you show up?”

“I expected you to not hate me,” he growled.

“Well, here we are,” I fired back. “Congratulations. Dream come true.”

His jaw clenched so tight I could hear his teeth grind.

“Oh right,” he said, voice dripping venom now, “because this is all about you. Everything is always about you. Your feelings, your pain,

your trauma-”

TRAUMA?” I laughed again, louder this time, bitter enough to burn. “You think I’m being dramatic? I got kidnapped, drugged, auctioned

off like property-”

“I KNOW THAT!” he yelled, the plane vibrating with the force of it. “Do you think I don’t fucking know?! Do you think I didn’t imagine

the worst every second you were gone?! Do you think I didn’t-

He stopped.

Breathing hard.

Eyes burning.

Voice cracking somewhere in the middle of all that anger.

But I didn’t care.

“Save it,” 1 spat. “You don’t get to play the hero when you were the reason I walked out in the first place.”

He stared at me like I’d stabbed him in the chest.

Then he leaned back and laughed-humorless, harsh, painful.

“You’re unbelievable,” he said quietly. “You really are.”

“Yeah? Well, so are you.”

His head snapped toward me again.

“You know what I think?” he asked.

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