Aurora
Noel betrayed me.
That was the first thought that slammed into my head as I followed Rina back into the meeting room. My son—my sweet, calm, angelic little Noel—had taken one look at Leon and decided that was it. He found instant devotion, instant comfort, and instant connection.
He hadn’t even spent a full day in Averne, had barely been off the plane for an hour, and he already knew his father.
His father.
I still wasn’t ready to process that. I wasn’t ready to process anything at all, especially not when I was seeing him again.
Leon Valmont. The hottie I had a one-night stand with, the stranger who held me in the dark like I was something fragile he didn’t want to break. He had comforted me that night, and I had run away from him because I couldn’t bring myself to let anothe
