CHAPTER FOUR.
Aurora's POV"Please, let me go. I did nothing wrong, I was only trying to run away from…" I’m not done with what I am saying when the man who earlier said that I was going to be thrown in the dungeon cuts me off with the most terrifying voice I have ever heard in my entire life."Just shut up, you daughter of a low life. It should have occurred to you what would happen if you stepped those useless feet into the Royal section of the school. Your father was a traitor and that stripped him of all his rights as royalty.” He spat out furiously and his obliviousness on the matter intrigues me.When were they going to accept the truth? My father was not a traitor, he was set up and as of now, only the moon goddess who saw all, can attest to that. No one is going to believe me if I ever open my mouth to defend him again. That will only cause my mother and I more trouble than we already have.How I wish my wolf, Mia, will just take over me right now and snap their necks .“Easy now, Aurora. As much as I want to take control and snap that pot bellied man’s neck, I can't do anything. Challenging them will only cause more trouble.” Mia cautions me.She is right. We can't challenge them.The two men dressed in their all black outfits with their menacing body figures and heights, grab both my hands and yank me off my feet.Their nails dig deeply into my flesh and I wince in pain. Mia lets out a sad purr in my head and I know she also feels the pain.They hurt me, they hurt her too. We are one person."Take her away and make sure to strip her off her clothes before throwing her into the dungeon. She is to stay there for twenty four hours with no food or water. Do well to wet the floor of her cell before throwing her in. That way she will feel more miserable and learn her lesson!” The pot bellied man orders and I can't believe he just said.He wants them to strip me naked before throwing me into the cell. Is keeping me there for a day not enough punishment? How can they possibly do this to me?"You can't ask me to take off my clothes.” I protest fearlessly. “Throwing me into a cold cell is enough punishment already. Please, let me have my clothes on.” I plead with tears shimmering in my eyes, but the scornful looks on their faces make me understand that my pleas have fallen on deaf ears. I try to wriggle my tiny wrists out of their firm holds, but the more I try to free them, the more their grips tighten, causing me more pain. I instantly stop and stay still."Maybe I should knock some teeth out of your mouth, then you will learn to stay quiet" The guard on my left side threatens with no hint of emotion in his voice. With nothing else to say or to do, I heed to the advice given to me by Mia a while ago, to stay still.The men drag me away and we walk past several long hallways of the Royal section. I can hear the giggling sound of students of the Royal section, especially those that hate the poor section. Some are throwing insults, but I don’t let that get into me. I sadly bow my head to avoid looking at the people laughing at me and the guards drag me along.We walk on for about ten minutes before I feel the guards come to a halt. I quietly lift my head up and the sight of a single and tall building painted all black, comes to view. I look behind and notice that the building is isolated from the two sections of the school and it is directly behind the royal section.Letting out an exasperated sigh, I sadly turn back to face the dungeon building.My home for the next twenty four hours.The doors of the tall building are made up of heavy steel, painted black.I shudder in fear when the door opens, revealing no one behind it. It must be an automatic gate.The guard on my right leads the way in and the one on my left nudges me with his elbow to follow. An act I did not really appreciate because his elbow almost crushed my ribs.I instantly wrap my hands around my body as the cold air in the dungeon engulfs me. We are currently standing in a long hallway which has got cells on both sides, protected by irons having spaces between them. We walk further into the dark alley and the guard in front of me soon comes to a halt again. He takes out a single key from his pocket and opens the cell door before him."There you go. For twenty four hours, you shall be in there with no food or water.” He sneers and I’m not even listening to him because of how terrified I am of the darkness in here. I can’t even make out a single object in it. If at all there is any. The place looks just as scary as one of those dungeon cells in horror movies."Please, don't do this to me, I'm begging you.” I plead on my knees with tears filled eyes and hands together, but none of them take pity on me.How am I going to survive this?I have been starving since this morning. I didn’t have the patience to stay and eat the breakfast my mum had prepared for me and Ted didn’t even let me touch my lunch back at the cafeteria."Now, strip off your clothes and get in there, you low life!” The guard who just opened the door commands and I look at him in horror.When I don't react, the guard on my side bends to his knees and rips the shirt off my body at the speed of light. Thank god I have a singlet. My hands instantly fly over to my chest as I struggle to cover myself.Mia growls in my mind.”Not now, Mia". I warn when I feel her trying to take control of me. If I let that happen, then we are both going to be dead before nightfall."They can't ask you to do this. This is absurd!” She argues, moving to and fro at the back of my mind."I know that. But still, we have to obey if we want to get out of here alive.” I explain to her.I have no idea if I'm going to survive, I haven't eaten all morning.Mia suddenly stays calm and silently observes what I am doing. I don’t want that hooligan of a guard to rip my clothes apart again, so I take it upon myself to undress. I tuck the waistband of my Jeans and slowly pull it down my tights and off my feet.With that done, I quietly step into the cell. It feels way colder than the hallway, and the floors are indeed wet.I move to the side and sit on my butt, my naked back touching the wall which is even colder. I can’t tell what the cell looks like as it is extremely dark.I know it is the end when the door suddenly closes in front of me with a loud bang! I instantly rise on my feet and try to run to the door but I don’t make it. I trip on my tracks and fall hard on my side, but that doesn’t stop me from screaming out loud."Just let me go, I did nothing wrong. I was only trying to get away from Ward and I mistakenly found myself in the Royal section. Just let me go, please!" I cry out loud as I struggle to sit upright. The right side of my body hurts so bad, causing me to burst into tears on the floor. I can’t even try to suppress the pain.I still can’t believe I’m going through all this because of my mate.CHAPTER FIVE Aurora's POV I 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 worrie
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