Dante:“Dante, for the millionth time, where are you taking me?” Aurora asked, trying to remove my hands from her eyes. I chuckled and kissed her neck, stopping her from doing so. “Patience, neonata. I didn’t know you as impatient, but either way, we’re almost there” I said, shaking my head at her. The two of us were walking through the pack’s grounds, and I wanted to take her to a stream that I thought she’d like. The surrounding was filled with flowers, and different small animals that we sometimes tended to chase when we’ve shifted. We’d never really kill them, but I knew for fact that we scared the little things.“I am not one for surprises”“I noticed, but you’ll have to get used to them”“Dante D’Angelo…”“Yes, neonata?” I teased, acting innocent. The sun had already set a while ago, but the fireflies would be out shortly, and this was one of the main reasons why I chose to bring her here at night. That, and the fact that she was asleep throughout most of the morning, trying to

Aurora: “What’s going on?” I asked, watching as Dante smirked at his phone. He smiled and set his phone down on the dresser beside me before wrapping his arm around my waist as the two of us lay on bed “Giovanni just traced your ‘phone’” “And you’re happy about that?” I asked, frowning in confusion. “Yes, because he believes that you’re at Marbella” Dante said, making my eyes wide in surprise “I had my men link the IP number to another connection line, a random one, and it keeps changing every few hours without changing the image of the IP” “Talk about deceitful” I teased, laying my head on his chest. The fact that today was my birthday and that I was marked on the very same day made my heart skip a beat. This was the first time that something special happened on the day that I was born since my father’s death, and knowing that I would forever remember this day as the day when I felt somewhat whole by knowing that I had someone that I could call mine, I couldn’t help but be happy

Aurora: “You do realize that Nicolas has told Giovanni that you’re my mate, right? The two of us…” “Yes, he did, and tricking Giovanni would be a bit hard. The man was the master of deceit and lies, and not to mention the fact that he was a ruthless killer who literally had no heart. But I figured that we can trick an easier prey” Dante said, stopping me as the two of us walked out of the basement. We were both stopped by Angelina and Gabriella who stood in front of the door, waiting for us to leave, and taking a step back, I was stopped by Dante who put his hand on my lower back “I didn’t expect the two of you to be awake” “We initially weren’t, but the power surge that left this room had everyone waking up” Angelina said, crossing her arms over her chest “I can assume that you managed to open your compass” “The compass has found its guardian, and it opened itself” Dante said, running his finger over my lower back. I looked at my mate who gave me a small nod of assurance “and I be

Aurora: “Tyler?” I said, smiling at the sight of the man as I entered the café. Making sure to remind myself that I needed to act as normally as possible before he turned to look at me. Nicolas, who was working on cleaning the table, smiled at me and wrapped his arms around me as I approached him, hugging me tightly. I hugged him back just as tight, fighting the urge of snapping his neck here and now, reminding myself of Angelina’s words and there was also the fact that we were at a HUMANS café. Killing him in front of them wouldn’t end well. “Aurora, how are you? When did you come back?” He asked, looking at me. I smiled back at him, walking with him as he guided me toward one of the tables that he was done with. Dante and I came home an hour ago, but having taken a different route, the man wasn’t aware of my presence, and I was thankful for that, because he would have called if he did, and the last thing I wanted was for him to notice that I still kept my phone off. Dante and I pl

Aurora: “Alright, the legal documents are good, nothing new here. Anything on our stocks?” I asked the accountant who nodded, handing me the stocks’ sheet. “Our stocks have shown a massive strike up. The new plan of Mr. Dante indeed did show a positive feedback, especially since choosing to announce that Mr. Giovanni was now back as a partner alongside Mr. Mikhail” the accountant said, making me smile. “Excellent, we’ll try to make sure that these stocks keep rising. Just ensure that you don’t lose much by the biddings, and I can add in a nice note of a bonus for you before the month’s end” I said, smiling at the man who nodded in satisfaction “is there anything that we need to discuss about the new contracts that have arrived? I’ve yet to review the new ones but I am aware that you must have taken a look at them, is there anything that we might need to fix up?” “With the other partners, no, but Mr. Mikhail has added a few clauses…” of course, Giovanni had to play this game. I knew