(Aurora's POV)
The sound was sharp and clean in the quiet room.
"Threatening a kid in a hospital bed," I said. "That's a new low. Even for you."
Jasper's head had turned with the impact. He brought it back slowly, and the look on his face was something between shock and fury. "You-"
"The bone marrow was already part of the agreement. You remember that, right? After the recording. That was the settlement." I kept my voice even. "You agreed to it. It's documented. And now you're sitting in a hospital room using it as leverage against a seventeen-year-old who can barely sit up." I looked at him. "What exactly did you think was going to happen when I found out?"
Jasper stood up. He had a few inches on me, and he used them, stepping forward so he was looking down. "You want to keep hitting
