Aurora's POV We all ran to Tristan's room, where we heard the screaming; Tristan's sister-in-law opened the door without knocking. “What was that scream….” Grandma paused when we saw Ava in Tristan's arms. “It.. hurt...I … can't… bear… it..” Ava cried as she tightened her hold on “Are you okay?” Indigo rushes to Ava. “My child, What happened?” Tristan's mother pulled Ava away from Tristan's hold and hugged her. “My body is itching a lot after I finish bathing with the water I prepared in Tristan's room; I can't bear it, Mother,” Ava cried as she used her hands to scratch her body. My eyes met Elena's eyes and I could see them glimpse with happiness. I removed my eyes and lowered my gaze. This wasn't what I wanted. I wanted to teach Tristan a lesson and now Ava has fallen into the trap I didn't set for her. “Who prepared the bath with you?” Tristan's mother asked and Ava shook her head with tears rolling down her eyes. “Nobody Mother, nobody,” Ava's body was red and
Aurora's POV The suspense was killing me like hell; Ava had woken up but hadn't said anything yet. Tristan's mother had instructed me not to go forward with the royal party arranged, she sent someone else to do it. “Your Royal Highness, the Lycan king, Tristan makes his way to the queen consort's room,” I heard the announcement and followed by my door opening. “Lycan,” Elena lowered her gaze and I didn't bother to stand up. “You may leave,” Tristan instructed Elena, I held her hand and shook my head. “Sir, the queen doesn't want Elena to leave her presence,” The royal tutor who was familiar with sign language said. I never really asked the reason for hiring one. “I said leave the room this instant!!!” Tristan's voice sounded like an angry lion. It was obvious that he was angry. “My Lady, I will be outside,” Elena gave me a reassuring nod before leaving my room. “Why are you here?” I questioned and the Royal tutor conveyed my message to him. “Why?” Tristan scoffed, he grabbed
Tristan's POV I seriously don't know what Aurora was thinking; she was trying to harm me, and now she harmed Ava; what if she had harmed herself in the process? She should have thrown that vase. Mother and Grandma will definitely make sure she doesn't go unpunished, and Mother doesn't even like her. “Are you going to watch Lady Ava give Lady Aurora such a punishment? Today is her first official ball as Queen, Luna, and your wife,” my head was all over the place, so I didn't care about what Travis was saying at the moment, “Mental asylum?” “Travis not now, please,” I was trying to think. This shouldn't be happening right now but it was. “What she said was it the truth?” I lifted my gaze to meet Travis's gaze; I raised my eyebrows so he would know I was confused, “She said you married her because you wanted to use her; is that the truth?” “I promise Travis, it isn't like that…” “What abilities was she talking about? You said you had a special reason for marrying her and I always
Aurora's POV I paced around the room, thinking of what to do, when I saw my door burst open, “Who do you think you are to come into the Queen's…” Elena questioned but paused. I went to check why she had paused; Ava, Indigo, the nurse, and some other strange men were standing right in front of the door. Why were they here? Who are those men? “She is the one who is mentally unstable; you can take her,” my eyes widened, and I began to shake my head aggressively in disagreement. “That's a lie; the queen is perfectly fine, and are you following her orders over the Queen's order?” Elena stood in my front shielding me. I wished she could really shield me from them. “This isn't Lady Ava's order, this is the Queen's order,” I wasn't even surprised, “Bring her,” the nurse ordered the men she came with. I knew someone from the family would give the order. “Is the Lycan king aware of this madness?” Elena questioned. At this point, I could already see my life before my eyes. “The Lycan kin
Tristan's POV “Aren't you worried about Aurora?” Travis said as we both prepared for our sword training. We were already trained but sometimes we like training more, especially late at night when everyone is sleeping. “Don't you dare mention that name in the palace ever again,” I warned, “She and her servants left on their own accord, it's been four days, if they wanted to return they would have but they aren't here so it would only mean they are happy where they are.” “Was I the only one who found it weird that Ava found the letter first and no one, not a single soul saw the queen consort leave this palace on the night of the ball?” Travis has been saying this word since the day Aurora left the place. I was angry when Ava took the nurse to Aurora's room the next day after the ball, and she wasn't there; we only found her letter. In the letter, she asked us not to bother looking for her as she had gone far away and would never return. “Why are you blaming Ava again? I had escorte
