Chapter 239. Never Forgive You

Aurora’s POV

I screamed.

A raw, bloodcurdling one that ripped straight from my lungs as I stumbled away from the window, my legs tangling in the hem of my nightgown. My back hit the floor with a dull thud, pain jolting up my spine, but I hardly noticed. My eyes were still fixed on the window, on the thing that had no right to be real.

A shadow. A figure.

It had no clear face, just empty sockets where eyes should’ve been, and a skeletal form wrapped in swirling darkness. It should have stayed outside. It should have vanished. But instead, it floated straight through the glass like it was nothing but air, like walls and reality didn’t apply to it at all.

“No,” I whispered, voice shaking. “No, no, this isn’t happening—this isn’t real—”

But it was. God, it was.

The room felt like it was closing in on me, and the air had turned thick and heavy, like I was breathing in smoke. I tried to crawl backward, my hands scraping against the wooden f