Aurora:“Thank you” I said, smiling at the old man who handed me my hot chocolate. I pulled my wallet out of my bag to pay him only for Dante to wrap an arm around my waist, sending shivers down my spine, and handing the man his card, paying for it. I looked up at him and shook his head at me, he motioned for me not to say a word about it.He nodded at the man before pulling me away before I could respond in front of the cashier and the people who were waiting in line; however, I couldn’t help but notice that he kept his arm around me for a few more seconds before letting go “a proper man does not let a woman pay when he’s invited her out”“I wasn’t going to say anything”“I could see a thousand comments and remarks in your eyes; there’s no need to play that innocent game” he teased, making me laugh. The two of us walked around the busy streets of New York, not saying a word. The lights around us flashed on the billboards and we could hear music playing in the distance as a few kids
Dante:I kept my eyes on Aurora as the words left my mouth before I could stop them.The way she looked at me and the way her heart raced told me that she has been waiting to hear the words since she saw me; however, I was vaguely telling her about it because we had to go to the pack tomorrow. It never meant that I accepted her as my mate, not yet anyway.“How…?”“It’s getting colder, Aurora, come on, let’s get you home” I said, stopping her “the two of us are going to have a lot to do tomorrow and I think that visiting the pack…”“Wait, visiting the pack?” Aurora asked, stopping me. She frowned, running her hand over her arm, rubbing it gently.“Yes, I do believe that as Giovanni’s right hand…”“I was his right hand when it concerned work; however, I had no associations with the pack’s duties. I did visit, but it stayed there” Aurora said, stopping me. I stayed quiet for a few seconds before nodding.“You’re still coming with me and Leonardo. You can choose to either meet us there or
Aurora:“You’re still here” Bianca, one of the pack’s members noted, seeing me following Dante. Leonardo, who was walking by my side, stopped at hearing her voice, and taking a deep breath, I raised an eyebrow as my eyes met hers.“And that concerns you because?” I asked, noticing that Dante stopped his walking to listen to what she had to say.“You were only devoted to Giovanni, last I can remember, you told us all off when asked whether or not you were bound to the pack; therefore, the last thing I expected to see was you walking here with our new Alpha” she said, keeping her eyes on me, studying my expression.“I do not believe that it concerns you who she is devoted to and seeing as she is by my side, I do believe that your questions should be addressed to me” Dante said, glaring at her. Bianca’s eyes widened in surprise, and taking a step back, she looked down at her feet, avoiding looking at him in fear of his reaction.“My apologies, Alpha. I did not mean to disrespect you” Bi
Dante:“Alpha…”“Order around this pack would be followed whether or not I am here, do you understand me? Aurora would be part of this pack as long as I am allowing it, and if anyone, and I really do mean, anyone, questions that, I would not hesitate to rip his head off” I said, stopping one of the pack members from speaking. The last thing I needed now was to hear anyone’s voice after what happened. I turned to leave the Estate’s gates, not bothering to stay a second longer as the scent of my father filled my nostrils. I was well aware that he wasn’t here, whatever hole he chose to hide in, he was not within his pack’s grounds, and for that, I was thankful.“Dante…” Leonardo said, stopping me as I was entering the car “what was that back there? What happened between the two of you that pissed you off to hurt her?” “That does not concern…”“Dante, you physically hurt the woman, and if anyone knows you, it is me. The woman winced in pain and you didn’t think twice, fucking hell, she’
Aurora:I debated on whether or not to enter the office or send in one of the employees to get me my laptop’s charger.However, knowing that it would be childish to do so, I walked out of the elevator and headed straight to his office, catching his and his beta’s scents inside.I knocked on the door, knowing that he saw me, and hearing his call for me to come in, I walked inside, not bothering to spare him a second glance. “You came…”“No, I am getting my charger and I’m leaving, thank you” I said, stopping him from completing his sentence. I could feel both men’s eyes on me as I walked to the closet, and hearing the door close, I knew that Leonardo left the room without saying a word. My body tensed as I felt Dante getting closer, and turning to leave, I frowned when I found myself caged by the closet’s wall. Dante’s arms were placed either side of my head as he leaned down to look me in the eye “what are you doing, Aurora?”“I was getting my charger, and I believe that it is me wh
Dante:“You’re seriously driving toward the pack?” Aurora asked, frowning in confusion.“I insulted you there and it is only right to make it right there. Don’t worry, they won’t hurt you, and any one who does dare cross their limits with you would have to deal with me” I said, turning to look at her. She nodded at the street ahead of us, not saying a word as she indicated that I keep my eyes on the road.“We still have to deal with other things that concern the pack’s order, you do realize that, right?” Aurora asked and I nodded.“Yes, the image we left yesterday was not the best and we are going to have to fix that up too. I don’t know what Giovanni told them about me being their Alpha and frankly, it is the least of my concern” I said, turning to the gate of the pack’s estate “but to say the least, I don’t think that they were expecting any less”“You really do hate the man, don’t you?” Aurora asked, and I chuckled. My eyes darkened and seeing that, Aurora stayed quiet, dismissing
