Aurora's POV
I tried to flick my eyes open but I couldn't, not when I could sense the sun rays burning my skin, I wondered what exactly was happening and where I was.
I finally forced my eyes open and placed a hand on my eyes, shutting out the sun rays that filtered in.
If I could remember, I had jumped down the cliff after being belittled by Sebastian and finding out the truth from my parents.
"Good morning princess Aurora" I heard two voices greet me in unison and I removed the hands which I had placed on my eyes, sitting upright on the bed I was on.
"Am I in heaven?" I muttered out loud as I gazed at the two women who were standing before me and were dressed in white.
Their skin was pearly white and it was nothing as I had seen before, I gazed at them with my mouth agape, in admiration.
"This must be heaven" I concluded as I gazed at the decorations in the room which were white and they were beautiful.
"Welcome back to Arizona kingdom, princess" one of them had a smile on their face, while the other walked out with a smile on her face.
"Isn't this heaven?" I asked while blinking my eyes.
" The queen will have a better answer to that, my princess" she had her head bowed to the ground, refusing to meet my gaze.
"Haha" I chuckled out loud while I was seated on the bed. I was waiting for whoever it was to come and give me an answer.
"Aurora" I heard rushing footsteps and I turned my attention to the door, which had just been opened.
I couldn't hold back the tears that had brimmed in my eyes because I knew the truth without being told, I knew what was happening here.
"You look like me" I finally mustered up the courage to say the word that I had intended to say.
"Yes," she nodded at me, agreeing with what I had just said.
" That is because I am your mother" she had a smile on her face, as she sat on the bed that I was on, her scent felt different and I averted my gaze to the ground.
"You are, my daughter, you are a Royal Lycan, you are my blood, my princess, my daughter and I am glad that I have finally found you,"
" Am...am I not dead?" I stuttered as I couldn't believe that I wasn't.
I had felt myself sinking into the water, after I had fallen inside of it, I had felt life drift away from me and I had welcomed death.
"You aren't dead, my princess" her hands searched for mine and I gave her mine.
"You didn't die in the water, Aurora, you are royalty and that is the reason why you didn't die" the woman who had introduced herself as my mother said.
I pulled my hand away, standing up abruptly from the bed that I was on, everything was happening so fast and I was finding it hard to listen to it all at once.
" I don't believe what you have just said, I am not even one of you, we might have the same face but that doesn't mean you are my mother,'' I screamed at her.
I was at a loss, why was I made to go through so much when my real parents were still alive? Why was it that they only found me when I was at my lowest?
"I do not believe you, I do not believe you" I said firmly.
" Here" she stood up and walked to the side that I was on, handing me a paper.
"You are my mother," I said to her with a shock-filled expression. I took a step closer and let her pull me into her arms, caressing her blonde hair.
"Mother, can I call you that?" I asked, amidst tears, I felt relieved that I had finally seen my parents.
"Yes, call me mother, you are finally with us Aurora, you are finally home after so long," I wiped the tears that had brimmed underneath her eyes as I pulled away from her arms.
"Your father found you through your royal scent which is common just among us royals, your father loves you endlessly and he wants you to know that" she gazed at the door.
There stood my father, clothed in black with pearls on his robe and I wondered how exactly I couldn't find the two women who were here with me earlier on.
"Aurora" I could see the tears that threatened to drop and I was finding it hard to stay calm already.
Although I was loved by my foster parents they had kept the truth from me, they had done what they shouldn't have and when I found out, it shattered me.
"I am here now, Father, I am here with you" I felt like I have known them for ages now and I was comfortable with them.
" I am sorry that I couldn't find you earlier, I searched everywhere. Your mother and I searched all over the world for you but we didn't find you" he said as he approached me.
" You were given to us by Selina and now, she has brought you back, do not leave us anymore Aurora, our life wasn't the same when you did" my mother's hand intertwined with mine.
" I wouldn't mother, I wouldn't" I reassured her while trying as hard as I could not to cry because I didn't want them to.
