Chapter 96

Aurora’s POV

The drive to the place where I grew up was not nostalgic like it would have been for most people, mine was full of dread and uncertainty.

The car was silent except for Alexis' occasional cough, and there was a weight on my chest as I thought about what I was going to find when I got out, a kind of anticipation that felt different from anything I had ever experienced before.

A sense of danger? Was that even the right word? Did something feel wrong in the air ? Or was it just me being paranoid? Maybe the world wasn't as bright as I thought. It couldn't be the sun, the sky was too grey for it. Was it my imagination? Was that why everything seemed so weird?

My breathing came out in shallow gasps. My heart rate sped up again with each passing second. My stomach churned. And still, no other thoughts entered my head, which was odd for me but I wasn’t exactly used to having thoughts at that point. I was still thinking about how much better it would be if I had stayed back hom