Aurora’s POV
Michael broke up with me over the phone later that day, but he did it in the middle of the night, probably expecting that I would be asleep by then but I wasn’t.In fact, I was at my friend, Jasmine’s house, devouring a large cone of ice cream to calm my nerves when I got the notification of his text.Jasmine and I had been really close around freshman year, but then we drifted apart a little because that was exactly when Michael had decided to step up our friendship game a notch, and like the bitch that I was, I had abandoned her, focusing instead on the stupid thing I had going on with Michael; and now I regretted it.I couldn’t even look into her eyes for fear of what she would say to me about it. Fortunately, she said nothing… until Michael texted.“So this is it?” She cried incredulously, pointing at the screen of my phone as if it was some sort of vile object. “He’s just gonna dump you after everything? Even when you’re both mates?!”At the mention of the word ‘mate’, I doubled over as if in physical pain and held my chest. I could feel a burning sensation in my chest but I had no idea what it was.In a bid to calm it down a little, I scooped some more ice cream and dumped them into my mouth, but instead of feeling better, I felt worse!It felt as though something was ripping me apart from the insides. I cried out in pain as I fell to the floor. I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t say a word. It felt as though my world was being ripped apart and I could feel it as it was being torn down, bit by bit.“It hurts!” I cried, grabbing at my chest and writhing in pain but Jasmine neither said nor did anything as she sat by me, patting my back.At first, I wanted to yell at her to get help because I just couldn’t fathom why she would decide to just watch me when I was in obvious pain but I couldn’t open my mouth to speak.The pain went on for a few more minutes and after it had successfully subsided only a little, I snapped; “why didn’t you call for help?”Tears streamed down my eyes as I screamed but right now, I wasn’t sure if it was because Jasmine had refused to call for help or because Michael had just broken up with me. I just knew that I felt sad, so sad that I could no longer control my tears.“Why?!” I yelled.“Arie, I’m sorry but trust me you wouldn’t want anyone to see you like that… it’s shameful and I feel bad that I had to witness it.” She said softly, causing my eyes to widen in surprise.I had no idea what she was talking about but from the looks of things, the thing that had just happened to me wasn’t a mere chest pain. It was something more, something that I had no idea of but Jasmine knew all too well.“Jasmine?”“I’m sorry,” she interrupted, waving her hands dismissively. It has happened already, and trust me I won’t tell anyone about it!”Her words seemed to throw me off every time she said something new, and with confusion burning my insides, I sat back down on the cold floor, the ice cream cone next to me was totally forgotten.“Would you believe me if I said that I do not understand a word you say?” I asked quietly, looking down at my hands like it was suddenly the most intriguing thing in the world.My face flushed in embarrassment when I saw the look of shock on Jasmine’s face, and with a derisive laugh, she muttered; “you mean, you did not know you just felt your mate bond get ripped off?”As soon as he said those words, my eyes snapped open in shock. “What do you mean?!”“What I mean is, Michael’s already rejected you… and being the coward that he was, he couldn’t do it to your face but rather waited till you were supposed to be asleep, thinking that it’ll help nullify the pain maybe just a little.”A sudden silence descended in my head. I couldn’t make out anything anymore; nothing made sense to me aside from the fact that I had just been rejected. I felt tears well in my eyes, burning on my eyelids but they never dropped.“…you were always better off without him, let it go!” She said softly but as soon as she said those words, my anger flared and with it burning my insides, I rose to my feet and snarled;“You cannot tell me to simply just let it go because I can’t! Do you know how long I’ve doted on him?! Do you know how happy I felt to be his mate? Only for him to simply just turn around and leave like I was nothing but a bug he’s been trying to get rid of! Do you know how that feels?!”“Of course I do!” She shouted back, rising to her feet to be at the same height as me. “I know exactly how it feels because I’ve also been there once!” She added, causing my eyes to widen in shock.I stared at her for a long while, searching through her eyes to see if she was simply making this up but then when I saw the unshed tears in those deep cerulean eyes of hers, my heart broke again, but this time, it wasn’t for me… it was for her.“You forget that I’m a year older than you are… and so, I am supposed to have found my mate by now.” She mumbled under her breath, causing me to feel more sympathy toward her than I felt for myself.“Oh,”“He’s Trevor, the head of the school’s baseball team,” She said and as soon as she mentioned his name, I gasped in realization.Trevor was the perfect bad boy of our pack school. He had every girl’s pants in a twist, well aside from mine because I was busy clinging around Michael to notice anyone else.At some point, there were rumors about him and Jasmine but then it quieted down, and nobody said a word again. Maybe it was that time! I thought about asking her about it but then, after deciding that she talked at her own pace, I simply said;“Who doesn’t know Trevor?”Jasmine laughed at me, and then with a small forlorn smile, she added;“Trevor found out that we were mates, and then told me about it. I was elated that I had one of the hottest boys in school but do you know what? I was wrong!” Her voice trailed off as she cried.“On my birthday, I finally felt the bond… and to celebrate it, we went to a party. We drank, we had sex, and did all sorts of nasty things, even way worse than you can imagine.”“In the middle of that same night, he rejected me and then went off to tell all his friends that he had popped my cherry!… So you see? I’ve gone through it, and worse.” She exclaimed, causing my eyes to widen in shock.