91. For f*cks sake, marry this lioness soon"Aurora?" As the shutters of her eyes rolled up, bringing the world to view, Aura saw a face she was barely anticipating to see. Ginny was here in Damien's bedroom. She was in a nightgown, clearly indicating that she was collected at night by the alpha. "Ginny, what are you doing here?" Aura pulled herself off the bed and sat straight. She didn't have to be told that she lost her consciousness. The presence of Damien's doctor beside Madam Martha and Brian spoke the fact. She wandered her eyes about the room and discovered him standing in the farther corner with a face that was anything but joyful as his hands remained tightly folded before his chest. She can see through his disappointment, and worry obviously. He was also mad at her. "Damien gathered me." Ginny said, Aura eyes instantly settled on her face. She was in tears and a surprisingly glowy grin on her mouth. She took Aurora's hands and squeezed them in gratification."I didn't
92. Their wedding day... On her birthday "Ginny Williams, I won't repeat myself again," Damien's smoldering gaze appraised her from head to toe with indignation before he pointed at the door behind her. "Take your ass out of my cabin if you don't wish me to throw you out myself. "Oh, come on," Ginny puffed. "Go away, don't disturb me." She took a seat in one of the chairs set for the visitors on this side of the desk as she eyed him irritatingly. They had been having an argument that Damien refused to give in. On the contrary, Ginny was bent on getting an upper hand and also win it against him. "Why don't you simply answer my questions, Damien?" Dramatically she slapped her hands on the desk to show how pissed she was of him. "The faster you respond the quicker I will sprint out of your cabin." She leaned forward. "All you have to do is open your arse-like mouth and fart!" But Damien won't budge. Even towards the choice of her words. He rolled his goldens with a twist of
93. It's official— they're getting married!At the mansion, Aura was enjoying cucumber pickle in the foyer with Madam Martha sitting beside her, knitting a sweater for her baby. "This is yummy! I think I can knock down just another jar of them," She sounded delicious, sending the old Housekeeper into a fit of laughter. "You speak as if it is a doughnut with dark chocolate and lots of sprinkles." Madam Martha commented, she shook her head left to right as the view of her daughter munching on those cucumbers looked so gut-shaking. The twilight was bursting outside the mansion. Orange hue of the setting sun cast long shadows of trees and buildings on the ground. The singing of the birds have reduced to a consoling chiming as the winds blew gently. Aura had been satisfying her cravings all day long. Her bump was starting to show. It was round and plump. She had not gained much weight. But looking at the excitement with which she was gobbling food these days, Madam Martha was certain
94. Lovely bride of the Alpha, Aurora. Aurora's POV Today would have been easier if my parents were alive. I wished for them to be standing by my side. I recall my father's excitement whenever he used to talk about my wedding with mom. I recall my mother talking about shedding buckets of tears and that dreamy smile on her lips whenever she discussed my wedding with dad. Those days were the best days of my teenage years. I wish they could revive and watch their daughter dressed as a bride. If not those days, then at least my parents could come back. I wish to witness that look on their faces I always dreamed of seeing on the day of my marriage. Every daughter dreams of her marriage to take place in the presence of her parents whereas her parents dream for their daughter to marry an eligible person who would treat her like a princess and never let any problem cast a shadow of sorrow on her face. I am lucky that I encountered one such guy and am going to tie the knot of marriage
95. Finally Married Love, the most confusing feeling in the world. While it seems complicated it has flourished the lives of many. When you acquire it, you feel like you have conquered the whole world. The four letter word can let you win the hearts of people and achieve contentment. All you need to take care of is— persist. The ones who persist the tests of time, cross the obstacles life had to offer you while you struggle to get your love, come out as the ultimate victor. The undefeated. Similar feelings surged through Damien. Standing in one of the famous churches in Manhattan, St. Patrick's Church right in front of the priest, he gritted upsettingly. Dressed in inky black shade, he looked sinfully tempting like a living sculpture standing in the front positions in a boutique. Anyone and everyone who set their gaze on the alpha gasped as they wished to look at him the whole day and run their hands over his body. However, the pissed looks didn't sit well on his sexy face. H
96. Fulfill your spousal duties, Mr. Husband"Aurora," She was outside Damien— correction, now their bedroom when Ginny patted on her shoulder. "Why are you still here? You should be inside the room." Aura's knees buckled and her hands trembled as she reached for the knob of the door. She had been trying to muster some courage and walk within the room but she couldn't. This was not going to be the first time but a weird tingling sensation spread all over her skin. She felt her stomach churn out of excitement and fear. Sweet fear. The day was like a golden day in her life. Right after the wedding ceremony they returned to the mansion that was heavily decorated like the bride itself. There were flowers, aromatic candles and balloons everywhere. It's come to her notice that they would cut their wedding cake as well as her birthday cake together in the presence of hundreds of guests who were invited. She met many well-known people. There were celebrities, sportspeople and each freakin
