AURORAThere was no way I was getting up from this bed if it meant I could miss another lesson from Lizra. She didn’t know that I was better and it was BETTER it remained that way. I wouldn’t be able to stand her lectures… just not today.She opened the curtains and I growled at her when the sun rays hit my face. “Rise and shine, Aurora.”“That’s so cliché,” I told her as she chuckled softly.“We have much to catch up on today and we’ll be talking about a very interesting topic that interests me. If you do well on this one, we’ll proceed to practice and if not, we’ll go on some more drilling till you get it right. Now I…”If only I was listening.I coughed as loud and sickly as I could but she didn’t hear because she kept on bickering about how this was her favorite and how much I would ‘enjoy’ it. I coughed again, so hard this time that my chest felt like claws had scraped it.Then she turned to me, her eyes widened as she walked over. “That doesn’t sound right. Are you fine, Aurora?

AURORAIt’s been hours but anytime my mind wanders to it, I just mouth ‘wow’ and shake my head. I should be ashamed for forgetting that there were more than just three elements. How could I forget about earth? The very fucking thing I stand on. Why didn’t we ever bother to search for the wolf with the elemental power of earth?The answer was quite simple, really. It had been centuries before elemental gifts returned to the territories, finding three was so huge that they forgot everything else and straight up began calling us The Chosen Three…‘I still think they could’ve thought of a better name.’…when we should’ve been The Chosen Four all along.It felt guiltily good knowing that Lizra had trusted me well enough to tell me this and for the first time in a long time, I felt… wanted. It was a lot to take in, no lie, but I was certain it was even much more for her to have born all this time.She said that because rogues took her wolf away from her, her powers were dormant and weak. Tha

AURORAMy heart leaped and I was quick to hide the sketch under the jumper I recently removed, breathing fast as I turned to him. Goddess, I almost died back there.“There’s something called knocking!” I reminded him, getting off my chair and side-eyeing my sketchpad unnoticeably to see if it was properly hidden.Adrian.My attention heightened when I saw him wearing a red crimson top and shorts, something my dad would wear when playing golf with his fellow Alphas—which rarely happens. My room lights were at the brightest and even with my poor eyesight, I could see him so clearly now.His skin, even with his age and all he might’ve gone through in his rule, was like a baby’s own—if you overlook the mouth-watering tattoos and few scars—and so much of his leg muscles, along with his hand muscles, were exposed so don’t mind me if it takes a lot of time to… process it.His midnight black hair was so long now that it was bothering his face and I could tell it reached the back of his neck.

AURORAUnnoticed by everyone else, I was at the entrance of the packhouse, surveying the grounds from above the stairs but the Alpha has never been like ‘everyone else’ so it was no surprise when I discovered that his eyes were already on me—like he’d been waiting for me to walk out the door all this time. Smirking, his eyes unconsciously trailed my body, studying me as though it was the first time he was seeing me in Claw Leather. But when I think about it, he always looks at me like it’s his first time.Just to further delay my arrival here, I let the maids work their ‘delightful’ magic on my hair and despite it being nothing like what I had described—I asked for something to match my uniform—I couldn’t say it wasn’t beautiful.They made me look princess-y with a royal pin-up, my curls dangling from an exotic knot on my head like trinkets of a crown, and eye-matching gleaming sapphires which gave light to the darkness.I still looked b

AURORAIt’s been a few days since the training lessons and it amazed me how all the hours just passed by in a blur… I can’t account for how exactly I spent my days. It feels that way when Adrian and I haven’t talked in a while. Or seen each other for that matter.The coward’s been hiding ever since we sealed the deal to take me to the pack. I couldn’t let him change his mind after me, Lizra and his aides had celebrated it with another evening talk outside—including some good sketching, stories, and drinking.And also me secretly fantasizing about how Silverclaw must be at night. I’ve heard good things about it. Today was Saturday and the only thing that’s more fun than a Saturday night in a club is a Friday night.‘Do you think Adrian would ever let you in a club?’I rolled my eyes at Evolet’s pessimism again. ‘Dylan said…’‘What Dylan said doesn’t matter? Adrian’s the Alpha and your mate, he technically rules the pack.’