Chapter 66

(Nate’s POV)

“Please” Aurora begs. “Don’t do anything to the guard; he was only doing his job.”

“I cannot believe you, Aurora; why do you care what I do to the guard?” I asked, trying my very best not to sound angry. I wasn’t angry at her; she had gone through a lot, and she didn’t need any of this. Still, I couldn’t help but feel mad at the fact that she wanted the guard who hit her to go scot free.

“I don’t care about him.”

“Then why?”

“I care about you. You think I don’t know the kind of risk you are putting yourself in, coming here; if this is the price I have to pay to see you again, then I gladly would,” she says, and it makes sense, but I do not like the fact that she was worrying about me; she should think only about her safety.

“I am sorry, Aurora; I would not let him go. Eat now,” I said as I stood to my feet, but her hands were on me. I noticed for the first time how she held her other hand to her chest; I knew it was broken, and