LOGAN Levi falls into step next to me as I make my way back into the packhouse. He clears his throat, "Logan, what was that all about?" I sigh, "I guess I need to learn to control my emotions more now... But just thinking about what my father will do to Aurora makes Magnus want to shift and find him right now." "Are you sure he will do anything to her? Especially with Toby and the other rogues around?" "Levi, he fucks females in his office no matter who is in there with him and he forced himself into that virgin Omega female at dinner in front of everyone at Pablo's pack. He doesn't care who watches, as long as they don't interfere." "Point taken... I packed your Royal battle uniform. Did you want to change into that?" "I guess that would be the respectable thing to do, but..." "Yeah, I know you would feel much better being in normal training clothes just like everyone else..." Levi laughs and hits his shoulder against mine, making me smile as he then takes off runnin
AURORA "Aurora, you must wake up..." I stir, fighting the fog as I hear Ariel's slightly panicked voice in my head. She repeats, "AURORA!! You must wake up and wake up now!!" I groan as a massive headache hits me, as well as a wave of intense pain. I curl onto my side and then roll onto my front. I get my hands under me and take a deep breath as I slowly open my eyes and push. I get up to my knees, taking a couple more deep breaths. I then lift my head and look around. The only light is that of the nearly full moon. As I scanned the outside of the cage and saw the reason, Ariel woke me... Ignoring the pain, I get to my feet and move to the back of the cage, as the door opens and Lincoln walks in. I look quickly around again, but Toby is nowhere to be seen. I back away from Lincoln as he stalks closer and closer. I shiver a little as I see his eyes glow bright gold and the rogue aura coming off of him is intense and increasing. He smiles as he takes a deep breath and says, "I mus
AURORA A shiver of fear goes through me anyway, as rogues then surround the cage. A few of them look at me and growl low as their eyes pass over my naked body. I watch as Lincoln stands with Toby next to him, at the front of the pack, which has now grown to over 300 with more still coming. I jump a little and return my attention back to the rogues that are standing rather close to the cage. I wince a little as one of the few waves of what's left of my heat passes through me. A couple of the rogues move even closer and as the wave that just went through me hits them, they growl really low and move to the door. One reaches up and tries to open the door. I sigh and relax a little as the door doesn't open and I remember that Toby had locked it behind him. I look up and over the collection of rogues at the sound of a very loud, very powerful howl and see Logan step out of the trees. He is breathing heavily and is covered in blood, but he stands tall, strong, and proud. I smile, knowing t
LOGAN As everyone steps out of the trees behind me and stops by my side, I take one more step and say just under a yell, "Father, I have come to challenge you... The throne is now mine by choice of all the Alphas in our kingdom, but you still have something that belongs to me..." "You are not King yet son... I accept your challenge..." I see him smirk and just know that I am not going to like what he is about to say, "So you are her mate... But you are too late. She already belongs to another..." I then see Toby smile and know that he managed to talk my father into giving ownership of Aurora to him but I also know that he probably no longer has ownership of her either, selling her to one of the Alpha Kings that he had come to see her. Magnus and I growl anyway, saying, "She is mine, give her to me..." Lincoln growls low at my order laced with the Alpha King power I have been slowly taking from him with each Alpha as they pledged their loyalty to me. The rogues behind him then c
AURORA I watch as Aaliyah finishes setting up whatever it is that she needs to. Once she has set up, I then listen as she starts her chant, By the power of the moon, Let the power dim within this Collar and Chain,Drain the protecting Magic,So the hold they have may be broken. North, South, East, West, Aid me now in this Quest, A curse made with Blood, Must be Cleansed, By the Sun and the Moon. Earth, Air, Fire and Water,I call for your Aid, Unbind this Chain and Collar, To No Longer keep its Prisoner, Bound that was Stolen. With the Power of the Moon, I reverse this Enchantment, I release you, I set you Free! North, South, East, West, With Earth, Air, Fire and Water, Brought together By, The power of the Sun and the Moon, I reverse this Enchantment, Return it to Whence it came, As I will it, So mote it be! I wince as the collar starts to get heated and starts to burn, but it doesn't last long, as it then starts to cool. Aaliyah then makes her way over to
LOGAN I make my way around the battlefield, checking everybody who is lying on the ground. Once I am sure that there are no more injured out within the dead, I move among the injured and decipher who is rogue and who is pack. Once the rogues are treated, I ask the first one, "Are you a rogue by choice, or were you forced?" "I was taken from my pack as a teenager. I am not proud of what I have done, but had to do it to survive..." "You would have to go through some training and I would need proof from you to know you won't turn on me or other members of my pack... So you want to rejoin a pack? Are you willing to do that to rejoin a pack?" "I have wanted to rejoin a pack since they took me, but no pack would give me the chance..." "Very well, you now have that chance..." "Thank you, Alpha!" I go through the others and most of them are the same taken from their packs during raids done by the Rogue king, so they are not true rogues, as a true rogue is one that has given in to the w
AURORA When I pull back from our kiss, I smile as I step back, but Logan won't allow me to move too far as he tightens his arm around me and pulls me back into his side. I look around and see my father approaching. I look up at Logan, who smiles, nods his head and finally lets me go. As soon as his arm drops from my waist, I run to my father and nearly make him fall over as I wrap my arms around him. He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight as he whispers, "I'm sorry! I had no choice..." I pull back a little to look up at him as I say. "Dad, what are you talking about?" "The deal with Alpha Oliver... The way I sent you with him... I am sorry!" "Dad, I told you I was willing to be part of the alliance, I even told you to do it... And if you had told me what was happening, you wouldn't have had to drug me as I would have gone with him willingly... Family and the kingdom always come first..." "I know you did and I am sorry that I didn't tell you... That I didn't warn you of
AURORA Once all the injured are healed enough to travel, we start the long trip back home. The first stop we make is at Alpha Pablo's pack. Ariel and I feel really bad, as it was the females from this pack that were taken by Toby and the rest of his rogues because of my heat. Logan goes to find one of the females he helped as I wandered around the pack. I watch as the females are still all on edge and seem even more so now that even more males have entered their pack's little village. I place my hand on my lower abdomen. I still haven't had the chance to tell Logan about our little bundle. I keep looking for the right time, but something else always seems to come up and I don't get to tell him. I see Alpha Pablo making his rounds of the females now that he is back in the pack and I decide that I never actually got to apologise for the trouble, loss and trauma I caused him and his pack. I approach him slowly and say hesitantly, "Alpha Pablo?" He turns and faces me. He smiles and sa