97. One more kiss after cookies would be better. "Errgh, I can't bear this freaking baby inside me anymore?" Eight and half months pregnant Aurora frowned with tear drops shining by the corner of her eyes. "Damien Hunter, your baby is bothering me so much now." She dragged her feet carefully, each at a time as she took the support of the wall. She had been advised to rest as much as possible given that she was close to the date of delivery. But the annoying baby in her womb won't stop bothering her at all. "Damien Hunter, where are you?" She shouted for her Alpha husband so that she could complain to him about the baby and his tormenting kicks. "I am here, love," Damien replied. "In the study." "As if I don't know. Come here and get me, idiot!" She gritted her teeth and hunched her shoulders towards the wall as she could not walk properly. Her feet were swollen to the ankles. Her eyes were puffy red from constant crying due to the pain she had been feeling these days. She's not
98. Are they separating?! In the following evening, Aurora returned back to Damien after getting up from a nap. "Damien?" She stopped at the doorstep of the study but found the room empty. His laptop was gone, so did the files she's seen laden on his desk that he was referring to. Aura called out for him again and then shut the door behind her. 'He told me he would be in the study. Where did he go all of a sudden? Ugh, I want you around me, Damien Hunter. Where the hell are you?' She pouted and trudged back to their room. Aura instead walked to the hall. She was about to settle down on the couch when she saw Madam Martha coming towards her. "Good evening, honey," "Good evening, Ma." Aura hugged her happily and the two of them adjusted beside each other. "You want me to make you something, baby? Like soup or anything." Aura who was looking around for Damien brought her face to look at her mother and declined politely. Madam Martha read through her expressions and smiled. She c
127. The Goodbye (last chapter) Eight months later, Under the cool shadow of blooming cherry blossom trees, Aura sat on a mat as she tossed grapes in her mouth. She enjoyed the burbling of shimmery water in the nearby pond. With birds chiming gaily, gazelles roaming freely, colorful butterflies and dragonflies fluttering excitedly in the air, and a colony of rabbits and squirrels jumping and running around them, she fancied the sight of her eight months old daughter crawling on the soft bed of grasses and small flowers alongside their new family member, Venice. He was a month old baby dog Brian bought for Anna. A new friend whom she could play and grow up with. Initially Venice was scared in his new house as he was bought from the owner of his mother. The man could not afford to raise three golden retriever babies hence he gave them away. When Brian was offered one, he instantly accepted him for he was going to be Anna's first ever friend. "Anna, no! Come back here at once." Aur
126. Is Damien going to die?! "Damien, a-are you okay?" It was a silly question, but she was not really in her senses. His blood and reducing breaths took away her patience and whatever patience she had had, now turned into pain. Pure, raw, and escalating pain. Behind her back, Peter laughed, "You didn't come here, Alpha Damien, I summoned you, so I could kill you with my own hands. It would have been no fun to fuck your already fucked up wh*re or kill your vulnerable daughter who is anyways helpless without her mother. The worst I could do to you is kill you… and leave your mate and daughter miserable for the rest of their lives. Your death during the best phase of your life is the biggest and filthiest punishment you could get. You wouldn't be there to see your daughter grow up. Your wh*re will be available for other powerful males, not including that she would move on with another wealthy man after your demise, after some months of weeping in your memory. Your pack will be overt
125. You didn't come here. You were summoned, Alpha Damien. "Da-damien," The one and only name she's been chanting since her abduction quivered on the tip of her tongue. The fog of fear subsided, leaving her with ever so clear vision. She restlessly looked behind her back only to melt on the ground and take a sigh of relief, "Y-you came. You finally came to save us, Damien." Aura's heart throbbed in her chest for her husband was here in his ever so intense glory. There was a bow in his arms and a holder of an arrow put around his left shoulder, as it hung slantingly, resting on his back. His eyes glowed no less than enraged sun as his tightly set jaw twisted in anger.Many more footsteps thudded around her. She saw a troop of armed men coming inside through the front. It was her husband's army. All dressed up in black with holsters put on, hands carrying huge guns and a look of vengeance on their faces. Alongside their Alpha, they shot the enemy's army dead. She could not take her
