y door ope

y sl

knew that even the slightest

at the screen w

ile did

... it d

" Aurora whi

rther int

en, Lily ste

ht illuminat

al

eyes... w

from earlie

hiding her

ger pre

ned back in

rms cr

gaze

Calculati

proached

were slow,

d already mad

, the nanny was n

lway loo

il

rfe

as Lily

ow... was that Aurora h

was deliberate

urora want

far Lily

od beside

at Auro

slept pe

t rising and f

had become the cen

swal

d slowly

tly tr

ot fro

antici

moment..." s

uld have been mine...

nd move

hing the bab

li

ghts sn

flin

e instantly. H

he turned to

re, Auro

ti

al

t could no longer

as...

dgi

led with

top?" Aurora's

ord... carri

ust how brave you

len

didn't

y remain

ora..

uie

e w

silence her

steppe

lo

ootsteps echoe

was counting down to

pped right

pped to Lily'

l hov

hes from

smiled

s was yo

wallowe

ok. Isn't my best fri

ma

choed throu

as

ar

out w

d snapped t

reath

a stoo

not yet fu

touch my baby."

led with

trem

y dropped. Her

you misund

et out a

made the air

rora tilted her head

... when you and Dante pla

len

ld seeme

e color drained

s widene

steppe

y cl

for Lily to fe

rd ever

isper w

devas

ed straight at her. "Every

ck, her legs weak,

hat's not

ra sm

l deny

ised he

ed a b

ound fille

ecor

e's v

witch the

y's

to raise that

ver yo

mospher

lently. Tears stre

.. listen

opped the

rned even co

epped closer again, "who

fell s

led. Her eyes d

ra wa

hur

knew... Lil

sure

ant

d came o

ro

ra sm

Go

r sudden

ots

an

ed at the

ediately took

panic on L

on? Why aren'

turned

aze me

mile r

... no one cou

me at the pe

epped away

ing

t to sa

ap her

rd something

at Lily. Then

do yo

raised h

the but

ding playe

ear

arp

devast

ace change

ig

al

atched hi

every su

ead, "would you like to expl

len

't answer i

s moved

ating.

thin a

de his

a small s

from

ll mov

nmista

saw it-a

co

ose hi

rora

finally

what that woman

fell just

ilt. Withou

sharply, he

What are y

didn't lo

at

laughe

" she said, slow

dator study

inter

ped in th

ween

t Lily-now com

u've been

ice was

pai

bit he

ll uncont

hed her for

n sm

.. has only

rned to

the internal

e sti

aud

ra no

transa

e widened

excep

len

s hung in

ea

eate

her baby and walke

efore

sto

rning, she

, an

Lily held t

ted her hea

mile r

ing the words sink in, "...I would s

len

ora turne

gaze

her smile deepened, "...