AURORA-I wanted to escape from his hand grabbing my throat, his hand pinning me down, I felt blood trickling out of the cloth and the knot loosened.The bandage came out with his hand as I pushed him away and stood right back up. His eyes met Zeus’ glare; he looked down at the ground doing nothing for a while.“Don’t go easy on me, I won’t be worthy that way…” I gave him time to come back out his anxiety. He looked at me and then at Zeus again.“Don’t look at him, do you want a failed Luna to rule you?” I can’t let Zeus manipulate him. I’ve been a jerk all this time.Now, I have to do something to prove myself, I turned my gaze at Zeus threatening him to not make this battle unfair.He sighed looking away, his gaze telling me, ‘Do whatever you want but I’ll kill him if he hurts you again’.I’m so sure, I’ll have this man beside me even if the world is burning or melting away into ashes, to know that he’ll become the umbrella when it rains, a island if in I’m drowning in the ocean.I
ZEUS-[“Zeus… come I’ll show you something.” My dad grabbed my hand, I was alone, I am alone. my father says my mother is gone, and it’s been five years and she isn’t back yet.I want to know where she is, so, that I can go meet her, hug her, but it’s not possible, I’m just five years old and can’t go out on my own.Dad will kill me, and I’m scared of him. I manage to laugh, sometimes, but smiling takes a toll on my body so I try to act indifferent to all those feelings.I was only adapting to it slowly, “Hold it…” he handed a huge sword almost my weight to me, my legs stumbled however, my curious eyes wanted to know it was.I tried a hold it but couldn’t handle its weight and sliced my own arm, that’s when I realized that it is a very dangerous thing and I threw it away.“It hurts…” I cried, my arm bleeding but instead of showing some love my father pressed the wound with his fingers.“This is the pain you need to grow up with…” he roared, I hissed trying to break free, but failed. H
AURORA-He’s been acting weird, ever since last night. He didn’t open his eyes or something but I can roughly guess that he remembers that nightmare.And not matter how hard he’s trying to make it seem like nothing’s going on, I can tell, he’s suffering. His smile seems fake and forced.What happened? I really want to know what caused it, why is he suffering? That night, his behavior in the car, it was something I shouldn’t have overlooked.Everywhere I go, I find myself blaming for things. How am I good for him? How am I any good than his father?His father…Zeus’ father, he must have the answers. He should, he might be the one triggering his trauma. But am I ready to meet him and act cool?Too bad I want to kill him but, it’ll ruin the bond, Zeus and I have, it’s already on the verge of shattering.But what good am I if, I don’t overcome this need to kill him and talk to Alaric like a human, in decency. I have to do it.I stomp upstairs, my heart beat dropping as quickly it rises up
AURORA-“Hey… Zeus… it’s me… Aurora…” I stood back up, my hands around his waist. He was having another attack/ seizure, I don’t know what to call it.Why is it so frequent, he’s an Alpha, he can’t heal? But again, healing is all physical, it’s the will that restore all mental wounds.“Let me go…” he roared putting his own hand on his throat, he’s choking himself, why? I wish I had… fuck with your regrets, do something.I embraced him tightly, my head buried deep inside his chest, “Easy… there there, calm down…” it’s slow, gradually the speed of his heart race is decreasing.I helped him remove his hand from his neck, I rub his back, “look t me…” my calm voice somehow made him calm as well.His breathing is still shallow, he’s looking at me but it feels like he is seeing right through me, a different dimension, a lost world, a lost kid… his childhood perhaps.“Come here…” I grab his hand taking him inside, I sat him down and hide his face in my chest. He is hugging me tightly, as if h
AURORA-That weird blood scent, it belonged to Alaric? Zeus killed his own father? I don’t know how or what to feel about it.Alaric was a true beast, but he his father and it’s normal to feel the loss and cry about it. He’s been hiding that pain, even from himself for so long, he needs to let it out, before this guilt consumes him.It was a long journey, a very long journey to bring us here, in the realty but again, I can’t send him back in the past, letting him live there, no.In order to stop having these nightmares, he needs to let go of this guilt.“Where is she?” I heard a familiar voice, my body automatically rushed towards it. I closed the door behind me gently not letting it ruin Zeus’ peace.He barely slept last night; I don’t want him to get disturbed again. I knew who this voice belonged to however, what I didn’t know was how to face it, the reality, the things I’ve been numbing my thoughts about.“Aurora Ogre…” another roar and I walked quickly. “Where do you think you’re
AURORA-“Why act all innocent now?” she smirked, her eyes shining from happiness. I don’t know what to feel but it’s creeping me out, her smile, her words, they’re just telling me that Dabria was never kind.Perhaps, I made her this way, she’s been trapped inside that cell, every sane person can go mad in there… all alone, hoping for some light, that’s never gonna come.“I wrote it, Fridolf came to me suddenly, saying that I knew Athena and he needs a little in return for my son’s grave… I’d give him the world, you remember my son?” he taunted, her eyes shed tears as she mentioned Cyrus.I was again short on words, I didn’t know what to say, “My son who died just to help you from that bastard Zeus… but what did you do? How did you pay for his kindness? By falling for that very inhuman man who killed him…”Please stop… stop… “I’m sorry… I really am, but Zeus is not inhuman. I owe Cyrus my life but I won’t let you talk ill about Zeus…” why was I talking to her like that?“You bitch, you
