Chapter 6

[Aurora's POV]

“What just happened?” I asked Malani in shock after my father walked out of my room. His words were, “Aurora, do not get annoyed over your sister’s comment to have you banished. I will speak to all of them tomorrow morning. Good night.”

My father left my room, gently shutting the door. I knew that apart from my father, my mother had the worst behaviour towards me. If I hadn’t seen a picture of when she was pregnant with me, I would have thought that I was adopted and she was not my real mother.

Malani exhaled and said, “I do not know what happened. But I am certain that your sister is troubled over something.”

“Like what? Why will Quincy order for me to be banished over a mere earring? She just hates me, and this is no ordinary hatred. Is she afraid that I will take the Luna position from her?” I asked Malani, my hand rubbing my jaw as I thought about my sister’s behaviour.

“Maybe she is scared about you taking everything from her. After all, you have me. And you are not alone,” Malani replied softly.

Lying in the bed as the night was still fresh, I sighed. “I do not want them to know that I have you. Are you sure that we can go out for a run? If I shift to you, my family will find out,” I said worriedly.

“Mmm. Then we do not shift,” Malani said, but I was eager to shift to her.

“Can we escape the house tonight? After all, my family are back from attending Alpha Xander’s birthday party. I am curious. I want to shift to you so that I can see what it feels like,” I told Malani, and she sighed.

“Alright. Let’s give it a shot, but you should wait a little. When the whole of your family falls asleep,” Malani replied, and I felt refreshed since I had already slept a little.

I got down from my bed and went to sit in my working chair. Despite that I worked as a server, I wanted to pursue a course in medicine, so I sat over my study desk and turned on my laptop.

Dad bought this for me after I had graduated from high school a year ago, and Quincy wasn’t happy about it.

When I put my laptop on, I browsed and researched about some medicinal herbs for a while, before I decided to add new friends on my social media account.

They were all werewolves and beautiful people. I wanted to add humans, but I was scared, especially since we were blocked from adding the human folks.

There was a werewolf pack group that we all had to stick to, and I looked at the Autumn Pack.

My best friend, Nora Edmond, was the Gamma’s daughter. Her brother, Steven Edmond, was married off to Alpha Xander’s younger sister. They were real mates.

So I decided to text Nora.

Me: What’s up, Nora?

It was past 1 a.m., and I was shocked when she sent me a text message back.

Nora: Aurora, are you still awake?

Me: Yeah. I am awake. I just woke up now and I do not feel like going back to bed. So I decided to browse online.

Nora: Okay. Why didn’t you attend Alpha Xander’s birthday?

Me: *Pouted.* My family refused.

Nora: Why? Why do they not bring you around? Are they not your real family?

Me: Do not bother yourself. Did you attend it?

Nora: Yes. Guess what happened?

Me: What happened?

Nora: Alpha Nico refused Xander to marry your sister as the Luna.

Me: What? Why?

Nora: Only Alpha Xander’s real mate is allowed to be the Luna. Do you know that Luna Jasmine is feral because she is not Alpha Nico’s real mate?

Me: What? And they hid it from all of us?

Nora: Yeah. They didn’t want us to know about her. So you see? She is sick because she is not the real Luna Queen. I felt sorry for her.

Me: So this is why Quincy got back annoyed. She nearly took her anger on me, but I am fine now.

Nora: Hmmm. Do you think you’re Alpha Xander’s real mate?

Me: No way. I do not like him. He’s a playboy. I am surprised he took his relationship with Quincy seriously.

Nora: I am feeling sleepy now. Let’s meet up tomorrow, Saturday. I will tell you everything that happened.

Me: Alright. Good night.

I continued staring at my laptop screen after I closed the chat with Nora. I had an android phone and I decided to contact her the following day to find out what truly happened.

Turning off my laptop, I stood up and made a move to the window to peer out. The full moon was still shining above the clouds, so I pushed the window aside and peeked out.

My room was on the ground floor, but I couldn’t jump out through the window. There were two guards around.

“How do we escape, Malani?” I asked her nervously when I saw two guards on patrol.

Malani replied, “I can put them to sleep. Do you want me to do that?”

“Wow. Alright. Let’s give it a shot,” I replied to my wolf, and I peeked out of the room window once more and watched the two guards.

Malani took charge of my body and a white light glowed from my hands. The two guards were alerted by the ray of light that glowed from my room window. One by one, they all fell asleep and fell on the ground.

Smiling, I walked back to the door and pushed it open gently to avoid waking up my father. Then I slipped out of the house and made my way towards the gate.

The two guards were asleep as I rushed out of the house, dressed in a flowing white night dress. I wanted to shift to Malani to exercise my wolf.

“Are you ready?” I asked Malani as we arrived at the woods. I had watched some of the pack members shift while they played around, running in the woods and the field ahead, taking some swim in the open river ahead of us.

“Yes, but you need to undress to shift to me. You cannot shift with your clothes on. It’s a must to strip yourself naked,” Malani said, and I was nervous about it.

“Are you certain that there is no one else around? I do not want anyone to see me and report to my father,” I informed Malani, anxious of getting caught.

“Trust me, Aurora. I have put everyone to sleep. It’s an easy task,” Malani said, while I stood aside and decided to strip off my white dress in this path of the woods. There was a grape tree in front of me, so I went to the tree to hang my white dress to avoid losing it.

Once I was completely naked, Malani took charge of my body and I felt slightly uneasy, like I was getting watched.

“Are you ready?” I asked her, but there was silence.

“Malani,” I called my wolf, and she replied, “I am ready, but I am nervous too. Aurora, what if we find your mate?”

“No way. Well, I thought you said everyone is asleep. So we cannot find my mate tonight, right?”

“You’re right. Let’s do this,” Malani said, and she took over my body and shifted.

I felt stunned by the huge white wolf that I shifted into. When I first met Malani as a spirit wolf, she was small, but shifting to her now, I was stunned at how massive she was.

“How do you like me?” Malani purred, but we heard a deep growl from afar that made us tremble.

“That’s the Alpha. Oh no! We have to shift back!” Malani screamed, and I felt dread run down my spine as she shifted back to me, before I could even go for a run.

“Damn it! What’s Alpha Xander doing out in the woods by this late time of the night?” I cursed as my hands trembled to find my underwear and my white night dress.

“Hurry, Aurora! He’s coming this way!” Malani said, and I cursed my bad luck, knowing that I would be reported to my father.