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“Some men like to stay in the shadows because they are ghosts. He will never be a danger to her. To me, he was her only way out to live the life she deserves, to blossom in freedom.”
“I am not her father.”
“No, your leash is longer.”
I ball my hands at my side, and say, “I love her, Sister, and my love comes with certain shackles.”
“As long as she’s content and you don’t stomp out her light, you two won’t have a problem.”
“Why shouldn’t I worry about him?”
“I never said you shouldn’t. I said she won’t be in danger with him.”
I drag a hand down my face. “I thought you’d hold marriage vows more sacred.”
“I hold the intentions of people sacred, not their overestimation of what they might perceive as holy, only to dispose of them when things get hard.”
Daniel runs over to us, and my body tenses as I shoot up.
“I lost her.”
“How can you lose her?” I pinch the bridge of my nose. I am sure Aurora wouldn’t like me putting a bullet through his head. I should have taken Sawyer with me today.
Sister Theodora pushes herself off the bench and says, “She’ll come back when she’s ready.”
With that, she leaves us. If this woman thinks I won’t search for Aurora, she’s mistaken.
My phone chimes with messages from Cameron and Cato asking if I found out who he is. My simple “No” should speak of my bad mood. I couldn’t even any get information from an old woman.
My friends must be laughing their asses off.
“What do you want me to do?” Daniel asks.
“Wait for us at the car.”
I search for Aurora for over an hour, the trickles of rain seeping through my skin. I fight not only with my sour mood but with my panic. I could track her, but she has to understand I will find her, regardless. If something happens to her…she became the center of my world in the span of weeks.
I see a dress flutter behind a statue of an angel. She ducks too late. When I am within reach, she takes off. But with me on her tail, she runs toward the car. She leans against the window, her arms crossed.
“Was this your plan all along? To seduce me into getting that information. Was this all a fucking lie?”
Her anger with me is palpable, and it’s not helping that mine roars to life. A fucking lie? That’s what she thinks? I could rip the world apart with the fury brewing inside of me.
“Get in the car, Aurora.”
“What if I don’t?”
I grit my teeth and press her to me. “Don’t provoke me.”
With the other hand, I open the car door, and she pushes at my chest but gets inside.
“What if I do?”
Her eyes burn with challenge, and I summon patience.
I get out of the car when we arrive at the jet, waving for her to follow. She tilts her head away from me, crossing her arms again. Her entire posture is a huge fuck-you.
I drag in a lungful of air and lift my eyes to the sky.
