Dante: My chest ached, and sitting on my chair, I ran my fingers through my hair, pulling on the roots as my emotions got the best of me. I laid my head on the desk for a second, and allowing a low growl to escape my chest, I fought every urge to go and follow Aurora out of the office. The way she looked at me before walking out, and the way her heart raced as her wolf whimpered, everything made this a whole lot harder on me. Leonardo’s words kept playing in my head throughout the whole month, and Aurora being around Nicolas, Tyler, or whatever that dickhead’s name didn’t make this any better. I knew that I had to keep my wolf away in case the two of us didn’t work out, but there was also the chance of her falling for the man who was treating her right while I, to protect my family and myself, had to distance myself. It was a while before my office’s door was knocked and I frowned when I saw Aurora walking inside before I even called her in. Her eyes were wide in anger, and throwin

Dante: I wrapped my arm around Aurora as the two of us entered the café. Aurora’s heart raced to the sound of music, and looking at her, I nodded in assurance. She smiled and shook her head at me, her eyes scanned the area, and finding who she was looking for, her eyes lightened up. The man, I assume Nicolas, or as he calls himself, Tyler, approached us. He was wearing a waiter’s outfit, and raising an eyebrow at the billionaire Alpha who was standing as a waiter. “Aurora, Dante, welcome” he said, smiling at the two of us. “A pleasure to meet you, Nicolas” I said, extending my hand at him, smirking when I saw the man’s eyes widen in surprise. Aurora looked at me and frowned in confusion, and shaking his head, trying to regain his posture, Nicolas extended a hand to me, and shook my hand. “Tyler” he said and I nodded. Aurora looked at the man for a second, studying his expression, hopefully, having noticed his nervous state; however, she didn’t say a word as I let his hand go. He

Aurora: “May I ask where we are going? As this does not seem like my house’s direction, nor is it yours” I said, looking at Dante who sighed and extended his hand to me. I put my hand on his, intertwining our fingers, and running my fingers over his own, he smiled at me. “I want to make things real between us, Aurora” Dante said, taking me off guard. I looked at him and he ran his finger over my own; however, he didn’t turn to look at me “I want to take you to meet my mom and sister. I know that this is sudden, but I want us to get out of the zone of not trusting one another…” “You want to meet your family?” I asked, my cheeks heating as I blushed. “Yes, I want us to be more than just this…” Dante said, making me frown in confusion “if you want, I want us to be real” “What?” “In other words, I want you as my mate…” “Dante…” “I know that this may not be what you want right now, but at least trusting you with meeting my family can be a start. It would be to show you that I trus

Aurora: I sat out on Dante's veranda, needing some fresh air. Having excused myself from dinner, I have been sitting here for the past hour, trying to clear my mind, and I was more than thankful that Dante allowed me the privacy to try and digest everything that I heard. My heart throbbed, and I couldn’t help the tears that would escape my eyes every few minutes. It wasn’t like there was anything more than a normal friendship between Tyler, Nicolas, whatever that bastard’s name was, and I. But the idea of him lying to me like almost everyone else broke me. The fact that he’s been playing a dirty game on me, pretending to be someone he was not hurt me a lot, especially since I knew that doing so only meant that the person in front of you meant nothing. I used to do it to get the men killed after I was done with my duty; therefore, if he was doing it, then I knew the fate that he planned on me. The thing was, knowing that I truly did consider him to be my friend, unlike any of the

Aurora:I woke up to Dante running his finger on my bare back, drawing random circles and patterns on it.I had no idea when I dozed off, but I knew that it wasn’t long ago as Dante was still laying on the bed with me, naked, as our skins touched.The mark on his neck was bruised and I knew that mine was too, however, I didn’t mind at all. Not one bit actually.“Hi” I said, raising myself to look at him. He smiled, and looking down at me, he pulled me closer to kiss me. His kiss was gentle, loving even, and cupping my cheek, he ran his finger over my jaw gently before pulling away.“Hey” he said, making me smile “how are you feeling?”“A bit sore, my neck is definitely sore, but I wouldn’t change that for anything” I said, truly meaning it. His gentleness always seems to surprise me, especially since I knew that being an Alpha and being bigger and heavier than I was, he could easily crush me; however, he always seemed to treat me like a jewel that he didn’t want to scratch.He touched