124. Don't hurt my daughter in the name of revenge! A wheezing wind rolled over, making Aura's teeth clutter. She stared down in the middle of the room on the ground at her screaming daughter and forgot it was necessary to breathe for survival. That moment, all that she saw was Anna throwing her legs and arms in the air. She was dressed in a pink thin frock that shifted under her little back, leaving her little legs exposed to the cool ground. She was not wearing her socks either. "Don't hurt her, bastard." Aura banged her fists on Peter's chest and bicep. She used all her strength to hit him but the devil didn't budge for a second. He just cracked up louder and held her by her elbow, refraining her from going to her daughter. "You see that, Aurora? You see that? That's what real weakness looks like." He pointed at her daughter and then towards the dogs around her. They were desperately breathing, the noise invading Aura's ears like a warning buzz. "I want you to see it w
123. Damien, where are you? Aura's POV "Damien, where are you?! I am scared and cold. Please… come soon." I looked around the room and crawled closer to the bed, shrinking away in the gap between the bedside table and bed. My knees were against my chest as I cowered away from the menacing door glaring back at me in the dark. I should have listened to my heart. I should have paid attention to the crumpling feeling in my chest. I should have convinced Damien to stay back in the mansion. Only if I had not been swept away by Damien's advances, we would have been safe under the protection of our house. "My daughter," It was hard to breathe as my stomach bottomed out. The room was cool yet my skin was clammy, my body was a trembling mess and eyes weeping silently. "Anna, my baby! Oh that I never left you behind me in the mansion." My hands clenched tighter around my knees as I recalled Anna's heavy screams. Peter said that he would kill my daughter in front of my eyes on the wa
122. Going for a rescue"Anna is safe, right? Brian," I shook his shoulders. "Our daughter is safe, isn't she?" Someone from the guards sobbed. My head instantly looked around at the men so I could pick the sobbing one out. But everyone was vulnerably breathing and their red eyes told a different story. A story I wouldn't like to hear. As I was looking around everyone, I heard my beta, his voice poorly choking, "They breached… the mansion. Th-they shot Madam Martha and another nanny who was looking after Anna and took her away."No. No. No. Please… this was not true. It can't be. It's just… I found my place next to Brian as we both wept together.This was a dream. It had to be a bad dream because I was so happy in the morning. Everything was perfect and clean. Aura and I were savouring moments with our daughter. We were happy. How could everything turn upside down? Is it even possible for a happy family to scatter like the coins on a carrom board? "Miss. Martha," Aura won't be ha
121. Alpha's agony Alpha Damien's POV 'Damien…' 'Damien…' Agonizing screams hurt my head. I could see Aura being dragged away towards a tornado. It was whirling crazily and she cried, her hair bouncing all over her face. My mate. My darling. She was wearing a torn dress. Rather ripped aggressively. There were bruises on her bare arms and a blood trail cascading down her exposed legs. She looked vulnerable. Tortured beyond repair. Her lips were inflated and a puncture in the corner of her lip bled. 'Damien, help me. Save me from that beast. Don't let me go, Damien. Please…' She was held by the hair and dragged ruthlessly. Aura. My respectful Luna was in the clutches of a black shadow. I couldn't see much as my eyes were blurry. But whatever it was… it's caused harm to my Aura, and only meant to worsen her physical condition. 'Don't let me slip away, Damien. Please… please…' She held her hand out and yelled my name louder. I jumped and struggled to take her hand, trying my best
120. I told you I'll have her in my bed! Coming out of the car under the shelter of an Umbrella, they admired the rain and the silvery trails coming harshly on the ground. Damien's one arm was around her shoulder and one holding the umbrella. He loved this place for its simplicity.But looking at Aura's face, he can say she was not very happy. Her nose was creased and her eyes tentatively stared through mist and a heavy shower trail."I don't see any arrangements?" Aura raised her head to meet his eyes.Indeed there was nothing, for this place was an empty piece of land. Yet, what one sees must not be used to draw a final conclusion."Come on, I'll show you." Stretching his lips into a grin, he led themselves ahead.Aura's gown was completely drenched from the edge. There was dirt in her stilettos and she couldn't walk properly any longer. It was her good luck that Damien was walking by her side, or else she would have already collapsed. Much worse, she could have twisted her ankles
119. A menacing date night In the mansion, Aura stared out at the gray army of clouds as they wailed and stormily poured over the horizon. Placing a hand on the glass of the window, she felt the iciness creep into her palm. The rain was frosty and every drop plummeted like a bullet on the grass of bed. "Why is it raining so aggressively today?" She looked up at the sky that's draped the whole world in a blanket of fog. As long as her eyes could see, there was only pallidness. She never liked rains like these. This reminded her of that terrifying night when Damien misunderstood her and threw her out of the mansion, after accusing her of cheating on him. Goosebumps spread over her skin. Aura rubbed her arms and walked away. She no longer wished to look into the gray eyes of the sky and feel vulnerable. Pulling the curtains over the windows, she returned to her bed and sat down near the cot of her daughter. 'My heart throbs restlessly inside my chest. Why?' Taking a look at her