As I sat in the dimly lit room, the flickering candlelight casting shadows on the worn wooden floor, I couldn't help but reflect on my own vulnerabilities. I had always prided myself on my strength and dominance, but now there was one person who could make me question everything I thought I knew about myself – Aurora.
Her beautiful, soft blue eyes, so full of determination and defiance, haunted my dreams every night. Her very presence stirred something deep within me, a hunger that threatened to consume me whole. The undeniable connection we shared left me feeling more exposed than I had ever been before. And that terrified me.
"Tristan," Sebastian's low voice broke through my reverie. "We can't keep going on like this. She needs to choose. I'm going mad not knowing."
I looked into my b