Aurora's POV “Father, please help me,” Those were the words that I had been murmuring for a long time; they had turned into my favorite words. I don't know how long I have been here, I can't even tell if it's day or night. I wasn't given any food, the only water that passes through my throat is the water poured on me to wake me up. I only know when the day changes because Ava comes here with different clothes. “It's time for your injection,” The nurse said and I looked at her weakly. That's how my life has been: injection and the electric chair, and when Ava comes, she always hits me and uses a knife or something sharp on me. “Why… are… you…. Doing… this?” I managed to ask Ava, despite the pain I was in. I hid my hand very well under the chain, so Ava wouldn't notice; I had managed to lose my hand free, but I was waiting for the right to use it. “Me?” Ava smiled and I looked at her with anger. How can she smile over something like this? “You hit Tristan with a vase, and I sa
Tristan's POV I sat on the floor as my brain was all over the place, I had searched everywhere but nothing, no single sign of her anywhere. I was scared, what if something had happened to her? What if Indigo had done something to her? The more these thoughts crossed my mind, the more scared I became. “It's noon and nothing, I think we should stop already,” One soldier complained to Travis. “We have searched far and wide but nothing; if someone had really taken her, then shouldn't we check the lakes?” Another soldier suggested and it made my blood boil. They wouldn't dare say this to me but they would say it to Travis because he was also a soldier. “Have you gone mad?!!” Travis yelled before I could interfere, “The queen is missing and this is all you can think of.” I have never seen Travis worried about a woman this way, did he really care about Aurora that much? Were they friends? How did the friendship even grow? I walked closer to them, “Search around this area; if
Tristan's POV “What….. what…. What…. Does that mean?” I asked when I couldn't understand the eye contact between the woman and the physician. “Lycan, please calm down,” Travis said to me but I shook my head. “Do something, my wife is bleeding!!” I yelled at the top of my lungs. “Take him outside,” The physician instructed and Travis dragged me outside. “You all should return to your place of work,” One of the soldiers instructed and they all left the front of the physician's house. “Tristan, Tristan,” Travis called, and I looked at him, “I need you to be strong; nothing is going to happen to her.” I shook my head, “Did you hear what they said, she doesn't have a pulse.” “You know very well that doesn't mean anything,” Travis tried to make the situation better but I wasn't having it. I placed my hand on my head, “You don't get it; my curse has followed her because she married me; she is in danger now; I shouldn't have married her.” “I have seen the woman who stabbed her in th
Aurora's POV “Blue or pink?” The royal painter asked me and Tristan.I waited for him to make the decision, “Make the room colorful, the most beautiful color ever,” Tristan's response made me smile harder.“My lady, where do you want the baby's bed?” One of the maids asked. I turned to look at Tristan, and he smiled, “Put it at the other edge of the room; we also want a big chair near the widow.”We were decorating the baby's room, we had gotten all the toys that could be gotten and all the clothes. We didn't know if it was a boy or a girl so we got everything in unisex.“Yes Lycan,” The maid bowed her head and left.“What would I do without you?” I held Tristan's hand, “When I'm with you, it feels like my brain goes on shutdown.”“It's okay, I'm your husband,” Tristan planted a kiss on my finger and it made me shy.I pulled my hand away and playfully hit his back, “People will see,” My face turned to a dark shade of red, and I hid behind his back.“So what?” Tristan chuckled as he
Aurora's POV “And that's how the Queen learned to trust the king more than her own self,” Tristan read a book for our unborn child and me out loud while I was sewing a shirt for the baby under the moonlight in the garden.“I don't think the king loves the queen enough,” I raised the shirt and showed it to him, “I mean, he could have still protected the Queen without getting married to the Queen's friend.”“I feel he did the right thing; he can marry as many wives to protect the one he loves,” Tristan took the shirt from my hand with a smile on my face, “It's beautiful; I like it, but why a shirt? Why not a dress?”“Are saying you will marry as many wives as there is just to protect me?” I dragged the shirt from his hand, “Are you saying you do not want a son and you want a daughter?”“I married Diana to protect you,” My mouth hung open when he used that as an example, “As long as you are protected then I will do anything, and also, any child will be fine, I was just saying I wanted a