AURORA-“Listen lady, I don’t want to kill you, just leave before I change my mind. consider yourself forgiven for touching her but---” Zeus warned however got interrupted.“Touch her? I’ll kill her myself, if not today then tomorrow, but I will and you, or your pets, none of them will be able to stop me…” she sighed at the end, her words slicing my heart into pieces, all I want is to ease this pain but it’s not possible.“Azrael, throw her out. It’s because of her you managed to leave this mansion, or else you would still be locked behind those bars so, don’t let this rage get to yourself!!” he picked me up in his arms walking away.I hid my face inside Zeus’ chest, wanting to go blind to the bitterness of the truth, to the worst reality, I clenched his collar with both my hands, shivering from dread.Zeus seemed angry, a lot, since he didn’t talk to me. I stood before him as he tried to keep himself busy with work that I wouldn’t call as ‘work’ specially.Flipping pages before readi
AURORA-“Are we never gonna talk?” I sat down on the ground letting the sunlight set in. The apricity calming my senses down and I breathe in the heavenly air.“…” was all he said, I coughed in embarrassment, “Hey drop that attitude and get your ass down here…” I commanded and he followed, frowning.I gasped, I saw Azrael frowning, I’m ready to die now. I smirked, “You know we’re friends, right?” I elbowed him with a slight smile.“…” was all he said, I mean say something. “Azrael, why break a bond because of something that’ll never happen?”He looked at me, but then looked away, his gaze fixated at the ground picking the grass, he’s a kid, he’s such a kid.“You know its funny how you think we can go on without talking. Clearly, I have no intention of leaving this place---” I spurted nonsense but got intercepted by him.“Good, because I’ll leave… I’ve talk to Alpha and he agreed to it… I’ll be going back where I came from.” He’s talking to the grass, ignoring my existence, I liked the
AURORA-My body is aching, Zeus was merciless yesterday, and I believe I’ve slept for fourteen hours straight. No one bothered to wake me up, and I opened my eyes to find out that a new day has begun.I got up leaving outside, Zeus and I are finally together, and I loved every moment of it. I'm glad he didn’t hate me, I'm glad everything went well, despite the problems we had to go through.“No, no, no.” I heard the familiar voice and whatever sleep I had in my eyes vanished.“Elinor?” I shouted running toward the ground. The voice turned into laughter and I saw Elinor giggling with Zeus, both of them lying on the ground, as Zeus was tickling her.“Don’t ruin it.” my legs stopped on the voice and I turned to see Azrael standing before me.“H---how are you---”“How am I here?” Azrael muttered and walked in my direction. “it was time for me go out of the picture.”“What’s that supposed to mean?” I shivered just by his words.“Elinor found your wedding photos, Aurora. I couldn’t do much.
ZEUS-I love her, and my undying love for her knows no bound. But, I'm insecure, I'm insecure she’ll again choose whatever over me, and can I be blamed for that? Can she be blamed for that?My meanness and her kindness always clash, always. And I don’t believe in opposites attract but fuck. I am angry, jealous and dying every moment she looks at other man, even if it is Arthur, they are bonding way too much now, they need a fucking break.And I am angry because I can’t stay angry at her, so maybe I'm acting to be rude while I don’t give a fuck about my own pride, this girl ate me alive. And as much as I want to drag her to my room, I can’t.“Are you going to fill me up with your silence?” She is so nervous that the dark part of me is enjoying it very much, more than I should. “I wonder if Alfred should serve us today?” I posed a question again but she didn’t dare look at me. so apparently, me mentioning Alfred’s name was not much of a trigger.She wasn’t saying anything and it was now
AURORA-Three more days and nothing, we have nothing on our hand. Zeus is still unconscious, still very much the same, though he’s breathing and maybe healing, we see positive signs but I need more, more than that.We avoided war, not we, Alfred did it. He stopped him pack, the soul sorcerers, the Alpha or Kian for that matter didn’t come after me because Alfred chose to let me go. And they had to listen to him, everyone knew Alfred will single handedly kill the whole pack, or maybe cause severe damage if not that.Arthur is still dying with the pain, the loss of Halsey but nothing can’t be done. She and Dabria plotted against us, Dabria informed the soul sorcerers about my existence and that I have a daughter, she thought I have broken all ties with Zeus, which was right. And that I would have no backup.I am a mother now, and I want to say I get how she felt but I am a selfish mother. And she tried to take my daughter away from me, and nothing, nothing could make me angrier than thi
