Chapter 18: Unfinished Business
The night outside Alpha Grey's mansion was cool, but inside Aurora, a quiet storm brewed.
Her conversation with Lucas had rattled him—she could hear it in his voice. And that was exactly what she had wanted.
Not to hurt him, but to make him understand, to see what he had lost.
As she watched the moonlight filter through the window, casting silvery shadows across the room, her thoughts drifted back to the life she had with Lucas.
The good moments felt distant now, overshadowed by the bitterness and betrayal that had defined the end.
She had tried, truly tried, to hold on, to find a way to make it work. But there was no saving something that was never really whole to begin with.
Her phone buzzed on the table beside her, pulling her out of her thoughts.
Aurora glanced at it, expecting it to be another follow-up from the auction. Instead, it was a text from Hades.
Hades: How did it go? Did you talk to him?
Aurora stared at the message for a moment before replying.
Aurora: Yes. It's done.