The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 391

Chapter 391

Aurora

The car pulled away from the private airstrip in silence.

For the first few seconds neither of us spoke. The tires rolled over the frozen pavement, the city stretching out ahead in the distance, its lights pale under the winter sky. My arms were still wrapped around myself from the cold, but the chill inside the car had nothing to do

with the weather.

Zayn kept his eyes on the road.

Both hands on the wheel.

Knuckles pale.

Jaw tight enough that a muscle ticked in his cheek every few seconds.

I watched the buildings passing outside the window for a moment before realizing something.

The road curved away from the city center, leading us farther and farther from the familiar skyline of the capital. The tall towers slowly disappeared behind us, replaced by long stretches of quiet streets and snow-covered trees.

I turned slightly in my seat.

“Where are we going?”

He didn’t answer.

I waited a few seconds.

“Zayn.”

Still nothing.

His eyes remained fixed on the road ahead like he hadn’t heard me at all.

My patience snapped.

“Where are we going?” I repeated, louder this time.

His fingers tightened around the steering wheel.

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“Somewhere safe.”

That was it.

That was the entire explanation.

I stared at the side of his face in disbelief.

“That’s not an answer.”

“It’s the only one you’re getting right now.”

“Oh my god.” I muttered, throwing my head back against the seat. “You are unbelievable.”

“Funny,” he said flatly, “I was thinking the exact same thing.”

I shot him a glare.

“You dragged me halfway across the world, refuse to let me see my friends, refuse to take me back to the academy, and now you won’t

even tell me where you’re taking me?”

“You’ll see when we get there.”

“That’s not the point!”

He exhaled slowly through his nose, like he was counting backwards in his head just to keep himself from exploding.

“It’s not safe for you in the city right now.”

“You keep saying that like I’m stupid.”

“I keep saying it because it’s true.”

“I’m not a child you can just relocate whenever you decide!”

“No,” he snapped suddenly, “you’re the girl who got kidnapped because she ran straight into danger without thinking.”

The words hit hard.

I went quiet for half a second before the anger surged back twice as strong.

“That was not my fault!”

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“You walked out alone in the middle of the night.”

“Because you humiliated me!”

“Because you refused to listen!”

“Because you treated me like I didn’t matter!” I shot back.

His jaw tightened again.

“Can we not do this right now?”

“Oh we’re doing it,” I said coldly. “You don’t get to start this and then decide when it ends.”

He didn’t respond to that.

Just kept driving.

The road stretched out ahead of us, leaving the last clusters of houses behind until there was nothing but quiet countryside surrounding the narrow strip of pavement. Snow blanketed the fields on either side, untouched and glittering faintly under the pale morning light.

The city was completely gone now.

I noticed it immediately.

“Zayn.”

No response.

“Zayn,” I repeated, more forcefully.

“What.”

“Where are we?”

He finally glanced at me for a split second before looking back at the road.

“Outside the city.”

“I can see that.”

Silence again.

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My stomach twisted.

“You’re not taking me somewhere where no one can find me, are you?”

His head snapped toward me so fast the car swerved slightly before he corrected it.

“Seriously?” he said incredulously.

“What?”

“You think I just rescued you from being sold at an auction so I could kidnap you myself?”

“You wouldn’t be the first person to decide what’s best for me without asking!”

The words hung in the air.

Heavy.

Zayn looked like he wanted to argue, but something in my expression must have stopped him.

His shoulders dropped slightly.

“I’m not kidnapping you,” he said quietly.

“Then where are we going?”

He hesitated for a moment before answering.

“It’s a house.”

“What house?”

“A safe one.”

“That’s still not an answer.”

“It belongs to Kael.”

That made me blink.

“Kael?”

“Yes.”

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“But he stayed in Russia.”

“I know.”

“Then how-

“It’s one of his properties,” Zayn cut in. “No one knows about it. Not the court. Not the guards. Not even most of his own people.”

I stared at him, trying to process that.

“And you think your father doesn’t know it exists?”

“I know he doesn’t.”

His certainty was unsettling.

We drove in silence for another few minutes. The road narrowed further until it became little more than a long stretch cutting through

dense forest. Snow clung to the branches of the trees, heavy and thick, turning everything into a quiet white tunnel.

Eventually the car slowed.

A narrow gravel path appeared between two large stone pillars half-hidden by frost.

Zayn turned the wheel without hesitation.

The car rolled down the secluded path, the forest closing in around us until the main road disappeared completely behind the trees.

My heartbeat quickened.

“Zayn…”

“Relax.”

“That’s easy for you to say.”

The path curved once, then again, before opening suddenly into a wide clearing.

And there it was.

A house stood in the middle of the snow-covered land, surrounded by tall pines that shielded it from the outside world. It wasn’t as

massive as the castle, but it was still large-two stories of dark stone and warm amber lights glowing through the windows.

Smoke curled slowly from the chimney.

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The place looked… quiet.