Aurora POV

After defeating Frank, something changed inside me.

I felt it the morning after we returned from Silver Moon. I woke up before dawn and couldn't fall back asleep. There was energy humming under my skin. Restless. Alive.

I slipped out of bed carefully, trying not to wake Gray. But his hand caught my wrist.

"Where are you going?" he asked. His voice was rough with sleep.

"Outside," I said. "I need to move. To do something."

Gray sat up. He studied my face in the dim light.

"Your eyes ...