Aurora’s POV

The hard part was leaving Liam. We had patched things up and all I wanted was to stay wrapped in his embrace, but I had other things to do. I couldn’t talk to him and not address what I knew with my mother. Everything seemed to tie back to her and the secrets that she chose to keep from me.

I didn’t know what I was going to say or do, but I couldn’t keep this inside. There was no way I’d be able to look at her and smile and pretend that ...