“I believe that Michael wouldn’t stop tormenting you now though, so you just have to be prepared.”Her words made me gasp in shock. I couldn’t believe that someone could be that evil and to think that he still jovially called her out whenever he walked past her in the school halls made him even more evil.I slumped back on the floor, picked up the now-molten ice cream, and gulped it down.All these were just too much to take in…Unknown POV: (3 years later) Klaus and Aurora sat by the veranda, looking out at the field while young children played around, young children about their children’s age. Aurora was happy and her heart felt full… but somehow, somewhere deep inside her heart, she felt uneasy. She didn’t know what was wrong but she did know that she was uncomfortable. Her eyes wandered to where her children sat and seeing how they were still so engrossed with their toys, she smiled. “Maybe, I’m just so paranoid.” She mused, causing Klaus to turn to her. He asked her what she had said and after telling him about her thoughts, he let out a breath and muttered; “it’s been several years now, love. We’re fine now. Everyone is happy now… stop overthinking these things. The children, the pack is safe.” “But the children are too strong.” Aurora cried, “…it would take just one glance at them for an outsider to know that they’re different. They don’t even act like their mates!” “And how do you expect
Aurora’s POV:The glasses clinked as Klaus and I made a toast and while everyone sipped from our glasses, we didn’t. We only took the first sip after the toast and then poured most of the remaining contents of our drinks on the paper in the bin. It was our Prenuptial agreement. The stupid arrangement that Klaus had come up with when we first met. A smile tugged at my lips as I remembered those times and in awe of how much we’ve grown since then, I leaned into him for a hug.“Thank you,” I whispered, kissing his chest, uncaring if my red lipstick would stain his crisp white shirt. He didn’t seem to bother too as he also leaned closer, placed a kiss on my forehead, and whispered;“No, thank you, my love.”I blushed.It was the fiercest blush I have had in a while and everyone who noticed this began to laugh excitedly. At this moment, I looked around us, at my parents who were cheering and clapping at Bella while she made funny faces at David and Davina, at Jasmine who had tears stream
Aurora’s POV:I watched in curiosity as the flames lit up the evening sky, causing tons of smoke to fill the atmosphere in an almost suffocating manner. There were agonized screams coming from everywhere, but it was one from agony not from pain. Agony because a source of their livelihood was burning down, agony because a lot of money was being burnt to a crisp. Nobody was in pain, no. Klaus and I made sure no one would get hurt.While everyone had a piece of cloth or paper covering the lower parts of their face to block their nostrils from the angry fumes, I didn’t. I took it all in, giggling and happy.Klaus was standing beside me and he seemed just as pleased as I was. The only difference was that he wasn’t showing his emotions on his face. He still appeared stoic and nonchalant.One of Klaus’ soldiers held a limp Michael by his collar while he was made to watch his lifelong sweat go down the drain. He was quiet all through but his emotions were as bright as day. Tears streaked his
Aurora’s POV:My breath hitched in my throat as I watched Damon saunter into the room, brandishing a large gun on his shoulders. I saw more than a few Elders shrink away in fear and I almost barked out a laugh from how stupid they appeared doing that.However, I was quickly snapped to the present when I felt something cold against my skin and I frowned when I saw that it was the gun and that Damon was pressing it against my head.“And what is happening here?” He asked no one in particular, but his gaze was planted firmly on Klaus’ face.Without thinking, I pushed the gun away and got up, standing between Klaus and Damon. “What are you doing here?” I asked him instead, evading his question.I saw Damon’s eyes widen but I wasn’t sure if it was because he noticed that I wasn’t scared of him even with a gun or because of something else entirely. Choosing that opportunity, I stepped closer to him until we were almost standing chest to chest and whispered;“Leave… nothing here is any of you
The chatter in the room died down as soon he stepped in with his mate stalking behind him. Normally, anyone who saw them would think she was hiding behind him but that was unlike the case here.She was protecting him. She was his aide, his bodyguard, and his Luna.People knew them. Word had gotten out. She was the last of her kind. The only white wolf left in their entire world and people feared her for that. The elders who once wanted Klaus out of the throne because he wasn’t ‘fit’ now thought otherwise. With a Luna like her, you would always be fit.“King Klaus!” An old man with a boisterous voice called out. His voice rang around the room and when Aurora turned to regard him, he shrunk into his chair.Aurora always wanted to be respected, not feared. These days after a lot of people came to know what she was, she noticed that many now feared her. Those who respected her before feared and respected her now, and those who never respected her only feared her now.Right now, ignoring t
Klaus’ POV: I watched her, my mate, with fascination as she wiped the sweat off her face with the back of her hand and stepped away from the now limp form of a beat-up Alpha; and I couldn’t help but feel more proud of her than I already was. I loved how she’d gotten every information she wanted out of Michael without laying a finger on him… but considering the amount of damage she’d done to him, I wasn’t sure I could still classify her methods of torture as not laying a finger on him. She smiled at me when she came up to me, a smile that was so bright no one could imagine what she had been doing for the past hour. She handed her phone to me and I smiled when I noticed that it was still recording, even until now. Quietly, I shut it off and pulled her into a hug. “Thank you…” I whispered but she shook her head immediately. “What—?” “No, thank you,” She whispered lovingly, “…for acknowledging that this is my fight and not trying to get into it. At first, I didn’t know what to