The door behind me creaked open, and I turned to see Nurse Williams entering with a medication tray. She took one look at the scattered remnants of our confrontation and froze. The bedside table was overturned, papers strewn across the floor, and the chair I'd been sitting in was pushed against the wall.

"What happened in here?" she started to ask, but her words died as Aurora spotted the open door.

Like a caged animal seeing an escape route, Aurora bolted from the bed. She moved faster than ...