AURORA-“I knew you’d come back to me.” He smiled and I looked around to see if Arthur is here or not, I am being delusional, of course, he is not here. Alfred took care of him, them.“I didn’t come to you.” I say, without looking him in the eyes. Because I am embarrassed of my own self, of my own stupidity of breaking hearts though it is always intentional.And truth be told, this shouldn’t worry me even a bit, but it does, and it shatters me in ways I don’t expect. Alfred as a being is kind inside that coating of pretending to be callous, he is not cruel, or maybe not to me. Alfred deserves to be loved by someone who truly cares for him. I'm not that someone, I love Zeus and look at the damage I've brought to him, so what will happen to Alfred, who I don’t even love?“You’re not?” He tried to smile, I noticed the dark circles under his eyes, the sleepless eyes that wanted to shut off but he wasn’t allowing them to. The tiredness on his face and the glow of those amber eyes was lost
AURORA-I woke up, my eyes burning from the poison, probably the side effects of wolfsbane, but I was breathing and was back in our mansion.I was back home, safe and breathing, in my own room. The first thing I do is look for Zeus, I want to see him. his wound was closer to his already healing heart, plus that poison was made for primordial not a normal werewolf.My breathing went erratic, and I paused before entering his room. There was no sign of Elinor here, she was not back, and was safe with Azrael, this gave me some peace of mind and I gulped.I don’t want to have bad thoughts and barged in, my heart heaved a heavy sigh and it got stuck in my throat, I couldn’t move and only saw him lying lifeless on the bed.“Zeus---” I etched, my voice not coming out firm and my lips wobbled as I took a step not having energy to move further. I tried to smile, “Zeus, I know you’re angry with me.”I didn’t want to believe the sight before me, I was in denial and wanted to stay that way forever
ZEUS-Death? What is it? Death is the look Aurora had on her face when I let go of myself, when I said things, I wanted to regret but didn’t.When I said I hated her because for a moment I actually wanted it to be true, but I can’t, I can’t hate her. She will be the death of me yet I won’t be able to hate her, she gave this life a life so, why would I hate her if she takes it back?But only after Arthur’s taunting I realized that I was complete jerk for the girl who was again sacrificing again her happiness because of me, so that I can breathe, and I hated my life, myself to be this helpless.All the arrogance I had in me, about being the strongest, rigid and stout, it all crumpled into a piece of paper later on dumped into a bin.Aurora is forever gonna choose everything over me, saying it her duty to keep me safe, what am I doing? This girl lost her world, the beautiful life she had before she met me, I ruined it. I became the death of her happiness and yet she’s doing her best to k
AURORA-“Somewhere safe… for now?” Kian teased and my nerves tensed up with fear. The dread of happening something to Elinor made all the possibilities to think numb in my brain and I paralyzed.I looked at Alfred who promised to keep Elinor out of it had nothing to say, but for some reason, he was just as shocked as I was however, I wasn’t foolish enough to believe him, or his fake reaction.“I always love having an upper hand, especially when Alfred is dumb enough to gladly listen to all the ranting you do. we wanted power and fear in our enemy’s eyes gives us that.” Kian almost snorted.“You are of no use, we need soldiers and not those who defy us. You became a rebel the day you stood up before me, we don’t want that shit. Henceforth, I’ll train Elinor or I’ll kill her there’s no third option.“W---what happened to Azrael?” I gasped for air, I failed, like every time I failed and nothing, nothing went my way, I failed.“He’s alive… barely. So, either you back off or see her die. W
AURORA-“Hurry, we need to leave.” He muttered panicking.“M---Mirage and Ian, they’re inside.” I say still looking down on the ground, processing the reality.“Don’t worry about them, they escaped too---”“Where will we go? They will come after us, he will come after me, he will kill you. no---, Zeus you have to go back.” I shiver merely from the thought of seeing Zeus de---.“Aurora stop being like this and just come home.” “He’ll make sure, I don’t have a home. This is bad.” “Aurora, I'm trying to fight here for you, I don’t want my daughter to live without a mother, when she clearly has one. Do you get it? I'm not as strong as them, but I have the power of love, now stop looking down on me and just hold my hand, dammit. My pride has a limit too.” I looked up as he extended his hand, worry cascading his face, his eyes glowing, mine as well, I missed him and he’s before me.I got up and hugged and firmly, my whole body trembled under his touch and my dead soul awakened. I missed h
AURORA-It’s here, my death, my end, standing and the door and I just invited it in. I'm here sitting in this wedding gown which feels more like a death bed.I'm getting married to Alfred Hestia, in order to survive, in order to see those who I love breathe, I love Zeus, and I miss him, I just want to see him one last time and could even trade my life for his one look.I feel my bones shattering just as my will and Zeus is my only redemption. “Come here…” Alfred pulled me closer, his eyes fixated at mine and whenever I look away, he forces my gaze back to him.His eyes are making me feel naked, the way he looks at me, and the way he licks his lips like he wants to devour me, his smile tells me how victorious he feels right now, and his laugh is like he gives no shit about this world.I didn’t take up on the fifth tier, it was a good thing I didn’t see Mirage here. He probably listened to me, and I'm glad he did so. All I see is one vow and the Aurora who smiled, the Aurora who lived w