Aurora:
To say that I was scared was not a lie.
Their scent was one that filled my nostrils, one that had my heart racing, and one that made me doubt being in the same room. But I knew that for my daughter, I was going to have to do this.
Ezio was by my side, his eyes were on the door, waiting for me to be the one to take a step forward. Not because he couldn’t do it on his own, it was because he knew that I was going to need to grow strong enough to be able to walk through that door. And I knew that I wasn’t. when my daughter was in this, I knew that I wasn’t.
I nodded at him and he smiled, taking my hand in his, gently squeezing it, assuring me that he was going to be beside me. The maids were beside Viviana, and though we knew that she wasn’t supposed to be here, Natalia didn’t leav
