Aurora POV

Sloane was gone.

The particles of light that had been her body floated around me. Each one felt warm against my skin like she was still trying to comfort me even in death.

I couldn't move or think. The pain in my chest was so intense it felt hard to breathe. She'd sacrificed herself. For me. Just like my mother had died for me.

Everyone I loved kept dying to protect me.

"Aurora," Gray said quietly. He knelt beside me. "We need to move. Malachar is still here."

I looked up. Through my ...