Aurora:“How do you know where my house is?” I asked, frowning in confusion, noticing that Dante was actually dropping me home when he never asked for the directions of the house.“I asked the human resources manager today because I wanted to come pass by you. No, it is not usually allowed, but I'm the boss, and they couldn’t say anything about it” Dante said, winking at me.“Why would you ask where I was living again?” I asked, crossing my arms over my chest. Dante stopped the car in front of a traffic light before turning to look at me, his eyes studying my expression for a second.“I thought that you went home and wanted to come and apologize to you for yesterday; but…”“So that’s where you were going” I said, shaking my head at him. I nodded at the green traffic light, and turning to look at the road, Dante started driving again “need I ask what were you going to tell me when you reached my house? Sorry, I know that I’m the last person that you would want to see, but I came to apo
Dante:I watched as Aurora entered the office an hour and a half later, putting a file on my desk and a hard drive on my desk. She chose to leave my office while working to work with one of the employees to get things done and if I were being honest, when I set the deadline for her, I didn’t expect her to get things done as fast. I had to admit, I could see how efficient she worked, and as much as it annoyed me, I understood why Giovanni chose to work with her in specific.“These are the things that you asked for. The financial team brought over your statements, and this has the presentations that you wanted” she said, not sparing me a second glance. I looked at the things for a second before nodding in approval “is there anything else that you need, Mr. D’Angelo?”She glared at the love bite that I had on my neck for a second before she looked me in the eye, her eyes hardening in anger and clear jealousy, her wolf reacting the same way mine did when I heard of her ex texting her. If
Leonardo:Fifteen years ago:“Leo, you shouldn’t be disrespecting your Alpha!” Angelina said, snapping at me. I had to fight letting out a low growl at the woman who wouldn’t even listen to me. The fact that she just assumed that I was disrespecting him simply because I was responding to him was something that I couldn’t get my head around, but then again, as mom always told me, he was her son, and I wasn’t. “I did not disrespect him! He was the one who yelled at me” I snapped, making mom growl in warning. And that was when I snapped “why don’t you ask me what happened? Why did you just assume that I disrespected him? He left ME to be bullied while he went back to Elena, and I asked why he didn’t help”“Would he have left his little sister to get hurt?” Angelina asked “the girl is six, and SHE was the one who was bullied, if you had defended her, it is because it is your duty. If that is something that you cannot get inside your head, why are you considering yourself her older brothe
Dante: “Are you sure that this is the first thing you want to do after being away from home for the past month?” I asked Alessandro who smirked as he crossed his arms over his chest. He looked at mom who smiled and nodded, knowing that he would be coming to her when he was done. “Yes, I have a few things to catch up on later, but for now, there is a little mosquito that I want to get rid of” he said, making me chuckle. I nodded and Alessandro, Nicolas, and I walked toward the cells. I knew that Aurora was in the house making us something to eat before I came, and we would be having the first family dinner together, as literally one family, for the first time since Alessandro was shot. Alpha Sebastian, who has something that he wants to tell Nicolas and I, was also here. Thankfully, we had an idea about what he was going to tell us, but being an Alpha, and Elena’s brothers above all, he knew that he needed to speak to us first before proceeding with anything. Seeing as I had no reaso
Eva: I stared at Madam Clara who was holding my child in her arms, trying to convince myself that this was not just a dream, and I won’t wake up not finding my son in front of me. “I named him Marcellus, Marcel for short” she said “I remember you telling me that you wanted to name him that when you were first pregnant if the baby was a boy” “How?” I asked, trying to stop my tears from falling from my eyes. Maria, who was sitting beside me, wrapped her arm around me as she pulled me to her chest, trying to comfort me. “Alpha Sebastian got us out that night. It turns out he lived in the same building at the time, and just as he was trying to escape the fire, he heard our voices. He broke the door and came inside. I don’t even know how he managed to get us out without getting any of us killed. But I remember waking up around a month or so later, with him holding Marcel in his arms, and looking at me in the hospital bed. I had lost consciousness during the fire” she said, making my he
