RILEY (AURORA)"Ralph must not see Jasper!" the ribbons in my hands fell to the floor in an instant. “What did I just hear the maids say? Ralph is here!”Quickly, I rushed out of the room. The maids bowed fearfully, but I didn't spare them a look. I needed to take Jasper out of that celebration ground before Ralph sees him. Everything I have worked hard for, everything I have gone through to this day, mustn't go down the drain because of the presence of that bastard.It is the second time I am panicking today, and it isn't a good sign that things will end up well. If Ralph meets Jasper, even the most powerful spell wouldn't prevent him from recognizing some common traits in him. Ralph's eyes were one of what captivated me that year when I knew he was my mate. Those golden, dust-like eyes that stared at me with deep affection and love suddenly turned to the ones that held pure resentment after I chose him over my pack. The man that had those eyes is the one that made me what I am t
RILEY(AURORA)Arriving at the festive grounds, I stood, looking around, I noticed the crowd dispersing and arranging in a particular manner. In the form of Alphas and Betas, they all conversed together. Jasy, my Jasy. My heart was beating very fast. My beautiful son. walking around the vast hall, I kept trying to reach out to Brian, while scanning the crowd for him.At last, the connection that had been suddenly severed was restored. "Where are you, Riley?" Brian asked through the mind link. "Take a few steps forward and turn to your right," Alpha Brian instructed, and I moved immediately. I could see his eyes glaze through my dress and mask. Does he remember he was the one that gifted me? From the way he was smiling, I guess he does. I really hope he doesn’t get the wrong idea. I only wore this dress because it was the only outfit I had that was suitable for a gathering like this. Surprisingly, Adrian was beside him, giving me weird looks, but I ignored it. I looked around, "Where
RALPH I didn't feel reluctant to attend this festival because I am searching for my mate, but now I'm getting tired. Maybe it is a celebration for all packs but not a celebration for me."Can you just show me you are here?" I whispered, rubbing my neck. I messed up. I messed up pretty bad, and I regret it. I only decided to make Lisbeth free just for a reason.Why did her spell take so long to be broken? I inflicted so much pain on my mate. She ran to me for safety after cutting ties with her pack, but I ignored her. I ridiculed and made her feel worthless. I almost had another Luna while my real mate needed my help the most."I promise to right every wrong I've made." I walked slowly in the hall, looking around for the sharpest sight of her. Most of the attendants were putting on masks, which means she will be on a mask too, especially when she is aware I attended."How else do we search for her?" I mind linked my Beta in frustration. The crowd here is too much, and it is giving m
AURORA "Why do you look like me when my dad doesn't?" I heard Jasper ask as he looked up to the man holding his little hands.The man came into view, under the lights, and my heart dropped to my feet. It was Ralph!The same minute I saw them, the next second, they disappeared. I looked around, searching for them. Where could they have disappeared to just now?My heart was beating really fast. This is exactly what I have been avoiding. This is why I didn't want Jasper to come to the festival hall. Thanks to that Sierra bitch that delayed me. I should have retrieved Jasper back into his room long before now. Him meeting Ralph wouldn't have happened.I know my son, Jasper, very well. He is quite inquisitive. If he sees any slight resemblance, he will keep asking questions till he gets the answer needed. He took after his real father.I know if Ralph sees me, he would definitely recognize me. Even if my mask makes it hard for me to be recognized, he would surely recognize the mate bond b
AURORA“Alpha Brian, you…” "Isn't she the missing Princess, Princess Aurora of the Riverbells pack?" Someone said amongst the crowd, cutting me off and calling everyone's attention to me. Gasps sprang in the midst of the crowd as they acknowledged it was really me."Your father is sick and you couldn't fill in for him?" The MC threw the question at me and I huffed in response."He never cared enough to request my presence." I said emotionlessly. He kicked me out like garbage, like I was nothing to him. I only tried to force him to accept my stupid mate by severing ties with my pack, but little did I know, it was only going to harden my father's heart into turning his back against me the very moment I needed him."You need to come home with me, Princess." My dad’s beta, Arthur, came closer to me, and I stepped back."I was your princess long before I became a rogue thrown out of your pack. I am not needed in your pack." I refused to back down. If I was still there, all this drama woul
AURORA Jasper's head was already on my lap; he had fallen asleep, and I was almost dozing off as well. Everything that happened was beginning to weigh down on me. Well, that was until I heard a shout from the front of the car; one of the guards dropped dead, the car before ours came to an abrupt stop.I was confused. Why would anyone attack us here? I opened the car window a little and peered outside. It was the woods surrounding us, and I could recognize the woods as the ones before getting to Riverbells pack territory."Beta Arthur? Beta Arthur," I whispered to wake him up. I began to slap his leg gently. What kind of a deep sleeper is he? Who made him Beta again?"Relax, princess, we are almost home," Beta Arthur mumbled, still dozing off, and I hissed. I had no choice but to wait patiently for whoever ambushed us to at least come to us. I held my son securely in my arms and waited for the worst. I could defend myself, but what about my little boy. The thought of Jasper getting hu
AURORAThe remaining journey was smooth, and within an hour, we arrived at the gates of the Riverbells pack.It was the same front gate where I was thrown out as a rogue. The gate opened for us, and the car was driven in. I got down with Jasper in my hands and looked around.There weren't many changes except for the flowers I was taking care of before I cut ties with the pack, which were absent from where they had always been those years. Dad knew what I went through before those flowers could spring up, and he still got rid of them.“Things are no longer the same, Aurora,” I told myself.There was no welcome party for me, as there has always been whenever I'm just out for a day. I've been away for five years, and everything that concerns me had been wiped out.Tears threatened to fall from my eyes, but I forced them back. I am not in the Riverbells pack for remembrance of memories; I am here just because I want to see father one last time."You know your father's room; I have to atte
AURORA Expecting red blood to drop, my eyes widened when I saw tiny blue blood dropping into his mouth.I withdrew my hands immediately, opening my palms only to find that the cut had closed up but the remnants of the blue blood were still on it. I looked at my father and he gave me an apologetic look. What's going on?Every werewolf I have come across in all years of living has red blood, I have never seen a wolf that has blue blood before. I thought my blood had always been red, like every normal wolf. How is it possible for it to suddenly change? A few hours ago, I got a little scratch from those bastards from hellhounds' pack, and I could swear my blood was red. So, what the heck is going on right now?"Dad…. Why… Why is my blood blue?” I stammered, looking up from my hand to him. Upon looking up at my dad, I gasped at the scene before me. “Wh..wh..” no reasonable word could proceed from me. I staggered, still staring at him. My father had suddenly begun to show signs of healin