AURORA- My heart was aching for betraying him, the way he kept on blaming himself and for the first time I saw him like this, he was helpless and scared, scared of losing me. Not only him, I was feeling this way for the first time, I’ve never felt this guilty when I look at myself. I went back inside my room strolling around, I couldn’t sleep and turned around every other second sighing loudly, the uneasy feeling was killing me on the inside as if I felt alone and even after walking for a long time, my eyes weren’t sleepy. I got used to Zeus’ scent and needed him to sleep. I went inside his room with careful steps and peeked to see what he was doing, unbothered bastard, he was sleeping soundly and I bet he didn’t notice my presence at all. I prudently removed the coat he used to cover himself with and lied beside him, covering ourselves with blanket. I sighed in ease as I felt sleepy in an instant, his breath was falling on my ear and he suddenly placed his hand on my waist. I
I picked her up in my arms taking her inside, she collapsed all of a sudden making me worry about her. “Call someone… hurry!!” I was careless, I should’ve done something last night only, she sat in the cold for God know how many hours, I was being reckless blaming myself while I should’ve worried about her. I lied her down on my bed and waited for the doctor to come, I kept on checking her temperature which was rising by every second, she was shivering but her eyes were closed. I began panicking more than her not knowing what should be done. I brought a damp cloth trying to put her temperature down but nothing was happening, I feel shit for not knowing anything about her at all, like I'm standing in the dark, I patted her neck removing a layer of her clothing but my eyes went wide as… “What the fuck…” “Sir, please let me do my job…” the doctor ran inside asking me to leave while I was too stunned to utter a word from my mouth. It felt like the world was crumbling around me, like th
AURORA-I opened my eyes slowly adjusting to my surroundings, I heard gunshots and panicked standing up abruptly, Azrael saw me and went outside to tell Zeus about it, at least that’s what I anticipated.It felt like a war going outside and I only heard people shrieking in pain, something bizarre was happening and I wanted to see if Zeus was hurt or not. I ran towards the watching him firing in air.The sight of so many people dead was overwhelming, bodies scattered all around motionless and lifeless. The smell of death filled the air and I felt like I could almost hear the souls of those who had perished calling out for help.They didn’t even save themselves, as if they had no option to run, the gun in Zeus’ hand and the rag filled inside his eyes. I knew he did it, but why? it felt so familiar from earlier, I am just like him, I created a massacre not once but twice, I got no reason to call him a beast alone.I felt a chill run down my spine as I slowly made me way through the carna
AURORA-“Then why keep me trapped here when you’re done with me?” I pushed his body down on the bed. I was waiting for him to come home so that we could talk but it was clear that he was in no mood to do so.“You’re not going to reply?” I asked slowly removing his coat, he was looking at me in surprise and I smirked knowing the power I hold and his words don’t really mean anything.I loosened his tie, “W---what are you doing?” he was laid back by my sudden behavior but didn’t stop me for real. I placed my finger on his lips stopping him from breaking my flow.I unbuttoned his shirt not breaking away the eye contact, “Aurora… s---” he uttered my name which was only sending shivers down my spine. I smiled.His body was bruised with marks and I realized how severe the accident was, my eyes started tearing up as I can’t even imagine what he had to go through while I was fooling around. I placed my hands on his bare chest trying to control the tears.“Does it hurt?” I mumbled in a low voic
ZEUS- My heart raced as she moved closer; I felt the warmth of her body against mine as I wrapped my arms around her. She was so close; I could feel the heat radiating off her body. I don’t know what was happening between us, why was she acting like this, but it only drove me crazy. I couldn’t stop myself from touching her all over as if she was made only for me. I leaned in to her, my lips tightly brushing against her neck. She shuddered, her breath catching in her throat. I breathed in the scent of her, sweet, like honeysuckle on a warm summer night. I wanted to get lost in it forever. She turned in my arms and looked into my eyes, her own filled with emotion, our hearts beating in unison, making me crave for every inch of her body. I felt like I was being pulled closer to her, like gravity was drawing us together, like nothing could keep us apart. I didn’t want to think about those odds that’ll snatch away this moment from my hands. My eyes locked onto hers and I could feel th
AURORA-I couldn’t believe he left me like that to her, I don’t know what they must be doing right now and lied on his bed waiting for him to return. I thought I could make it up for it after sleeping with him but it was so clear that he wasn’t interested in me anymore.He had no will to do it with me because he loves Leila, he wants her and not me now. It was breaking my heart and I wanted to sleep but couldn’t and, kept on tossing from one side to another.His words were making me sleepless and stood up waiting for him to come home, he didn’t, I waited for hours until the sun rose up. the guards were looking at me with pity as I sat down in front of his door keeping in check, who passed by expecting it to be him.“Ms. Aurora, please go inside now… he’ll be back when he wants to” one of the men said and I declined not wanting to listen to them. I wonder how many hours it has been; he isn’t here yet. “Here… drink some coffee, you might get fever once again, boss would kill us this tim
ZEUS- “I'm sorry, but I don’t think I can do this anymore, Trevor…” “Huh? What do you mean?”“I'm saying it was a stupid idea to begin with. We shouldn’t be seeing each other anymore… I ca---can’t do this to him.”“Hey… Aurora, I know you don’t love him, just let this guilt go.”“I don’t love you either, it was mistake, whatever happened that night, it was wrong… I shouldn’t have done that.”“Are you just gonna leave like that?”“You said I could use you, and I don’t feel anything for you so there’s no point of us being together. We can be friends at max.” “W---what do you mean by friends, I don’t want to be your friend. I held your hand just to let it go? How would you know without trying it? huh?”“Trevor, leave me, I'm sorry for everything, you can’t force me…”“I never forced you Aurora… but I will now if you run away from me…” I was keeping my eyes on her, as soon as I left, someone held her hand taking her somewhere and I followed, I, no world would let this bastard live. I
ZEUS-“What happened? Move…” she stood silent as I roared asking her to walk with me. She was stiff, peering down on the floor as if was really guilty and tormented by her conscience. “Drop this act, I don’t feel anything…”I scoffed though a knife pierced right through my heart, I tried to be as cool as I could not let her see any ounce of pain beneath my body. “I---I… I didn’t s---sleep with him”Her words escaped and I halted turning in her direction. This must be just another plan of her to gain something from me, I can’t fall into her petty lies. “Stop messing with me, your soul is putrid…”I know I'm in no position to ask or expect anything from her, I know she doesn’t really respect me so, she won’t listen to me either. That’s why she did what she wanted and I did the same. “My soul? What about yours? You forgot that lustful night you spent in Leila’s arms” she jerked her hand off from mine making me look at her.“At least I didn’t act like a saint while doing devious things be
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