The fall

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 Aurora, I have seen how much he cherishes her so there is no way that he would harm her" Laden spoke on my behalf. 

I turned my gaze to him, wondering what exactly he was trying to drive at, what point he was trying to make. 

"I know Sebastian wouldn't, not when it comes to Aurora, he is as worried as we are and he needs her to be there because she is going to be his Luna soon," he added.

" Let's go, every time wasted here is pulling us away from getting to find Aurora, I need to have my mate with me," I said to Laden, before walking away with the guard. 

I climbed up the steep stone leading up to the top of the cliff. I had taught Aurora how to climb the cliff and was intending to teach her how to jump down when she finally turned into a wolf but it didn't happen.

"Search everywhere, I do not want you leaving any stone unturned, we must find Aurora and we shouldn't give up on the sack to do so" I ordered the guards who walked ahead of me. 

The night was cold and I could feel it as the cold air caused goosebumps to form on my skin.

"I can perceive her scent, it is stronger here. '' I screamed out to the guards, who ran with me as I picked up the pace to where Aurora's scent was the strongest. 

I stood underneath the tree where her scent had led us but still, there was nothing that showed that she had been there and it gave me a headache.

If Aurora wasn't so lazy and if she had her wolf at least she wouldn't have been missing, and we wouldn't have been searching for her amongst the woods.

What was she doing in the woods in the first place? I wondered and I hissed as I kicked my toe against a stone. 

I clenched my fist angrily, Aurora was the cause of all this.

If she hadn't decided to go missing, I was sure that I wouldn't be in the forest in the first place. 

"We have to take a look at your toe," one of the guards who had heard me hissing out in pain, suggested but I wasn't ready for that at the moment.

I glared at him, before shoving him aside, he was trying to help and gossip about it later on and I wasn't going to let that happen while I was with him. 

" A little obedience doesn't hurt anyone" I heard a whisper and I turned around, searching for who had said that, but there was no one there.

"Did any of you hear that?" I asked the guards who stared awkwardly at me, and I knew that they were oblivious to what I had asked and they knew nothing about it either.

"It is nothing that you should worry yourself about," I waved them off but I could see the glances that they shared wondering if everything was okay. 

"Do not test my patience," I said angrily at one of them, who I had caught with a smile on his face. 

The smile on his face faded away immediately after it came and I was satisfied with myself for that. 

"You should take a look at your toe, we wouldn't want the Alpha having our heads for not taking care of you properly,"

" I am supposed to be in charge of you, not the other way round so it will be best if you keep whatever silly thought that you are having out of your head" I warned, firmly. 

I didn't want any gossip getting to my father, he could act irrationally at times and I wouldn't want to risk that, not when It was just days before I would be made Alpha. 

"Let us take a rest" my toe was aching badly, and I needed to rest a little bit. 

The moon shone brightly and its light was welcoming, I was vexed that I couldn't attend the party that was usually thrown on the day that the moon was at its brightest

Aurora was making everything hard for me even when she left my life. I hated everything that had to do with her, It was annoying to me.

"We have been here for hours now and we haven't found anything yet, why don't we go back to the pack, the moon has almost faded away anyways" one of the guards suggested. 

I stood up, before stretching my hands high above my head, what he had just said made sense and I was getting tired also. 

"Nooooo '' I heard a voice scream from within the forest and it alerted me and the guards who were with me. 

We sprinted toward the direction where the cry had come from and was stunned by what we were seeing.

I could tell the owner of that red jacket that Laden was holding because I had gotten it for her and I saw it on her

"What is wrong?" I questioned even though I knew what was going on already. 

The probability that Aurora had jumped down from the cliff into the waters was high, so I walked forward and I stared into the water. 

There was no way that she was going to survive the fall, especially since she didn't know how to swim but still it was for the best.

One less pest to worry about, I smiled as I walked back

"Who has done this?" Laden growled as he turned to me furiously, clenching on the jacket angrily. 

I didn't want to be caught, I couldn't afford to. 

"Is this Aurora's? No this cannot be" I shook my head as my knee came in contact with the ground. 

"It is son, it is Aurora's" her father uttered behind me, his voice breaking at intervals.

I felt relieved and happy as I grinned inwardly, I wasn't going to have a weakling as my Luna, not anymore. 

"Anyone who had hurt my sister will pay dearly for this" Laden's chill voice hit me, his eyes blazing and I prayed to Selina, hoping I would never be caught.