CHAPTER FIVE
Aurora's POVI am seated at one end of the room, which is opposite the large iron door with my hands clutched around my knees and my head resting on them. Few locks of my hair fell down my face and I can tell it’s touching the floor, given how long they are.Sitting down here in pure sorrow and agony, my mind drifts back to the events of the past few hours. Thinking about Arthur makes my heart skip in fright and I lift my head up.I hope nothing bad has happened to him.I hope he is safe.I pray in the name of the moon goddess that the silly boyfriend of Chloe and his crew did not do anything bad to him, because I’m not going to forgive myself if that happens.I had dried up my tears, but with the pain I am feeling right now, they keep pouring down my cheeks.I shut my eyes tight, thinking of my mind linking Arthur, just to know how he is feeling, to know if everything is okay with him, instead, I can feel my mother's mind link pushing through.She is probably worried about my whereabouts.I'm struggling to decline it because I don't want her to know about my current situation. She is going to get worried and that is the last thing I want to happenHer mind link comes through again and I try to block her out, but on a second thought, I let her through.“Aurora, why aren’t you home yet? It’s getting late.” She asks and I can sense the worry in her voice."I'm ok, mother.” I lie smoothly. “Don’t worry about me.”I told her and completely shut her out. I didn't want her to have an idea of what was going on. Arthur doesn't know either and that is a good thing because he wouldn’t tell my mother.If I manage to get out of here alive, then just maybe I’m going to tell her.I wrap my hands around my body and let myself wallow in distress.Why would Alpha Carter do this to me? He should have just let me go. He doesn't want me as his mate and I clearly understand.He is in a relationship with someone else, and that doesn’t concern me in any way. I’m not going to spread a word about us to any one just as he requested back there in the toilet. I'm not a fool to try to disobey a royal, not to talk of an alpha. He is just as cruel as his father.He killed my father without proper investigation and I bet his son would not have had a second thought to rip my throat apart if he had the chance to do so.Mia suddenly sprints up in my mind and starts sniffing, making me confused."What's going on Mia?" I asked her, trying to figure out what she is doing."Can't you perceive that?" She asks in excitement and that’s when I try to focus and immediately, my nostrils pick up that familiar smell from earlier.The sweet smell of melting chocolate, mixed with vanilla and a strong manly cologne fills my nostrils making my heart skip in my chest and in a few seconds, my heart starts beating at an increasingly rapid pace.“Does my heart always beat this fast?' I question myself and Mia scoffs."No, except when your mate is around." Mia tells me and at the mention of that name, my entire body heats up in excitement, but I try to pull myself together.He hates me and there’s no way I will act excited before him."He is not our mate Mia.” I flatly deny it. “You can go ahead and claim him for yourself. I'm not interested. He is nothing but a brute.” I say, rolling my eyes in disgust."If that’s the case, why then is your heart beating so fast, Darling?" She teases and before I can respond, the large and heavy iron door swings open making me jolt in fear and as a result I hit my back against the wall.Pain sears through my spine, but I don’t have time to cry.I look up at the door, but I see nothing because everywhere is completely dark. I get on my feet and immediately, the room lights up with orange lights shining down on me and that’s when I remember that I am stark naked.I vividly place both hands over my exposed core, preventing whoever it was, not to see me naked."Your breasts are exposed, sweetheart". Mia shamelessly purrs in my head.She has a talent for making fun of my predicaments.I look around the room and I'm surprised to see that I'm still alone in it.It was a large cell, with high walls and swiping far above. It had absolutely no windows."Mia, you seem to be forgetting the fact that we are together in this.” I tell her as I let myself slump back to the floor.As I look at the door, my heart falls into my abdomen when I see Alpha Carter standing by it in all his glory with no iota of emotions on his face.I can bet my life that he is enjoying all that I’m going through.Dressed as earlier, he took slow and boring steps towards me, with both hands in his pockets.As he walks closer to me, his scent becomes stronger and I am trying hard not to choke on my breath.I am even almost running out of breath. He looks breathtakingI'm struggling to breathe with him standing in front of me and the fact that I am naked before him only makes things worse.I hate the fact that he’s seeing me in this state."Rise up!" He commands and I flinch at his deep and arrogant voice.How can I possibly stand up, when I'm all naked?"Don't make me repeat myself ". He warns me when he senses my hesitation. His voice sounds as stern as ever.Mia pushes nudges me forward in my mind, in an attempt to take control and act. She isn't happy that our mate is treating us so badly.I lean forward, with my hands almost touching his shoes and he takes a step backwards. "I hope you are not trying to get us killed". I warn Mia and she calms down to let me take control of the situation.I hastily rise on my feet and now, Carter and I are standing face to face, but I don’t have the courage to make eye contact with him. I don't want my emotions to take my senses away."Hands over your head and against the wall". He orders yet again with a menacing tone and I can feel his eyes boring holes into my face.I hesitate once more and that further enrages him."I hate repeating myself" He laments, baring his teeth like a wild animal.With my eyes shut tight