The Night Before Aurora My head sank into the pillow, soft and cool beneath my cheek, but it felt wrong,—it was too soft and too empty. It was a stark contrast to the hard, warm pillow I had been resting on just moments ago. No, I preferred that hard pillow. I groaned, my eyes fluttering open slowly, adjusting to the dim light in the room. As my vision cleared, my breath caught in my throat. Woah. A breathtaking man loomed above me, his body inches from mine, hand resting on the pillow next to my head, the other gripping the edge of the duvet, as though he was about to pull it up. His face was impossibly close, his sharp features framed by soft strands of tousled dark hair that fell against his forehead. I blinked, and so did he, his piercing gaze meeting mine. For a moment, the world seemed to fall away, and the only sound in the room was the rapid pounding of my heart. Beautiful. Oh, how beautiful he was. Without a second thought—without any thought at all, I s
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