Chapter 315. Temporarily Blinded

Aurora’s POV

I stared at her, my heart pounding like a war drum in my chest. The taste of iron filled my mouth from how hard I was biting the inside of my cheek, trying to keep my voice steady. I couldn’t believe what I had just heard-what she had done. My hands trembled at my sides, balled into fists as I slowly stepped forward, eyes wide, searching her expression for any hint of regret, of guilt, of anything that made her feel human. Anything.

“Alice...” My voice cracked. I hated that. I hated sounding so small, but I couldn’t help it. “Do you even have the slightest bit of remorse for what you just did? You hurt a child, for gods’ sake. How do you live with that?”

She didn’t flinch. She didn’t even blink. Her gaze locked with mine like iron shackles, unmoving, cold, and terrifyingly calm. Her voice was low but clear-sharp as shattered glass.

“That same child,” she said, “wouldn’t hesitate to plunge a dagger through my heart if the wraiths whispered