#Chapter 150: Aurora’s Choice

Aurora POV I sit in the lecture hall with my notebook open and my pen resting uselessly between my fingers. The professor’s voice washes over me without meaning. Words drift past but my gaze keeps sliding to the window toward the outside world where everything that matters is happening without me. Dominic is in that hotel right now. Power is being named aloud. Lines are being redrawn. And I’m supposed to care about footnotes. I try. I really do. I jot down half a sentence, then stop mid-word. My chest feels tight, restless, like something inside me is pacing. I check the time for the third time in five minutes and finally accept the truth. I’m not going to make it through this lecture. I pack up quietly, text Marco, and slip out before anyone can stop me, heart already lifting with the decision. I want to get back to the hotel. Back to Gianna. Back to the space where tonight is being prepared, where silk and strategy and a