Chapter 19 - Full Force.

-Aurelia-

“You have such beautiful eyes.”

My chest did that weird thing again… my heart pace quickened and my stomach felt weird. It was as if birds were taking flight.

It has been hours since I bolted from Alpha King Alaric's room and yet what happened in his chambers hasn't left my head.

He is always trying to find my gaze and even though I try to look away, I always end up staring at him and when I do, I see this longing in his eyes, this gentleness and maybe loneliness?

And this confuses me so much … The Alpha King of the west is a monster… shouldn't monsters be fierce, wicked and mean?

Why does it seem he does the opposite of what Uncle taught me about him? What I have believed of him seems not to be so.

What the hell is going on?

When his strong and coarse palm was placed against mine, for a moment I stopped thinking and all I could do was feel the warmth of his palm, its roughness.

Shouldn't I have been repulsed?

My mind recalled when he reached for my face and trailed his hand over and over them… I couldn't move, I stood rooted to the ground and just stared at him.

And what was it he said again?

“Your eyes have the calmness and fierceness of a storm.”

My lips curled up in a smile but I caught myself just in time, “Aurelia!” I scolded myself out loud, wiping off the smile.

I shook my head, trying to stop the thought of him but I couldn't just but remember those eyes… the greenest there is… it was as I was staring at a beautiful well nourished garden.

And again my chest did that weird thing…. It was pounding.

At first it had started subtly but now it seems to be out of control, I pressed my hands to my chest, I trailed the other one to my stomach which was acting weirdly again.

This has to be the normal feeling a person has when they are on a revenge mission right?

Because….

This wasn't the first time I had a male wolf hold my gaze.

This wasn't the first time I had a male wolf hold my hands.

This wasn't the first time a person touched my face and called them beautiful.

As his hand came in contact with my face, I was supposed to feel the hate and repulsion I had always felt… but I… i… haven't felt any of those.

‘You don't hate him anymore.’ A subtle thought whispered within me, I jerked up to my feet.

“I do!” I exclaimed immediately pushing the stupid thoughts out of my head.

I nodded to myself, “Yes, I do. I mean, I ran off and that means I couldn't just stand that monster. Yes!”

Oddly enough, I didn't even seem to sound convincing enough even to myself.

The door was pushed open and Azura entered, her bags in her hands, Sorya too had her bags, she closed the door behind her.

Azura's eyes went wide with surprise, “Oh moon! This place is so beautiful and big.” She dropped her bags and began moving around the room, checking one corner and another.

Sorya looked around too with surprise, “Wow! And this is your room from now on?”

I nodded, a big smile on my face, “Yes but more like our room from now on.”

Surprised and shocked, would never be able to describe what I felt when Mistress Donna brought me up to this block. I had thought she wanted me to clean one of the rooms.

But then she had given me a disgusted glance over, pushed a key in my hand and gestured me into this room, saying it was mine as the Healer had instructed.

I couldn’t believe my ears, the room came with a big bed, furnished and beautiful looking, this block was meant for Mistresses and other heads of units, it was never meant for a slave like me.

She asked if I had anything to request for and immediately I requested for a bunk bed, and pleaded to have Azura and Sorya, I formed a lie to tell her but instead she didn't seem to care because she didn't ask me why.

And in under a few hours, the room was rearranged with what I requested for.

Now, I don't have to sleep on the ground, we have a room to ourselves to plan, we don't have to be too cautious now, and even sneaking out was easy because my window gave me such access.

My Queen!” Aurelia whispered in excitement, “This is beautiful!”

She pulled me into a hug, “Thank you for requesting we stay with you. I and Sorya would have felt lonely without you.”

Sorya also stood to her feet and joined in the hug, “We are so free from Sonia’s bully. Ah! She makes me want to forget we are on a mission here and beat the daylight out of her.” She hissed and I and Azura burst into laughter.

We disengaged and sat down.

I cleared my throat, “I think the trust is working.”

Sorya and Azura sat up immediately.

“On Beta Ilan?” Sorya asked.

I shook my head, and dropping my voice into a whisper, I said “No, even better, on the Alpha King.”

Both of their eyes widened in surprise, “What?”

I pulled out from under my bed the parcel the Alpha King had given me, “He gifted me this as a reward for putting off the rogues and when Beta Ilan instructed me to drink the tea before I served him, he wasn't happy with it.”

Their eyes widened all the more. Azura took the parcel from me and opened it. She and Sorya began to check the veils one after the other.

“These are quality and expensive fabrics.” Sorya commented as she took one up, inspecting it.

Azura did the same, “They are way better than the cloth we made into a veil. These are breathable, see, they even have ropes made into them for firm and easy tieing.” She showed us the ropes.

“My Queen, this …. It's amazing.” Sorya nodded, a big smile pulled up her face, “This is a very good step. We are heading somewhere.”

Azura hummed in agreement.

I took one of the veils, I went to the big mirror that came with the room, for a minute I stared at my reflection and sighed deeply.

Never have I ever thought while growing up, that I would one day be veiled in order to kill.

Slowly I pulled off my veil, I stepped closer and stared at myself, I turned to my side and I was greeted with my scar that started from the side of my forehead to my chin, I turned the other side, it was the same.

They were the results of my mother's claws that had pierced my face when she didn't want me to see the sword that pierced her.

My eyes stung, I didn't blink, I just kept staring.

I stared at my neck, another scar stared back at me, while I ran, I had also fought off some wolves that caught up with me, I was almost overpowered but I couldn't let my mother's sacrifice go to waste…. My father's sacrifice and that of my unborn sibling.

A lone tear ran down my cheeks and then my tears started pouring.

I felt arms around me, both Sorya and Azura on my sides, they engulfed me in a hug and we all cried.

And then it came… full force…

The repulsion I thought I had lost… the hate I thought walked away.. it came..

“Alaric Leontius Valerian will have a taste of what he made my family, my people, my kingdom pass through.” I groaned through gritted teeth.