I let down the tears, letting them flow. I might have lost Sebastian but I have gotten my parents, and I have gotten what I wanted.
I have everything that I needed and I was going to utilize everything that I have to get justice for Aurora who had been belittled.
I was going to show him not to belittle anyone else. My mother and father stood by my side watching me intensely.
"I don't know what to do, father, I do not know what to do mother, I thought that I would find peace after jumping down from the cliff" I bared out my mind to them.
"You were my greatest gift, I can still remember how happy I was when your mother gave birth to you" I heard my father say gently to me.
" Your father threw the biggest party Arizona Kingdom has ever known when you were born, he was so happy until the day you went missing"
" The whole Kingdom was thrown into darkness because you went missing with your Nanny who you were supposed to be in her care,"
" Your father," my mother gazed at my father.
" He turned the kingdom while searching for you but there was no sight of you anywhere, I was inconsolable for years, and so was he but he never showed it,"
" Your father needed to be a king and he needed to be strong for the kingdom, I am happy that you are back to me, my little girl, do not ever leave me" she pleaded.
" I wouldn't leave you, mother, I wouldn't leave you, father, your little girl is home" I reassured them as I lean into my mother's arm, allowing her to hug me
I was glad, glad that I was a werewolf and I was finally going to prove Sebastian wrong. I was finally going to make him pay for all that he had done.
"I couldn't think straight when your father brought you in, dripping water, why did you jump down the cliff?" My mother's question made me blink severally
Aurora's POV I bit hard into my lip as I thought of the perfect answer to give, I was fidgeting and I didn't even know until my mum hugged me tightly. "I gave it all, mother," I turned my gaze from my father until it landed on my mother. I was waiting to see the disapproval on their faces but there was none. "I gave it all to one man, my body, my soul, and even my heart, I thought that he was worth it all but he turned out to be the worth mistake in my life" " He belittled me, called me names, made me hate myself just because I wasn't a wolf and I wasn't fit enough to be his mate," " Mother he humiliated me, made me wish that I was dead, and when I got home and found out the truth that I was adopted, my heart shattered" I sniffed while blinking severally. " I got home to inform my parents of what Sebastian had just but there, at that very moment, I heard that I was adopted, they loved me, mother, my adopted parents did" " They treated me well and I would have never wished for so
Sebastian POV"We have to split ourselves into groups, so we will be able to search for her quickly," Aurora's father suggested. I nodded my head, agreeing with him on what he had just said, the guards who I had brought alongside me formed three teams. "One should comb the forest, another should search the river shore and the other should search on top of the cliff" I gave out my orders to the three teams. They all bowed their heads in reverence to me, before walking away."Are you sure that Aurora didn't come to meet with you?" Her mother asked me while I was walking away with one of the team. I turned around to answer her but when I saw the way she glared at me, I was taken aback. "Does she know anything?" I wondered as I gulped in my saliva while thinking of what I was going to say to her. "I saw her from a distance but I never talked to her" I answered, with a firm voice that would leave anyone covinced. "Mother, please stop pushing this further, Sebastian isn't one to hurt
Sebastian POVThe walk back home was depressing, everyone seemed to be grieving as no one could find the right word to say, not at this moment. I held Aurora's Jacket and her shoe, clenching them tightly, her scent wafting into my nostrils reminding me of the last conversation with her and how it had turned out. I ran my gaze at the people who were walking beside me and I exhaled when I saw none of them looking back at me. I was sure that I had that guilty look on my face and if I was caught, it wasn't going to help. "You have to be strong mother, Aurora will come back soon," I heard Laden console his mother, with his hands wrapped firmly around her and I wondered how he was going to feel if he found out that she wouldn't be coming back. I wondered what thought was running through his mind at the moment and for the first time in a long while, I wished that I could find out what was going through someone else's mind. I wanted to know what he was thinking about at the moment, I nee
