Aurora’s POV Seeing the man just standing there and staring at me with an unreadable expression made my heart clench violently in my chest. Parting my lips, I screamed until my voice broke, raw and hoarse, pleading with the man who was just a few feet away. "Please!" I sobbed, my voice cracking, and eyes wild with terror. "Please, don’t hurt me. I don’t know who sent you, just let me go!"But he didn’t move, he didn’t speak. He stood there like a statue carved from ice, tall and shadowed in the dim sunlight that filtered through the window blinds.Only his piercing, pale and emotionless eyes were visible to me now and they didn’t even flicker at my panic.“I’m not going to hurt you,” he finally said, his voice flat, like he was stating a fact and not showing mercy.I froze mid sob with my eyes wide. I blinked, as tears still streaked down my cheeks. My breath was caught somewhere in my chest.“Then… why?” I rasped, confusion marring my features, “Why did you buy? What do you want?”
Reader's POV The palace was in a disarray after Aurora's sudden return. Everyone had concluded she was dead and in no time she would be forgotten but she had returned at the peak of the moment. The council members were not left out. Everyone has a word to say no one wanted to listen to what the other was saying. While all these were going on, Asher was pacing about in circles just outside Aurora’s room.It had been more than three hours but none of them had stepped out. The only reason he has held back was because he could still hear the muffled sound of their voices as they went about trying to resuscitate her.Later that night, Asher was allowed to enter her room and the moment his eyes fell on her frail look, his heart clenched tightly against his chest. Lowering himself on the stool he had pulled to himself, he placed his hand on hers only to kick the still backwards and then joined her on the edge of her bed. Leaning close like he could not see her properly, he left his hand
Asher's POVAfter my words, there was a thick silence in the hall. I could feel the eyes of the members lingering on me but after a while I couldn't anymore.Shifting my eyes slowly, I allowed my gaze to follow their trail only to see they were all staring at Stefan. The look in their eyes was like they were urging him to speak, to say something else that I wouldn't be able to counter. I was still watching them intently when Stefan began to drum his fingers on the table and after a few seconds, he pushed his chair backwards, rising to his full height. “Tell me about it." He began. Staring at him without having a single clue of what he was up to, I felt cold beads of sweat forming on my forehead and for some reason, I began to develop cold feets. “So you admit you slept with her.” He said and in that instant, all the air in my lungs fizzled out. I was trying hard to stay focused but the probing look from the elders was not helping a bit. Taking a deep breath, I ratted out, “It w
113Asher’s POVI was barely living. Before now, all I thought that could take my peace was pack conflict, poor development of the pack and chaos in my administration. Never for once did I weigh the possibility of having to deal with a trivial case like this. While I was still searching for my mate, Miller was trying to attach herself to me and no matter how much I tried, I just couldn't push her off my back.She was there, anywhere I turned, she was always watching like a hawk stalking its prey. She was waiting for a second chance to creep in but I kept my guard up. I was no fool, I wouldn't allow her to have an upperhand over me for the second time. At that moment, I was staring out of the window in my study. My gaze was on the horizon, like I could see beyond. My head was aching, my heart was slamming furiously against my chest and my thoughts were all over the place. Right now, all I needed was a pause. I wanted everything to halt so I could assimilate all that was going on
Reader’s POVJake was pacing about with his hands folded behind him and his face scrunched up in worry. For the past few days, he hadn't been himself. The pack was yet to learn that Alpha Simone's life was hanging on the thin line. Scarlet and Emma have gotten busy, trying to take the throne for themselves. And to add to this chaos, Aurora was yet to be found. He had been getting intel from the Dark Moon Pack but it was still the same news everyday. Burying his head, he slowly lowered himself on the stone bench which was in the corner of the pack house. With his head buried into his palm, he remained motionless, ransacking his head as he tried to come up with a route.When Aurora got missing, he had no idea about it until the next morning. In fact nobody did but with the vivid description from Scarlet, it was as if she was at the scene of the incident. No one was able to detect this as they were all concerned about the poor security of the pack house. That morning, Scarlet had
Asher’s POVSlamming the door shut, I didn't move my feet. I just stood there, staring at the cold wall in front of me as my head swirled around with different thoughts. Time was moving quickly and it was terrific. Aurora had been missing for about two weeks now and there was no sign that she was alive or even a corpse that could be regarded as hers all over the region. I had done practically everything I could but they came back bouncing in my face and mocking my efforts. Some voices broke into my thoughts and immediately, I began to heed towards my office as I didn't want anyone to see me at my breaking point.As my shoes padded against the floor, my mind was racing, my chest tight with anxiety that I hadn’t felt in years.Hoping results will come out of the search, I had put all my trust in my trackers, who were the best in the region, hoping they would sniff out where she had been taken too. But what did I get, in return.A full load of disappointment. Sucking my teeth, I ki