Aurora: “Aurora, he’s opening his eyes, you can relax” Dante said, wrapping his arms around me from the back, stopping me from pacing as we waited in the waiting room. “What?” I asked, turning around to face him, hoping that this wasn’t something that I just imagined. “Your dad is waking up, the nurse just told me. They’re taking him to his room now, then we can go and see him” he said, and wrapping my arms around him, I hugged him tightly as tears fell from my eyes before I could stop them. Having changed the wedding dress to clothes that Maria bought for me, I was now wearing sweatpants and a white crop top and Dante’s suit jacket. He and Nicolas rolled their shirt sleeves up, and we’ve been here throughout the night, waiting for good news to come. “It means he’s fine, right? They’re not going to need to send him to the ER again…?” “Aurora, breathe, neonata” he whispered to me, stopping me “he is fine. The bullet didn’t touch his heart, and the lost blood, they donated to him,
Dante: I smiled as the doors opened, revealing my mate who was walking out wearing her beautiful white wedding dress. Alessandro had his arm looped with hers, and the smile on her face could be seen a mile away under the beautiful white veil she wore. Alessandro’s eyes met mine and he smiled, both happy and proud of the two of us for making such a choice. I knew that he was also happy that he, at least, got to have a chance of taking one role of a father, considering that he had lost so much time and had missed so much in his daughter’s life. Mom’s eyes met mine and the smile of proudness that was on her face was one that I would never forget, and looking at Nicolas who stood beside me as my best man, I smiled, thankful for the man who has entered my life so suddenly but changed so much about me. My brother, someone that I knew that I could at least lean on when I felt weak, and the best part was, he didn’t do it for anything in return, for once, I met a person who was being genuin
Aurora: My heart raced against my ribcage as I walked out of the dressing room, wearing my wedding dress. Anastasia, Eva, and Elena, who were my bridesmaids, gasped when they saw me. And catching sight of my reflection, I couldn’t help the tears that formed in my eyes. I never thought that I would ever live to see this moment, especially being a wolf, we didn’t really have weddings. “No, no, you are not going to ruin your makeup with your tears” Eva said, wiping my tears from my eyes before they fell. Her eyes met mine and I smiled, wrapping my arms around her, thankful for the help that she and the girls showed me. These were things that a girl mostly did with her mother and sisters, I was blessed with sisters of choice. “Thank you for today” I said, pulling away from the hug to look at the girls “all of you, I swear I don’t know what I would have done if it weren’t for you being there for me” Elena and Anastasia hugged me, and I smiled as tears fell from my eyes. And catchin
Nicolas: “Well, tonight went well” Eva said, smiling as we entered the house. The two of us have been sharing a house at the pack, mostly because we were growing closer with each passing day and I was growing both more attached to and protective over her. “Yes, thankfully” I said, running my fingers through my hair as I looked at her, admiring her. Her curves made my blood travel south where I really didn’t need it to right now. Having found her, I was sure not to touch another woman so as not to come home with a love bite or a female’s scent, fearing that she would grow upset. And respecting the fact that she might not want to rush things, especially after how she lost her mate. I wanted her to be sure that she wanted to be with me. My heart raced, and turning toward the room, I knew to dismiss myself before she caught the boner, and plus, it was not like she was going to say anything else anyway. Unless Nico Sandro was around us, she rarely ever opened a conversation; therefore,
Dante: “Dante!” Aurora laughed, trying to escape my grasp as I tickled her. The two of us were laying on bed, naked, need I add, and I was growing a little excited for my mate. “Yes, mi amor?” I asked, biting her earlobe, my voice above a whisper, making sure that my breath hit her neck. She giggled, trying to muffle her moan, of course, that didn’t work. I purred, and lowering my face to her neck, I kissed her sweet spot, gently sucking on it before turning her around, making her lay on her back as I hovered over her body. Her eyes met mine, and I smiled, running my finger over her cheek before I leaned in to kiss her. My beauty, having turned her on, spread her legs for me to settle between them, and smirking, I did as she desired. Her hips moved upwards, grinding against me, and it was seconds later that I pulled away from her lips to rest my forehead against hers and position myself at her entrance. She gasped before her back arched as I thrust into her, making sure to be as
Giovanni: “The fancy proposal of ‘The Billionaire D’Angelo’ to his lover and girlfriend Aurora” I read out loud, rolling my eyes as I read the news. I tapped my fingers on the armrest twice as the picture of Dante on his knee in front of Aurora as she looked at the ring as he placed it in her finger. I folded the newspaper that I was reading before throwing it aside, and shaking my head at how things got to where they were; however, it wouldn’t be long before their perfect love story ended. I just needed to find the perfect timing to do it. “Boss, she is losing it again” Santos, my new second hand, said, entering my office. The man did not bother knocking on the door, not that he needed to, the door was wide open considering that no one, aside from him, dared approach this room to begin with. I sighed and got up from my chair, picking up the newspaper and taking it with me, knowing that it would be the perfect chance, before heading toward Gabriella’s room where she was locked an