Sebastiana POV "How about we stay calm, father?" I asked while fidgeting, there was a belief that whatever the ancestral goddess said was real and I didn't want her to find out what I have done to Aurora. "Son, what did you say?" My mother asked me, her eyes glinting with tears, and my eyes broke at the sight of it. Different thoughts ran through my mind as I thought of what she was going to do to me if she found out what I had done to Aurora, her Aurora. I shook my head, dissuading the thought from my head, I had to do whatever I had in mind and I had to act fast. " Aurora was everything to me and I cannot stop thinking of how life would have been with her by my side" I placed a hand on my chest, caressing it gently as though I was in great pain. "She deserves justice, and that is what I am going to get for her" I glanced at the faces surrounding me, and my heart hitched when I saw those faces. Those faces that had heard me talking harshly to Aurora, glanced at me with stunne
Aurora's POV"What do you mean mother?" I questioned her, wanting to know what she meant by what she had just said."My diamond," she caressed my cheek running her hands on them gently. "It is nothing that you should worry yourself about" she assured me, but I wasn't having it. Not after I have heard what she had said. "Mother" I muttered out gently to her, not withdrawing her gaze away from those eyes, those eyes that spoke volumes and looked like mine. "You shouldn't hide things away from me," I objected when she attempted to walk away from the room, leaving me in the care of the maids who had been assigned to me. "It isn't time yet, Aurora," she fixed her eyes on mine. Her skin glistened when it came in contact with the sun."Then when will it be time, mother?" I knew that I had just gotten here but still, I wanted to be involved in everything that concerned them, I wanted to relieve them of the stress that they had gone through while searching for me and I wanted her to know th
Sebastian POV"Come along with me" my father made gestures at me as he made his way toward the part of the pack which has been assigned to the ancestral goddess.My face was devoid of emotions and I knew that anyone who saw me in the present state that I was in would be scared of even approaching me, I knew that I was supposed to be scared, scared that I would be caught but I couldn't bring myself to.My gaze traveled to the sky where the moon seemed to be fading, making way for the sun to come through and I felt faint. My toe ached badly and I frowned slightly as I struggled to meet my father who was walking at fast paces. "Is something wrong, son?" My father turned around, taking a look at me, I shook my head at him, motioning at him to continue walking but it seemed that he wasn't having it. He scrutinized my outfit before fixing his gaze on my legs. " You are limping,""I am okay, father, do not let this little injury of mine stop us from going to find out where my mate is, it i
Sebastian POVThe expectant look on the faces of the people we had left behind broke my heart as I took a step closer, although I didn't care about Aurora but still, seeing the people who I was going to rule over soon in so much pain, made me unhappy."What did she say?" Mrs. Alexis asked while wiping the tears that were in her eyes as she walked toward us. "Mother" Laden called out gently, placing an arm around her trying to stop her from tripping over when she mistakenly stepped on a stone"My Aurora" she glanced at me as though she was hoping that she would be in my hands, and she would take her home with her. "Alpha," she gripped my father's clothes, squeezing them tightly but Laden was quick to pull her away. ''I wouldn't cry" she shook her head. "Not anymore, because I know Aurora is fine and she will come back to me, Laden" she screamed out her son's name, as though he wasn't close to her. "We aren't going to relent in whatever we are doing," she gave an order to him, which
Sebastian POVI gulped in my spittle as I stared at Karen whose arms rested on my chest, he had a smile on his face that sent chills down my body and although it left immediately it came, I couldn't still get over how scary it was."Look" I tried to get his attention, but his eyes were darkened and it showed that he wasn't going to listen to whatever it was that I had to say. "You gave us your word" he pointed that out to me and I nodded because it was true, I had given them my words and I intended to stand by it until my mother's sudden interruption this morning. "Let me go '' I shoved him aside as I made my way to my closet. I needed to get the clothes that I was on off because it had been a hectic day for me and I couldn't condone any complaints from them. "You shouldn't act rudely toward us, Sebestian" Karen spoke behind me and I placed my hands on my waist before tugging at the shirt which I had on."You should know that you cannot afford to let your secret out"his voice came