Alpha Daniel’s POV I had not seen Aurora at the training place as I hoped and when I asked Silas, he didn't know her whereabouts either. “She just stopped turning up” he told me. “For how long?” I asked impatiently. He shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and then looked away from me in a way that told me he knew something about this but was not going to admit it. “What do you know Silas?” I asked him, but my tone left no room for argument.“Nothing Alpha Daniel,” he said quickly before changing the subject. “Why don't you just check at her place?” his voice was lower now. “What do you know?” I glared at him. His eyes darted around nervously for a second before meeting mine with a determined stare. Silas took a deep breath and then sighed. “The truth is, I don't know anything but I know she has been acting weird, zoning out, staring at a particular place for too long , and talking to the trees. There have even been reports of people coming through here with strange energy signat
Alpha Daniel’s POV It was one of the guards who was supposed to be at the front door. “What is it Liam” I asked, concerned. He shook his head and continued, his eyes still focused intently outside of the window. “A body” Liam said and the restlessness I noticed earlier in the day returned in full force. “What body?” I asked, trying to control my panic. “Where is it?!” The guard hesitated for some seconds, his eyes darting between me and the window as if he wasn't certain himself which body belonged to which person. He must have realized that he was delaying the inevitable, because he answered, “Aurora… in the woods” My whole body froze instantly. Aurora, Aurora, Aurora... I repeated inside my mind over and over again. Aurora, Aurora, Aurora, Aurora.... I didn't know when I started running toward the woods, I don't know the part of wood I was running to but I stopped immediately. I sighted another guard carrying a body, long golden hair flowing behind her like a river, in his
Alpha Daniel’s POV Adela took out candles, herbs, and all the other accoutrements necessary to create a circle, before seating herself on her mat. She lit them with the match in one of her many vials and began chanting, eyes closed and voice calm. Her chant was ancient in origin and spoke about a time when it had been possible to create life. I stood by the side watching as soon she switched and began to chant in an unfamiliar language. A second later I looked up at the moon and stars as they shimmered into existence, like someone had flipped a switch and now there were hundreds of different colored balls, floating around in the night sky. It reminded me of the pictures my mother used to have when I was little. The room glowed and the wind blew against my skin. Adela’s chanting became louder and more rapid but still, I just watched. The night grew colder and I wrapped my arms around myself. Adela kept chanting in this strange tongue and I felt cold. After some time the breeze di
Aurora’s POV The lights were too bright, almost blinding that I had to squint against it. But then again that might also be because my entire world seemed to be a blur. Everything felt fuzzy and unreal. I opened my mouth to speak, to ask a question and realized that I couldn't. It wasn't my voice which came out. It was someone else's, deep and commanding. “Lay back” as deep as it was, I knew I would recognize it anywhere, it played with the beat of my heart. I obeyed. Alpha Daniel’s beautiful face graced mine, those brown orbs seemed to be locked in worry . His lips pressed tightly together as he leaned over me. When did he get here? Had I really slept for so long? It seemed to have been days, weeks even, without noticing his presence. He brushed the hair from my forehead, gently running his fingers along my skin and caressing my cheek. “I thought I was going to lost you” I couldn't say anything about that, I was too distracted by his touch that was doing things to my body , di
Aurora’s POV Someone cleared their throat behind us and I pulled away to see Luna watching us at the door with an unreadable expression and eyes that held anger, anger that was directed towards me. Her gaze drifted downwards as she noticed that I was hugging her mate. She said nothing and turned around, walking out of the room without another word. After a few seconds when we had both calmed down enough, I pulled myself together and turned to face Alpha Daniel. We stared at each other for a long while, trying to gauge each other's emotions, I'm sure that neither of us was able to understand what the other was thinking, not completely anyway. He broke the awkward silence first. “Do you need me to stay here till you're better?” “Yes please”, I wanted to scream but I didn't. “No, I'll be fine, go after her, she needs you” I forced myself to smile up at him. He nodded solemnly. “Thank you. Thank you for everything,” I whispered as I reached for his hand again. The tips of his
Aurora’s POV “I think I should go back to my place. I am obviously not hurt anymore and I'll be fine” I told Alpha Daniel when he returned from wherever he had gone. He seemed taken aback by my words and I could see from his facial expressions that he wasn't going to agree to it, it didn't seem like he wanted to. “What? Just yesterday we thought you were going to die!”He said as if saying that was enough reason for him to want to keep me here for a while longer. But the way he was looking at me made it clear that what he meant was more than that. The way he looked at me spoke of...well, love? Affection, maybe something even stronger than that, or maybe I was gaslighting myself into seeing what I only wanted to see. It felt like being pulled into a trap, but I didn't know how to get out of it. I sighed and looked away so I wouldn't have to look at him. “You're right. This is just too much to take in all at once but I am fine now. Thanks to you and the healer. I also don't want to be
Aurora’s POV Alpha Daniel had insisted on going with me back home but I told him it was fine and I could do that by myself without having to drag him with me. I'm sure he didn't like that idea too much considering the fact that he has the alpha instincts to protect and guide others and not to be left behind. I didn't blame him for trying though, I didn't want to burden him either. As I walked down the streets I realized how much people were looking at me. The news must have spread like wildfire because everyone I passed was staring at me in disbelief or something l couldn't place. Some looked as if they were ready to kill whoever hurt me. Others simply stared wide-eyed as they tried to process everything that had happened and what I was doing. But when Jade saw me from afar, the little girl began running until she got to where I was and threw her arms around me, almost knocking me off my feet. She buried her face in my chest and sobbed loudly. But I shushed her, rubbing her back as
Alpha Daniel's POV “You need to sell her off," Luna said to me. ‘The sooner the better’ was what she added. I don't know what she meant by that, I hoped it wasn't what I was thinking, I really hoped it wasn't. I ignored her trying to focus on the papers that I was working on concerning the new construction site we were supposed to put up for the pack . It was still being built and there was a lot of work still to be done before the project could officially start. The job wasn't easy but neither was I. “Daniel, did you listen to anything I just said?” Luna asked exasperatedly. She leaned against my desk and looked at me expectantly. I sighed and closed my eyes. I knew she wouldn't stop so I gave in. I engaged her in the conversation knowing that I still needed to do something about this whole situation before things got out of hand. “Who are we talking about?” I didn't open my eyes to look at her when I answered. I had already given into enough today as it was. I couldn't afford