جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 10

AURORA'S POV: Jon doesn’t move. He just stands there, looking at me like I’m supposed to understand what he just said.I don’t."You’re… what?" I ask, glancing at Cali for some kind of sanity check.She looks just as stunned. "Did he just say mate? Like… soulmate? Or like… kangaroo mate?" Jon ignores her, his green eyes locked on mine. "I know this sounds crazy, but you’re my mate. My-" "Nope." I cut him off and take a step back. "I don’t know what you think is happening here, but I’m not your anything." Something flickers in his expression, something almost hurt but he schools his face quickly. "You don’t understand yet.""You’re right. I don’t."And I don’t plan to. I turn on my heel and walk away, ignoring the stares, the whispers. Jon Drago can take his weird Australian nonsense and keep it far, far away from me. I have enough drama in my life to come and start adding boys to it. The first half of the day goes by pretty quickly thankfully because I'm alre

AURORA’S POV: I wake up to the sound of rain tapping against my window. For a moment, I lie there, staring at the ceiling, hoping - praying- that yesterday was just a dream. I had to pop sleeping pills last night because I kept on seeing eyes of people I don't want to.Jon’s claim. Arc’s reaction. The impossible idea that I might be… something else.But when I sit up, the sinking feeling in my chest tells me the truth.It wasn’t a dream.I drag myself out of bed and head downstairs, dreading school, dreading everything. Ava greets me with a smile as she sets a plate of pancakes on the table. "Morning, sweetheart.""Morning," I mumble, sliding into my usual seat. Jon is already at the table, watching me. His gaze is heavy, unreadable. I don’t acknowledge him.I pretend everything is fine.I pretend I don’t feel his stare burning into the side of my face.Halfway through breakfast, he clears his throat. "Aurora-" "Nope," I interrupt, stabbing my fork into my pancake.Jon

AURORA'S POV: Cali and I have just finished class. The entire school is hyped up about the upcoming pep rally and I, on the other hand cannot wait for it to be over already. "Let's go to the field, please. Pwetty please." She batts her eyelashes at me with a pout on her lips. I release a defeated sigh. Cali has been bugging me all day to come and watch her cheerleading practice. Normally, I would have definitely gone with her but today is a huge exception. The entire school is hyped up with the pep rally being tomorrow night and to make it worse, there's a football match too. All of these means that the field will definitely be packed. Packed means noise. I. Definitely. Don't. Need. That. "Ok, let's go." A wide smile spreads on Cali's lips which almost makes me smile but I catch myself just in time. We step out into the school field. The sun hangs low in the sky, casting long shadows over the football field. The air is filled with the chatter of students scatter

AURORA'S POV: My breath gets stuck in my throat as I suddenly struggle to breathe. "Wha-what do you mean?" My voice comes out more shaky than I would have liked it to be. "It would be nice to finally drink some human blood after twenty eight years, don't you think? I'm quite tired of that stale animal blood." His smile turns sinister and his white fangs suddenly look more pointy. This is not the way I envisioned myself dying at all. This is so not it. "Please...please, don't kill me. You are not even supposed to kill your mate, are you?" "Hmmm... I do like it when you beg... Moreover, you do have a point. I can't kill my mate but I can definitely mark her as mine and mine alone." "Mark me how? I am not about to become some vampire's wife. I'm just a girl." He stares at me for some seconds, expressionless before bursting into laughter. I raise my eyebrow in confusion. What is making him laugh? I'm here worried and terrified to my core about loosing my life

Arc’s POV:I don’t stop driving fast until I’m out of view. Past the edge of her house. Past the lamplight. Into the shadows where I belong. Only then do I let out the breath I didn’t know I was holding.What the hell did I just do? I ran my fangs into her neck. Her neck. Aurora. It's not because I lost control. No… I chose to do it. I asked.She said yes.But still. I tasted her. And now I’m ruined.The taste of her still lingers on my tongue, like warmth and sun and something ancient. Something mine. It was nothing like the sterile animal blood I’ve numbed myself with all these years. Her blood felt like a jolt to my deadened veins. Like being alive again.That should’ve scared me. It should’ve made me run far, far away.Instead, all I can think about is how close her body was to mine… how soft her skin felt under my mouth. How her breath hitched the second my fangs pierced her.She trusted me. And I almost didn’t want to stop. I stop walking and lean against a tree, pre