Chapter 618: The Shadows in Her Eyes
It was as if the heavens heard Aurora’s plea—after one rumble of thunder, the sky stayed quiet, no more lightning flashed. But outside, the rain came pouring down.
"Oh no... what if he gets lost?" Aurora suddenly remembered Everett had no sense of direction either. Her worry spiked.
Time crawled. She kept checking her phone—barely ten minutes had passed, but it felt like Everett had been gone forever.
She paced around the temple, chilled by the cold wind blowing in, making her scalp tingle.
She had no idea how much time went by. Every tiny sound outside made her jump. Her nerves were completely shot.
She kept glancing toward the rain-covered entrance but couldn’t see anything except a curtain of white falling from the sky.
Then, when she turned back around, a shadow appeared right in front of her. She screamed and stumbled back—until she realized it was Everett. Only then did she finally let out a breath, clutching her chest to calm down.
"You scared me to death! I thought you were... I don’t know what I thought!"
Everett dropped the bundle of firewood from his back. His jacket was draped over it to keep it dry. Aurora frowned hard.
"Why would you use your coat to cover the wood? Are you crazy?"
"If I didn’t, how would we light it?" Everett shot her a look like she was clueless and squatted down to start the fire.