Aurora Valentine wishes she could just escape this world and leave everything behind. Tormented, bullied and harassed on a daily basis, she lives in the mercy of her treacherous, gambler and alcoholic father who loves to abuse her. Her fellow students in high school despise her for no reason and she is often harassed at her work. The only thing holding her back is her five year brother, Riley, who her mother had entrusted to her on her deathbed. But things take a turn for the worst when the school’s biggest bully and bad boy, Caleb Blackburn, suddenly takes an interest in her. Suddenly, the boy who used to be her tormentor had turned into her protector, attracting the attention of not only other allies, but jealous classmates that want her gone forever. But how can she accept the fact that the boy who had tormented her all through high school was suddenly obsessed with her? Will she give love a chance or will she end up just like her mother, broken and destroyed and six feet under.
View MoreAurora’s P.O.V“Caleb told me what happened yesterday.” Caroline sat on the bed opposite to me, reapplying the bandage on my arm. It was almost healed, that too in a matter of a couple of days, but she insisted that I keep it on for another day or two, so it can heal properly without any permanent bone damage.“Are you going to tell me that it’s just a kiss?” I asked, looking at her beautiful face to see her reaction. “Are you going to tell me to give him another chance as well?”Caleb’s kiss had taken me by surprise; caught me completely off-guard. But if I was being very honest, it had left me breathless and wanting more at the same time…until the realization of what he had stolen had set in. It hadn’t been just a kiss; it had been a dream for me, to kiss the boy I love on my first proper date. However, I had soon realized that there had been another completely different reason for my disappointment in Caleb. And it hadn’t just been because of a stolen first kiss. If Caroline asked
Aurora’s P.O.VIt felt like a fire had been ignited in my entire body, burning me up from the inside out.The instant Caleb’s lips touched mine, my mind exploded into a kaleidoscope of colours and fireworks that I had never thought possible in my entire life. My breath caught in my throat as I froze up for a second, my mind going completely numb…before my brain started working on overdrive.It felt like I’d come alive after being starved for ages…and Caleb was my oasis in the desert.My hands reached for him of their own accord, clutching at his shirt as his hands came up to cup my cheeks, holding me in place as he guided his lips over mine, showing me how it was done. I hadn’t imagined them to be so soft…his lips.They moved over mine with the gentlest of caresses, taking down my inhibitions one by one. It was better than anything I had imagined it to be…and I didn’t want it to stop. I felt myself melt in his arms, felt myself move closer to him of my own accord. It was as if…I could
Caleb’s P.O.VI didn’t get it. I didn’t understand what could’ve happened to make Aurora think that I wasn’t capable enough to handle my own pack.What Mia had told her hadn’t been wrong, but her words had been coloured with her own insecurities about losing Shane and her loss of faith in me. She hadn’t had the strength to ask me directly, so she had gone to Aurora instead, to try to poison her mind against me. And it had worked.But what I found surprising was the fact that I was disappointed in her just as I was disappointed in myself. Did she truly think I wasn’t capable of handing my pack? The question had haunted me again and again. It had been on my mind ever since I stormed out of the dining room, trying to find an outlet for my anger.It hadn’t helped when I had gone out into the woods for a run in my wolf form; it hadn’t helped when I had taken an ice-cold shower and it bloody hell wasn’t helping now that I was trying to get some rest. I thought we had been making progress…th
Aurora’s P.O.V“I want to leave.” I told everyone at the dinner table, forcing the words past the lump forming in my throat.Caleb and Caroline exchanged concerned glances for a second before turning to Jade. “Ask the front desk about Aurora’s visitors for today.” Caleb asked, making my heart thrash against my ribcage.“Cindy, Trisha, Laura and Mia.” Jade answered almost immediately, and it once again struck me just how big of a difference we had. Human and the supernatural. It was a bridge that I couldn’t cross easily. They could just reach out with their minds and find out exactly what was happening…a gift I would die to have.Any gift actually…a gift that could help Caleb get stronger. But instead, all I’ve been doing was dragging him down with me.“What did they say to you?” Caroline placed a hand on my shoulder gently. “Did they try to threaten yo-”“No.” I cut her off before she could finish her sentence. “It wasn’t a threat…what they said made perfect sense.”“What made sense?
