AURORA-The more I think about it, the more complicated it gets. And I fail to know my next move, this ain’t something I planned, even considered it as a sin, however, here I am.Stuck in my own thoughts, not being able to come at a decision, I know he said he won’t bug me but things won’t be the same after I give him an answer, yes or no, no matter what.So, I escaped. I started going back to my firm and work… until I have no bones left to think and a mouth to answer. But if I don’t, he will be stuck with me, what if I am taking his shot at meeting happiness? I mean, I sure am, but what if he is in hope? Moreover, what if we have a hope?Am I forever going to be stuck like this? Do I have no way out of this dilemma? “Ma’am… just one last document!” I was about to pick my bag up and leave when my secretary, Amara knocked on the door.Holidays don’t do me good, the work just keeps on piling up and pages turn to files to documents and megabytes turn to gigabytes. I sat down with an irri
AURORA-I looked around, my heart panting like crazy and my wounds, some of them were so deep, so deep that it became impossible to handle the agony. Everything around me was shattered, this floor was done for, this is where all my technical work is thru and this just vanished.Panic rushed in my veins and my hands began shaking from dread, I don’t know how I'm going to fix this, I don’t know if they will come for me again or not.I collapsed on the ground and my bones started hurting from the cuts and the shards that were in my skin moving every time I breathe. I heard the door open and tears rolled down my eyes. I crawled and hid under a table; my whimpers were impossible to suppress.Who were they? What were they? Werewolves that don’t have their own scent? ‘The soul sorcerers.’ I heard the footsteps, were roaming around, and the scent of my blood was making me crazy. I placed my hand over my mouth being scared of whatever creature was walking inside.If it is someone from my compa
AURORA-“Elinor is not coming here… period.” I exclaimed and started walking away. We’ll run, if need be, we’ll run forever. Elinor can’t be near Zeus.“How the hell can you save her, look at yourself. You need to stay under protection.” I heard Zeus yelling behind me. This isn’t the life I wanted for Elinor, why is everything pushing me to go back to him? “Close the doors…” and I heard another roar, the guards quickly rushed to follow and I began running.“Your doors can’t keep me locked here anymore!” I yelled and slammed my elbow in the guard’s stomach. He coughed and I looked at the other one to open it for me.He began shivering with dread, and I snatched the keys from him. “Not the doors, but me… I sure can!” a hand stopped me from unlocking it and he turned me around, thumping my body over his shoulders.“I don’t know if your life matters to you or not, but I love your life… and I won’t let anything happen to you, or my kid. If necessary, I’ll lock you like before with no ounce
AURORA-“What? You did what?” I gasped in disbelief. My unbelievable eyes fluttered a few times and I turned to look at him. “What about Azrael?” I cross-questioned, is that why he called me?Of course, he would be furious, oh my god, Zeus’ silence told me, that he had no intention of bringing him in his mansion. He now hates Azrael because of me. Zeus didn’t say anything in response and the room filled with the awkward hush.“I care about her, Aurora…” he peered down at the floor, and I wanted to scoff at his words. “Is that why you let me go? Because you cared for her?” I sneered walking back in his direction.“Yes!” he muttered in a low voice and turned his gaze at mine. “I was scared, I’d ruin her. You are right I'm Alaric harper…” he paused and his words broke my heart. I realized how badly my words impacted his thought process.“Whatever I touch, I ruin it.” he slammed his hands against his face sighing loudly, he regrets letting me go. “I knew, when I’ll let go of you, a part o
AURORA-This wasn’t the first time they clashed, and it certainly won’t be the last, this is what I most afraid of. The cracks between the walls grow larger as their gaze crash.I just have to keep them away from each other, because no matter how much Azrael respects Zeus, he won’t flinch to destroy everything he owns if it comes to me or Elinor.And this used to make me feel secure however, now that he is standing Zeus, I don’t know what to feel. But this isn’t me or them, it is about Elinor's, it always has been. Her safety is the priority here and that’s what I told them so, they drop whatever disputes they’re holding, I know it is not whatever, but giving a name to their issues would only open up the doors for it to consume me.I went back to see Elinor’s room and make necessary changes. “Just add a bookshelf in the corner.” I exclaimed turning my gaze at Jack and Kendy. I don’t know what they’re thinking about me, but I bet it is not good.The awkward silence filled between us, a
ZEUS-Two days down and we heard nothing from the soul sorcerers. Didn’t know if I should feel good about it or bad. Waiting is not one my virtues however here I was, keeping an eye on her.Elia blackwood, claiming to be my mother, she lit up the moment she saw her granddaughter. And even if I tried to keep Elinor away, I couldn’t. Because I knew, the same goes for me. I would secretly watch her, sitting quietly on the ground, drawing sometimes, sometimes writing. She kept herself occupied with something or the other. She was born with a hope, a light to remove the darkness around her. It worked on Aurora’s side but mine? Not very much.I used to stay quiet being afraid of saying, ‘Hey Elinor, I'm your father’. No, I was afraid of Aurora’s gaze piercing my soul, and didn’t have the nerve to walk up to her.But today I did, and as she was drawing, I stood behind her, behind her came out a little creepy however, I was far but not too far. And then she turned, “Are you going to eavesdr
AURORA-You see the wind coursing by, you see the storm breaking in and then you see the disaster happening, right before your eyes and you couldn’t do anything to prevent it.And I see them, I see Elinor smiling sitting next to her real father. A father who is melting his ice and my daughter will end up loving him. so that, when we move, her life will change completely.“Having fun!” I heard a whisper passing by on the left ear and turned around to see Arthur smirking with contentment. “Don’t tell me he’s not trying…” here comes the comrade, the one who never gives up on giving whatever his alpha wants.“Love him for who he is now… not who he was.” Wouldn’t it be magical if I find one day find Arthur cussing at him? Sometimes it is good to show rage, it is good to show what you’re feeling, because Arthur he has an outer layer to the real him.And people like me, Zeus, or everyone who’s so far met him, bounced back from that outer layer, who didn’t get to see the real Arthur. The one
ZEUS-This… this is something I need to put a hold on. Why is she so fucking close when I can’t even touch her. This is torture, this is the death of me. I prefer loneliness, I prefer darkness, I prefer demons slashing my body with certain swords over this…Why can’t I touch her, when I see it written on her face. If please fuck me had a face, it would like the same as the girl standing before me. And not just any girl, the girl who has stolen everything from me, my senses to think, my mind, my heart, everything from the Z of Zeus to R of Harper.I saw her nipples poking so hard, so hard, that it went directly down towards my length. And the grump sunshine atmosphere turned into fifty shades of grey but darker one.I wish if I could just thump her body on the wall inside my room, fuck her until she have no brains left, pound every inch of me in her, until she can’t think and then I confess how madly I am in love with her, so that she has no nerves to turn down.So that she has nothing
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