and lips in a thin line, I manage to do as he says despite the fact that I am completely naked before him.One thing I know for sure is that I look horrible in front of him. I don’t want to open my eyes. I don't want to see the disgusted look on his face. I don't want to feel hurt the hundredth time in a single day.A loud gasp escapes my lips when I feel his large plans suddenly cups my left breasts and squeezes my nipple. Pain and pleasure travel down my spine and whimper in fear as I close my legs tight.He soon spins me around and plasters my back against the wall, giving me a dirty look from head to toe."How are you enjoying yourself here, Low life?" He snarls, with his fingers still squeezing my left nipple.What is he trying to do?I try taking a step to the side, but my legs fail me as they suddenly feel jelly as a result of his touch."Not another step.” He warns, lifting my chin and making my eyes meet his. He then let go of my breast and I now feel like an idiot for allowing myself to be touched by his disgusting hands.As I look into his eyes, I think of a million ways to get back at him for what he just did to me, but I decided against harming him in any way. That will only cause more trouble for me."No one, I mean no one has to know about this. I am talking about the mate bond. If I ever find out that you told someone else, I promise you a greater punishment than this.” He threatens and pushes me to the floor.He then starts walking out of the cell and I can bet that there is a victorious look on his face.“Are you going to let him go just like that? Give him a piece of your mind too. He doesn't deserve to have an upper hand here”. Mia growls in my head and immediately, I ignore the pain in me and stand up from the floor where he had just pushed me. I don't care at this moment if I'm naked or not. He has to know that he does not own the right to mankind. The whole pack might revolve around his household, but not me."Wait!” I call out and watch him stop on his tracks and turn to look at me, with a grin on his chiseled face. "Do you feel bad that you had your mate locked up in the school dungeon? Is that why you came to see me? Or did you just come to taunt me?” I ask with a painful smile. “And yes, you don't have to worry about anyone knowing about the mate bond. It would be utterly shameless for me to talk about a mate who doesn't care about me, so I won’t say anything because unlike you, I would love to keep my dignity. Goodness Carter, who the hell do you think you are? My father was killed by your father because of some baseless accusations and for that reason I have always hated both you and your father. I hate you with every nerve in me.” I decipher bitterly, looking straight into his face and I watched his jaws clench and relax every now and then.He opens his mouth to speak but I hold my hand up to him."I’m not done talking.” I firmly tell him and he creases his brow in surprise.This is my moment and he has to listen to me. "As earlier said, we will perform the rejection rites on the night of the next full moon." As much as this is a difficult thing to do, I have to do it. I have had enough already. "You can go now, or better still stand there and watch me all day.” I firmly dismiss him, but instead, before I can take my spot back on the floor, he sprints towards me and wraps his palm around my neck, almost choking me.His eyes turn yellow and that is to say that I just stroke the wrong nerve."I don't give a fuck about whatever you say. You can rant your life out. The rejection rites will be carried out as planned, but before that, I will make sure to make your life miserable. Get ready for me.” With that, he pushes me back to the floor and stomps outside of the dungeon and the lights go out the moment he leaves.I crawl back to my former dark spot and rest my head on my knees. Tears spill down my cheeks and Mia just keeps purring in my mind.I just wish all of this would end right now.I am tired and hungry.CHAPTER SIX Aurora's POV. I’m still locked up in this God forsaken cell and I have blocked Aurther from mind linking me because he is going to know everything, even without me telling him.The sound of the big ironing door opening snaps me out of my thoughts and I look ahead to see what’s going on. The orange lights which had been turned off all day suddenly come on and illuminate the room.At the door stands one of the guards from yesterday. He walks slowly towards me and throws some clothes in the air, causing them to fly and land a few meters before me on the ground. "Dressed up and leave". He orders with a stern voice.I was happy before leaving home yesterday, but now I I was a complete mess and the only thing I felt in my heart was anger and bitterness for everyone in the royal section.I don’t utter a word to him as I walk slowly to where he had thrown the clothes and pick them up, before returning back to my spot to I quickly put the clothes on. I looked down at my shirt in
CHAPTER SEVEN Aurora's POV “Arthur.” I call with a calm voice.He tousles his hair in annoyance, before walking into the room. I watch in silence as he goes over to my bed and sits on it. If he’s doing that, it means he’s not very mad at me and a simple apology will set things right between us."Ward and his gang. I couldn't fight them all. After you left, I tried to beat them up, but I was outnumbered and they dealt with me squarely. I had to sustain this.” He explains the last part, looking down at his sprained arm. "Oh, Arthur, I'm so sorry for making you go through this. It was all my fault to begin with. I hope you forgive me." I cry as I face-palm myself, letting a few drops of tears fall down my face.He drifts closer to me and uses his free hand to bring down my hand from my face. I let him hold them. "Nothing is your fault Aurora. You tried to defend yourself and I blame you for nothing.” He says in his usual calm tone and I can feel the sincerity in his voice. "Thank yo
