Isadora.The clanking of cutlery against plates and light chatter filled the air but the random conversations didn't do anything to take my mind away from what was bugging me.Aurora.She occupied the forefront, back and center of my mind. Besides when I confronted her in the hospital a few months ago, it was my first time seeing her and seeing her there sitting all glorious and mighty smiling and smirking like she was a god, twisted the knife of hate already plunged in my stomach.Cutting a small piece of my chicken, I tucked it in my mouth before turning to Ethan;“So Alpha Ethan,” I said loud enough that the chatter died down and all attention turned to me. “Have you finally fixed a date for the wedding? Come on, we all know you proposed to Tiffany.” I turned to Aurora to see a flush of embarrassment on her nose and ears. My heart swelled with joy, the night was starting to go as I wanted.“Uhm,” Ethan cleared his throat as all attention turned to him, “there would be no wedding ac
Ethan.I chased Ethan down the hall. I noticed the shift in her mood when Isadora and Keenan joined us but she had played it down and kept a brave face until Isadora spoke to her.“Aurora! Aurora wait up.” I caught up with her and grabbed her wrist causing her and Arne to stop abruptly. I looked down at Arne to see him already looking up at me. “Sorry kiddo, this would only take a minute.”Aurora sucked in a deep breath and turned to Arne, “Hurry up straight to the room, I'll be right behind you.” Arne nodded before running out of the hallway. “I have to be right behind my son.”“He is on royal grounds, nothing will happen to him.”“You are so sure about that.” She retorted and slipped her hands off my grip to cross it.I inched closer to her, my brows furrowing with concern. “Aurora, has anything happened to Arne before? With his Father maybe? I do understand that he is your son but you are overly protective of him especially whenever his father is mentioned.”“No!” She said firmly.
Ethan.It's been exactly thirty-nine hours since the dinner and my conversation with Aurora. I noticed she had been avoiding me -in initially had doubts seeing that there was still rush for cure and figured she was probably busy but after seeing her obviously avoid me, I was certain she was.Seeing that the rush for the cure has died down and she was taking the day off, I found myself walking to the guest quarters and up the stairs to Aurora's room.I knocked twice before Aurora opened the door. Her hair was packed up in a messy bun, an oversized shirt covered her small frame and I doubt she was wearing something underneath it. “Hey gorgeous.” The surprise was still on her face. Did she really think I was going to let her avoid me? We were a beginning of something good, I wasn't going to let her slip through my fingers just like that. And over a silly conversation.“Hi. What… what are you doing here?” She swiped a few locks of hair off her face and tucked them behind her ear. I dre
AuroraThe memory of the previous day that etched itself to my heart rushed to my memory at the creak of dawn. I wasn't fully awake yet but I caught myself smiling and chuckling quietly.After Arne had his bath, we, Ethan inclusive, had lunch -the one the maids brought over- and watched the famous Lego show Arne wouldn't stop talking about. Arne slept off before the credits could roll in, I put him to bed and took a walk in the garden with Ethan.Yesterday was a reminder of what my life with Ethan could have been and though there was this nostalgic pain that ran through my heart in-between hours, I was happy I got a second shot at experiencing life with Ethan.With my eyes still closed, I reached to the other side of the bed to pat Arne. It was something that has become a routine, since the day he was born, I would make sure to check that he was still there and that nobody had taken him from me but my hand fell to an empty cold bed. I felt around the bed more hastily, nothing and I sp
Ethan‘I have Arne under hostage. I know his true identity, I can tell you who he is and where you can rescue him but you have to follow my instructions strictly or else consider him dead.Meet me at the abandoned shed outside the pack borders tonight by 11pm. Trust me, I have sources watching your every move so don't try to act smart. I'll be waiting’I finished reading the letter and sighed deeply. I tried to calm my nerves as I squeezed the piece of paper in my hand and flung it in the bin. What kind of sick psychopath was this? It was clear that whoever this person was was using that poor child to get to me. I felt bad for Arne, he was being used like a bait and it was all because of me. I needed to fix this myself and bring Arne back safely to Aurora, I owed her that much. I glanced at the clock on the table, it read 10:37pm. Just 23 minutes left to 11. I should get going. I stepped out of the room and headed out of the house quickly. There was a ruckus just outside the house,
Ethan“My son? What are you saying?” I blurted out and staggered back a bit, visibly weakened by what I just heard.Keenan chuckled before continuing, “I told you I would reveal his real identity when you got here, Didn't I? Well this is the truth, Alpha Ethan! Arne is biologically your child, Aurora has been lying to you all this time” I scoffed in disbelief . There was no way“You’re lying. That's not true” I replied in a dazed whisper. He has to be lying, he was probably trying to mess with my head.“Are you that dense? Arne is 10 years old and 10 years ago Aurora ran away from the pack without anyone's notice. Why do you think she left? Huh?” “Stop! I don't want to hear anymore of that. Release Arne this instant or you are not going to like what I would do to you” I yelled at him, my anger flaring up that he was trying to get inside my head. “Oh look at you! Trying so desperately to convince yourself when deep down you know the truth. Your son has been with you for so many month
Aurora (Back to when Ethan just left)I was losing it…My son, my life and everything was missing.How deep was I sleeping that I didn't hear when he was taken? I blamed myself, I was not vigilant enough. I was supposed to protect him.I failed.Sam led me inside the house to sit, I was too weak to walk on my own, I have not had anything to eat throughout today either because I had no appetite. I felt sick and I knew the only cure I needed was having my son come back to me. I regretted staying here even when I knew my son's life could be in danger, I was following my heart and now look where it brought me. Ethan had stepped out to look for him, my body itched to go out too but Sam and the others won't let me. I felt like I could hear my son calling out to me crying and it made my heart twist in pain even more. I would die if anything happened to him, I can't live without my son.The sound of hurried footsteps brought me back to reality, one of the guards rushed towards us with panic
AuroraI slept wrapped around Arne like a blanket, I couldn't let what happened the last time repeat itself again. I will protect him properly this time. After Ethan rescued Arne and brought him back to me yesterday night and stopped the attack, I retired to bed with Arne immediately. He was still pretty shaken up from what happened so I didn't push him to tell me, I cleaned him up and laid beside him. With the way he clung to me I knew last night must have traumatized him. I never stopped rubbing slow circles on his back and planting kisses on his forehead. My poor child!Soon it was morning, a harsh knock on the door woke us up. I frowned, irritated that the noise woke Arne up. “Who’s there?” I asked as I got up and approached the door.There was no answer, instead there was a harsher knock, my nostrils flared in more irritation and I opened the door, curious to see who it was. Nothing prepared me for the person who was knocking, it was Isadora. She looked wretched with eyes t