-Aurora POV-
I am getting ready in my and Ezekiel's room for our mission. I put on black pants and a black shirt with long sleeves.
I tie my hair up with a very convenient stretchy hair tie. Not something they had in my time. We use to use ribbons and leathery laces.
I look myself in the mirror and somehow, I am not as bothered by my burns anymore. They are just a part of me now and there is not much I can do about them. Somehow, I am okay with that.
“Princess...” Ezekiel says as he walks in.
I look back at him. He comes in for a hug which I happily receive and return.
He sighs as he hugs me. “I love you, Aurora.”
It is so weird to hear someone say that to me. Other than my family, it is not something I have heard coming from a man before.
“And I love you too.” I whisper b