CHAPTER EIGHTAurora's POV I open the pot and serve myself some noodles since mother seems to be asleep already.I find a spot in the kitchen and sit down to eat. Tomorrow is going to be another day of school and I'm certain it is not going to end well.Evenso, I'm going to give it hot to anyone who pushes my limits. When I’m done eating , I leave for my bedroom. It’s actually freezing tonight so I walk to my closet and pick up a blue hoodie and put it on before climbing on the bed. I pull the duvet up my body and wrap myself in it. It feels warm and comfortable. As I close my eyes, my subconscious takes over and in no time, I fall asleep.***************************************************************"Aurora, you should wake up and prepare for school. It's already 5: 49 AM.” I hear my mother yell at the top of her voice and I know she is standing just right in front of my door. She always does this.If only she knew what I went through yesterday, she would let me sleep all day
CHAPTER NINE. Aurora's POV. "Do you think we are okay, Aurora? Why are they here?" Mia asks worriedly."I have no idea, Mia. Let's just wait and hear what they have to say.” I swallow dryly as I keep looking ahead with an uncomfortable look plastered on my face.“Is something wrong, Aurora?” Arthur asks as he gives me a gentle tap on my shoulder. “You look scared.” I quickly shrug off his hand and focus ahead."I'm fine, Arthur, nothing to worry about.” I say within my teeth, hoping he hears."Miss Aurora Fay Mason, you have a punishment regarding your previous offense yesterday. You'll have to do community service on the school field.”A gasp escapes my lips as I stare at the school authorities, standing in front of the class. How can they do this to me? Wasn't the punishment of yesterday enough for them?What did they want from me this time? After locking me up in that God forsaken dungeon, naked and with no food. Now, they want me to work.Why even call it community servi
CHAPTER TEN.Carter's POV. "I'll see you back at the pack house. I need to get to class now.” I tell Chloe, once we are done with what we were doing. The girl seems to be addicted to sex and I have please her where and when ever she wants.I pull my pants up and I watch her do the same. "Not even a kiss?" She asks, giving me puppy eyes and pouting lips.She knows I will do just anything for her, when she puts on that attitude. With my pants well secured around my waist, I wrap my hands around her waist and pull her closer to me. We are so close that our chests are touching. I gently hold her chin with my hand and bring her face closer to mine. When our lips are just a few inches apart from each other’s I smash mine against hers and we share a deep and passionate kiss. By the time we break the kiss, we are both panting like we just returned from a race.I watch her smile as she touches her now plump lips. Her big brown eyes are glittering like she just received a precious gift.
CHAPTER ELEVENAurora's POV. I'm currently in my bedroom, trying to prepare myself for the Royal Banquet at the pack house. I told my mother about it and she was not pleased because of what happened to my father. He was set up and killed by the Alpha himself. He was accused of planning to dethrone Alpha Logan, but I know my father would never do a thing like that.He was nothing but loyal to the Alpha when he served as an Omega and such an abominable thing would never cross his mind. I have a hunch that someone was behind it all.I just had no choice but to make my mother reason with me. This service is going to enable me to earn more money and I will be able to help my mother pay some bills even though there are not many bills at the outskirts of the pack because we have the bare minimum.That is my only reason for going to that Banquet. I hate everyone at the city center and at the Castle, including that proud and arrogant Alpha Carter. My blood boils every time I think abo
CHAPTER TWELVE Aurora's POV. The drive from the outskirts of the pack where I live with my mother to the main pack, takes us about one hour and we arrive safely and on time.I turn to look at my mother who is driving, with a worried look on her face. I purse my lips together because I know just what she was worried about. I let out a heavy sigh as I stretched my hand and gently patted her shoulder. I would love to hold her hands and kiss them, but that’s impossible right now because she is driving.She doesn’t say anything, instead, she focuses on parking in the driveway.Mum, everything is going to be alright.” I assure her once the car engine stops.“I know honey, I know.”"Good. So let's go.” We both step out of the car and I’m totally awed by everything I’m seeing. The entire place is beaming with lights. It’s indeed a grand party.As we walk into the ballroom, I’m not surprised by the constant glares we are getting from the other pack members. They did not seem to like the f
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Aurora's POV. I have served about three tables and now I’m heading out to hand serve the fourth. I’m going to have a short break after I’m done serving the fourth table before I continue. I carry the silver tray in my hand and head outside. Eva is still giving me her cold attitude and I couldn’t care less. I’m here to do my job and earn money and not to be bothered about if my presence plaques her or not. She could die of discomfort for all I care.The silver tray in my hand has three glasses of red wine on it and just like I’ve been doing earlier, I’m holding it firmly and carefully. The last thing I want to do is spill the drink on someone and ruin his or her dress. That’s going to be a catastrophe and it won’t end well for me, given my present “daughter of a traitor” status. "Are you doing fine, Aurora?" My mother's mind link comes through as I get closer to the table I am going to serve."I'm doing just fine, mother. Hope you're okay too.” I smile as I