Aurelia's feet pounded the cold stone floor as she ran down the halls, her breath coming in quick, shallow gasps. The scene she had just witnessed hung heavy in her chest, the images kept replaying in her mind like a nightmare she couldn't escape. Hades. The man who had once held her heart, now entangled with another woman, her smirk still etched in her memory.
She burst into her room, the door slamming against the stone wall behind her. The book she had dropped earlier lay forgotten on the floor, but she couldn't bring herself to care. The tears welled up before she even realized it, burning against her skin. She sank onto the bed, clutching the blankets as if they might hold her together.
