Hope Chest Aurora Novels & Stories

If it weren't for my seatbelt, I would have been thrown out of the vehicle. My heart thrashed in my chest in a wild rhythm that echoed in my ears. I clutched the steering wheel tightly in my iron grasp until my fist blanched white and I felt my eyes flash from their usual ocean blue to deadly obsidian. A warning growl vibrated the earth beneath the paws of the four wolves, showing them I wasn't an ordinary wolf. I was an alpha and they should think twice before fucking with me.

“It’s just a pot. The department store isn’t going anywhere. We can buy one anytime. But if we miss this, it’s gone forever! Isn’t a camera way more romantic than a pot? “Oh, right. I checked our joint account earlier, and there was still some money left, so I bought plane tickets. Hurry and pack your bags! We’re taking the new camera to Iceland tonight to chase the northern lights!” I didn’t say anything. I just set the grocery bags down. Then, I quietly pulled out my phone and opened our joint savings account. Our balance was 41 cents. It wasn’t even enough for us to pay this month’s water bill. Meanwhile, Cole’s excited voice kept going beside me. “Babe, listen. This camera has incredible

Mira marked her words when Angel’s wolf finally was able to reach Mira’s hearing. ‘Reach him.’ “Alarick...” Mira muttered when she heard Angel’s wolf’s voice before her sight changed and the darkness of the memory lane opened up into another space. The space contained a neutral grey palette from light to darker shades. It had a mixed vibe, from the calm breeze of day and night to a very dark touch of stormy weather. Which can be serene but gloomy at the same time. Mira looked around until she found something at the center, Angel's soul core. It was a glass piano but the pieces were like a jigsaw puzzle and broken.

Aurora finally snapped out of her shock and turned to him, mouth still slightly open. "You…You booked a limousine? Just like that?" Asher smirked, looking completely unbothered. "Why not?" Aurora blinked at him, then back at the limousine, then back at him. "Because it's a freaking limousine, Asher!" Ian snorted at her reaction, clearly enjoying the moment. "Aurora, sweetheart, do you realize who you're talking to? He could’ve booked a private jet if he wanted" Aurora threw him a look before exhaling sharply. She shook her head in disbelief.

That Night — 3:15 AM The rain poured in torrents, masking the sound of Aurora’s footsteps as she slipped through the dark hallways. She wore a simple black raincoat, carrying nothing but a small backpack with her mother's old photos, her journals, and a thick stack of cash she had slowly managed to steal from Adrian’s study desk over the past month. She slipped through the kitchen’s side door, holding her breath as she ran toward the loading dock. The large, refrigerated delivery truck was idling, its driver inside the security kiosk signing paperwork. Aurora didn't hesitate. She scrambled into the back of the truck, squeezing herself behind a massive stack of wooden crates, shivering from b

That told me everything. I tapped the screen in front of me, and the display shifted. Two logos appeared side by side. Crown Luxe. Aurora. “I built Aurora quietly,” I said. “Not as rebellion. As preparation.” Chairman Liu’s mouth twitched approval disguised as neutrality. “Aurora was designed to be adaptive,” I continued. “Lean supply chains. Transparent governance. Design-forward without sacrificing heritage. Everything Crown Luxe could have become if it hadn’t calcified around one man’s ego.”

“But he’s not my——“ never mind. I was dumbfounded because he stopped the rain for me. Is that why he was so sound asleep? Did he get tired and was out of mana? I heard that controlling the weather costs a lot of mana. I went up to the deck and smelled the fresh breeze. The night has ended, as well as the typhoon, all thanks to Zale. I smiled seeing the dolphins greet me and the rising sun. I wasn't so sick anymore, unlike yesterday.

"You, Delmor, and Hector had been poisoned with a mixture of silver and wolfsbane. I don't know-how, yet, but somehow a liquid mixture was pumped through your quarters through the ventilation system. Delmor and Hector are down the hall, they just woke yesterday. You are very lucky Alpha, not only is your mate smart, but strong and courageous too. If it wasn't for her, the three of you would not be here." I looked at Aura, "how?" I asked. "Would you like me to tell him?" Dr. Horace asked. Aura nodded a strange look on her face. "Aura heard a hissing sound coming from the vent, followed by a strange smell. From her time in your prison, she learned what wolfsbane and silver smelled like. When

She was wearing a cream dress but nothing like the one she wore to the Company Dinner, this one was more modest, it's knee length with bell sleeves and lace designs on it and a simple round neck line, Aurora put her hair up and put on a simple necklace and a pair of earrings, with a pair of cream peep toe pointed heels. During the week, Aurora had come contact with a familiar looking Rolex watch, it was the one she bought back in Italy for Nate, it seemed like a century ago that she bought it and she hadn't gotten a chance to give it to him, that day seemed perfect and she had plans to give it to him at the end of the day.

Close enough now that she could smell cedarwood and cold winter air again. Mate. Aurora's wolf stirred painfully beneath her skin. She hated it. Hated herself more. Kael's gaze lowered slightly. Toward her face. Toward her lips. Aurora stopped breathing for one terrible second. The air suddenly felt too heavy. Too warm. Too dangerous. Then pain. Sharp pain exploded through her chest instantly. Aurora gasped softly before she could stop herself. Her hand flew against her chest immediately. No. Not now. Not in front of him.