Chapter 183. Truth About the Pendant

Aurora’s POV

It had been a month since the incident, a month since we all left the horrors of the past behind. Now, sitting in the dining room with Caleb, Caroline, Jade, and Damien, I felt a rare sense of peace settle over me. For the first time in what felt like forever, I wasn’t running, wasn’t hiding, wasn’t looking over my shoulder waiting for the next inevitable disaster to strike.

Instead, I was here, surrounded by people who had become my family in every way that mattered. I glanced around the table, my heart swelling with gratitude. It was a luxury I never thought I’d have again—a life where I felt safe, where I was loved, where I could just be.

Caleb, sitting beside me, offered me a small but reassuring smile, one that I had come to rely on more times than I could count. “No matter what happens, Aurora, you’ll always have us. We’re your family,” he said, his voice steady and full of conviction.

I swallowed the lump in my throat and returned h