AURORA I feel like I have been hit by a truck. I can feel strong arms around me and that we are moving, but I don't know where I am or who is holding me. I fight to open my eyes and move my hand slowly to my head. I then hear a low growl next to my ear "Take it easy, my dear. You fainted!" I struggle as I recognise that voice and that the Alpha Beast is the one that has me in his arms. He puts me down but keeps his arm wrapped around my waist, pulling me in tight to his side. I allow him to guide me as I turn to Ariel. "Ariel? What's going on?" "What do you remember?" "Just bits and pieces... We haven't, have we? Not with the beast?" 'No, we haven't yet... But you just agreed to be his mate, his Luna and Queen... Umm..." "What Ariel?" "You also just agreed to give yourself to him... To allow him to have what should be our mates..." 'But our mate isn't here...." "He is... Logan is here... We can't give ourselves to the beast, not with our mate here!" "I wouldn't
AURORA He then slides his hand down in between us, slowly moving his basketball shorts, allowing himself to fall free. He then thrusts his hips just a little, rubbing himself along my entrance. He closes his eyes for a moment as he lets out a low growl of pleasure and thrusts his hips a little harder and faster, but he still doesn't force himself inside me. As he opens his eyes, he looks down and over at the junction of my neck and shoulder. His movements suddenly stop as he growls low and threatening, he then tightens his hand around my throat more, as he moves his lips so that they are just touching the skin and whispers, "WHO IS HE? WHEN DID YOU MEET HIM?" I let out a small sob and rasp around the pressure he is putting on my throat. "Who is who? I don't know what you are talking about...." He tightens his hand even more, applying even more pressure, making it hard for me to breathe. As I gasp for air, he growls again. "WWHHOO IISS HHEE?? WHO IS YOUR MATE?" He loosens
AURORA Lincoln then lets my hands go and gets out of the bed. I look around as he disappears into the bathroom and see that my dressing gown is draped over one of the chairs. I watch the bathroom as I slide out of bed and make my way over to the chair. I slip on my dressing gown and then make my way to the door that leads to the passage between his chambers and mine. I open the door quietly and slip through, closing it behind me. I then run down the passage to my door, open it, and step inside. I close it behind me, slumped back against it, and sigh in relief. I then tighten my dressing gown around me and make my way into my bathroom. I turn on the shower and once it is scorching hot; I step in. I wash and scrub, getting rid of all traces of him. Once I am satisfied that I can't get anymore off of me without removing my skin completely, I turn off the water and step out. I grab the towel next to the shower and slowly dry myself off, as I do this I feel tingles run through me as I
AURORA I re-closed the door and leaned back up against it; it was a set-up. Everything was a set-up. He wanted me all along. He just wasn't expecting his son to be my true mate. I then hear a light tap on the door, along with his rough voice, "Aurora, come out here now!" I quickly get to my feet, wipe off the tears that escaped my eyes, grab one of Oliver's slave uniforms and slip it on. Just as he is about to knock again, I open the door to face him, knowing that I will receive a punishment for leaving his room this morning. I don't see it, but I feel the sting of the slap he just gave me. He then grabs my arm, pulling me to him. I struggle as he wraps his arms around me, holding me tight to him. Without breaking the skin, he bites down hard on my shoulder over the mark before I can prepare myself for it, making me scream as the pain he causes spreads through me. Unfortunately, now with my mate's mark there, Lincoln now has a new place he can use to bring me pain. He removes
AURORA I then make my way slowly over to the other side of the bed, put my feet on the floor, and look up to watch Lincoln. I am not listening as he speaks to Logan. I just want to go and have a shower. What Lincoln has been doing to me all day has me feeling dirty and nothing like the princess I am. I manage to get over to the bathroom. I smile a little to myself as I enter and close the door quietly behind me. I know I probably shouldn't have, but I lock the door and set the shower going. I make sure it is nearly scorching hot before I step under the water. I then scrub my body, trying to get rid of as much of Lincoln as I can. Once I am as clean as I can be, considering what he did, I just stand under the water. I nearly jump through the roof, when I hear a bang on the door and I then hear Lincoln through the door, "AURORA! LET ME IN! I NEVER SAID YOU COULD MOVE!!" I reluctantly turn off the water, dry myself off, and put back on my slave uniform before heading over to the
LOGAN I don't want to tip my father off just yet that I am Aurora's mate. So with the fact that Carson, Levi and Wyatt are the only ones who knew I returned last night, I decided to make it look like I returned late this morning. I smile to myself as I approach my father's bedroom, knowing that if it worked Aurora would have her fight back and hopefully, she would have refused to complete the mating with him even after saying she would. I didn't feel the connection I initiated with my mark last night, break so I am fairly sure that he didn't get to touch her like that. Unfortunately, half a mark is not enough to create a mind link, so I can't talk to her and find out what happened or what he has told her he is planning. I didn't see Toby after the ball last night, but I am definitely getting the feeling that there is more to him and what my father has him do than he is letting show. I am starting to wonder if the errand he sent me on before he brought Aurora into his possession was
LOGAN Both Carson and Grace then stand and we all head out of Carson's office. I nod to Grace as she heads back to the servant's quarters while Carson and I head to my father's office. Once there, I knocked on the door and then opened it, allowing Carson and me to enter the office. I bow slightly as they do and make my way around Father's desk and stand just off to the side as I say, "Welcome. We weren't expecting you until the day after tomorrow?" Alpha Max steps forward. "We wanted to first congratulate your father on choosing such a beautiful mate and queen, and after waiting so long after what happened to your mother..." Then Alpha Emmett steps forward. "We are also here early for a different reason. We got reports from our packs that over the last day or so our packs seem to be getting more and more rogue intruders passing over our borders without permission..." Alpha Jack then finishes for the rest of them, "We were hoping that your father would honour his alliance with
AURORA Once I have my breathing under some sort of control, I stand up straight and make my way quickly into my closet. I know it is full of Oliver's version of a uniform, but there must be something in here that is a little more respectable. I rummage through every drawer, but there is nothing in here that would cover more than just the intimate parts. I sighed but then remembered the big closet room that Grace would take me to whenever there was a big event and Lincoln wanted to show me off. I grab one of the dressing gowns off of the hangers and wrap it around myself. I tie the sash and then move carefully out of the closet. I listen and when I don't hear anything; I move out into the room, over to the door leading to the servant's area and again carefully and quietly look around, making sure there is no one around that would stop me. Once I am sure I move out of my room and head to the big closet, when I am at the door I look around once again and then slip into the room. Once