Aurora’s P.O.VA knock sounded at my door around nine o’ clock at night. Hoping that it might be Caleb coming to take me to dinner, I got up from my bed to open the door, a skip to my steps as I made my way across the room. It felt like I finally had something to look forward to after so many years of living in fear. But that tiny hope inside my chest vanished as soon as I saw who was on the other side of the door.Trisha, Laura, Cindy…and Mia. The devil squad were standing outside with a big bouquet of roses and wide grins on their faces. Even before I moved aside to let them in…I knew this wasn’t going to end well.“How are you, love?” Cindy asked with fake sweetness as she handed me the bouquet of white roses. “Don’t worry, we come in peace.”I kept the door open as I took the bouquet and placed it on a nearby table. Forcing a smile, I looked up at them, who were currently a foot taller than me because of their heels. “Thank you.”“Of course!” Laura giggled. “We want to make up fo
Aurora’s P.O.V“You don’t have to show me around.” I told Caleb, as we walked side by side down the main hallway. “I mean…we could just go back to my room and you can catch a break?”As per his parent’s ‘suggestion’, Caleb was taking me around on a tour of the pack house, but if I was being honest, I just wanted to lie down and rest. My mind was full of the new information that I had received during the lunch conversation with Caleb’s parents and I needed time to digest all of that.It wasn’t easy to just wake up one day and be told that not only were the creatures of the dark a reality, but that I was now ‘bound’ to one by a Goddess herself.It should’ve been like the fairytale that I had always wanted…but it wasn’t. Because I was afraid that once I opened my eyes, all this would have been a dream and my life would just go back to being a never-ending nightmare.“Not yet, I have a place to show you,” Caleb spoke softly, guiding me towards the back of the house and into the elevator t
Aurora’s P.O.V“Here,” Maya held a spoonful of saffron rice to my lips. “Taste this. I made it especially for you today.”Giving her a smile, I graciously accepted the bite and it felt like an explosion of flavours as soon as the rice hit my taste buds. It was buttery, sweet and savoury at the same time. “This is so good!” I told her, covering my mouth so I don’t seem unladylike.“I’m glad you like it!” Malay beamed at me before turning to her husband/mate with a frown. “See? She appreciated my cooking. The two of you ungrateful brats just sit and stuff your faces without saying a word!”“Hey!” Caleb protested. “That’s not fair! I tell you all the time that you’re an amazing cook!”“Do you, now? When? In your dreams?” Maya turned to glare at her son, who simply huffed and went back to eating his lunch.Camden only shook his head with a smile on his face, but didn’t protest.There was all kinds of dishes at the table that I could’ve never dreamt of having before, especially because the
Aurora’s P.O.VRight after Caleb had left, after showing Riley his new room and handing me a bag of clothes that he said were donated items, which I was highly suspicious of, a woman came into my room and placed a large box on my bed, which was tied up with a pretty pink ribbon.“Mrs. Blackburn had requested you to dress in this. She has prepared a special luncheon for you.” The woman gave me a kind smile before she left.A bit hesitant, I went to my bed where she had placed the box, not really sure if I should accept this gift or not. But soon enough, my curiosity got the best of me and I ended up unable to hold myself back from inspecting what was inside the box.Upon opening the box, I came face to face with a beautiful white dress that reached my knees and had large pink flowers printed all over them. The fabric was unbelievably soft and no doubt, hella expensive.I wanted to turn down the dress, too afraid to spoil it, but I also didn’t want to insult Caleb’s mother and their gen
Aurora’s P.O.VWhen I opened my eyes to a room filled with sunlight and pretty things that I could never afford in my life…I knew that what had happened last night hadn’t been a dream at all.My mind tried to cope with the reality, but somehow, the nagging feeling at the back of my consciousness that kept telling me that this was all a dream, it was still there. Maybe it was some kind of a coping mechanism that I was holding on to? Wouldn’t anyone in my situation do the same?Sitting up in bed, I looked around at my surroundings once again, taking in the beauty of the luxuries. Surprisingly, it hurt a lot less than what I had expected it would be like. My arm was still in a plaster, but it wasn’t hurting thanks to the painkillers I was given. Even the stitches on my back were nothing more than an ache that itched a bit, but otherwise felt fine.Wolf medication was stronger than human medication, that much Caroline had already filled me in about. But now that I was able to think past t
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