Aurora’s POV

The world outside the villa felt different after so many days trapped within those suffocating walls.

When Omega Boyd met me at the front gate, there was an awkwardness between us, but it faded as he gave me a shy, hopeful smile.

“Ready for a change of scenery?” he asked gently.

I nodded, unable to hide the small flutter of excitement in my chest. “Let’s go.”

We caught a bus into town. The vehicle rattled and shook over each bump in the road, the faint chatter of ...