fr

cted his name to be rogue Blaze, Ace, but Alfred?

et below her as she made her way slowly down. She held it firmly

ay. That coaxed some of the tension from Aurora's shoulder. She exhaled, k

mother and younger sibling, Bryan. Last night, they had talked right into the night after she went through th

once he graduated. He had begged her to allow him to take on a part time job

e just wanted to crawl into bed and sleep for hours. Other days, when she gets home with tighten

re hell-bent on snuffing every dream leaving one out in the cold. She

t dad wasn't going to make it much longer. They knew he was at his final stage and there was definitely nothing the

e that of a child and his face was pale. The only thing that didn't change about him on th

and the tubes were just making a mock show. Mom had refused. Hope had lingered in her gaze and with day,

t the firefighters and a few other people looking

shone in his eyes. The same glint that had been in her father

oic expression was back. He had it firmly fixed on his face like a mask. She wanted to call out to him and flash him some sort of encouragemen

n a firefighter uniform said. The remorse in his voice was loud and she

t and create an unnecessary drama.

ave happened up there and sorry wouldn't have fixed it." She was

returned, touching

is slightly wrinkled ha

They were supposed to have noticed that the camera in the elevator was faulty and

t him. He muttered a quick

een for the past years." A red-haired woman sa

lied, then she allowed her eyes

white long-sleeved shirt. From the inscription, Aurora could t

e and to be honest, Davis is quite diligent in his

got stuck up there." She wanted to say more bu

subtly telling the younger gi

. I wanted to say that your hair looks like

fingers through it a time or two. Auro

it happened, I forgot for a long moment that I was in some

atted Aurora's arm ge

nk y

smiled and told her she was fine. She tilted her head up and made to point at

just landing his feet on the mar

to check you o

gaze met the man that had pushed himself on her hours ago. He was sta

is gruff face! Aurora was beyond furious and pa

n started, making t

nd the memory she had trucked to the back of her mind resurfaced and this time, it c

t again. His hot breath that had made

h, Au

. He wouldn't have the nerves to follow her. Would he? She wiped her face and got i

rt bit by bit. She forced more air into her lungs and halfhear

thsi

to form the words when she noticed the man's atte

ing towards the outskirts of Illinois. Auror

atience and annoyance crawled throug

sic

ghed. "Ye