Aurora’s POVI could hear my heart beat against my rig cage uncontrollably. I froze at the spot; I didn’t even know what to do at that moment. I didn’t even know if Ava had seen me or not, but as for Tristan, I didn’t understand. Did he hear or see me? What’s going on?I hurriedly stood up from the bed, “I should go drink the tea the physician sent.”“I wanted to ask what color of dress you like,” From the look Ava gave me, it was obvious she didn’t suspect or see anything.“Why… why…” I paused, took a deep breath, and managed to maintain my composure, “Why do you need the color of the dress I like?”“I had asked the modiste to come and take all the measurements of the ladies in the family and make nice dresses for them,” Tristan explained from behind me.I nodded my head to Tristan’s explanation and I was also wondering why he hadn’t asked any questions yet.“Just pick any color, I will wear anything,” I replied without even thinking.A small smug smile danced on Ava’s lips, “You s
Aurora’s POV “Where are you coming from and where are you going to?” Ava’s annoying voice rang from behind me.I paused, turned back to look at her with a huge smile on my face, “Where I am coming from is none of your business and can’t you see I’m going to my room?”“I was just checking up on you,” Ava twirled her hair with her finger, “I mean, I saw tears in Tristan’s eyes earlier and I was wondering where you went.”Tears in Tristan’s eyes? What was this woman saying? “What happened to him?” I questioned with a sense of urgency.Ava shrugged her shoulders, “I don’t know about that but what I do know is that his second wife is giving him a shoulder to lean on why his first wife.”Diana is also his wife; those are the words I tried telling myself, but deep down, I didn’t want it, and I knew she wasn’t the real Diana.I kept a straight face, “Is that all?” I questioned nonchalantly with my left eyebrow raised.“If I were you, I wouldn’t disturb their moment,” Ava smirked, “Who knows,
Aurora’s POV I couldn’t ask Tristan because of the situation at home and even if I did ask him about Skylar, I don’t know how he might react.“Skylar’s only mistake was falling in love with the Lycan, a witch, and a wolf can never be together, they both knew and were willing to risk it all, they even wanted to run away, Odessa wasn’t in support of it, she would rather die than see her child suffer, Odessa pleaded with Skylar not to run away, she even begged the Queen then to stop them,” The right state council let out a deep breath, “The Queen promised to set everything right and she did in her own way” The right state council scoffed, “Everyone believed that it was the Queen mother who killed Skylar but it was actually the Queen.”“What are you saying? Do you mean Grandma didn’t kill Skylar?” I questioned, “Was it the Queen who killed Skylar?” The right state council nodded his head, “Why didn’t mother want them to be together? And why did the Queen mother forbid the name if she
Tristan’s POV“What madness was that?” I yelled at Mother as I threw her on her bed, “What did you mean downstairs.”Mother has been driving me crazy ever since we found out about Aurora’s pregnancy.Mother sat up with a smile on her face, “Why? Is my son angry?”I was amused, she was smiling and nothing was funny, “Am I angry? Is that even a question?” I scoffed, “My wife shared some good news and the first thing you thought about was laying a curse on her.”Mother bit her finger, “She shared it at the wrong time; my mother-in-law is on her deathbed, and she wants to celebrate? Who raised her?”I couldn’t believe my ears, “Why are you angry on behalf of Grandma? Grandma was happy when I told her she would be expecting another great-grandchild.”“Okay, so I guess we are done here,” Mother stood up to leave.I immediately grabbed her hand, “Why do you hate Aurora so much? What has she ever done to you?”Mother forcefully jerked her hand off mine, “Do you not know why I hate that woman
Aurora’s POV “Are you asking me this again?” I turned to face her. She was up with her nonsense again.“I just wanted to know how much you trusted Tristan,” Ava crossed her hands on her chest with a smirk plastered on her face.I walked closer to her, “I trust Tristan more than I trust my own self.”Ava snorted, “No hesitation? That’s funny, you shouldn’t trust people too much but that’s okay, keep it up.”“What exactly do you want to say?” I would have felt Ava was just trying to cause some confusion, as usual, but what happened at the dining table told me otherwise.“Nothing, take care of yourself,” My hands instinctively wrapped around my tummy when Ava’s eyes fell on it.“Do you agree with what mother said?” Ava removed her eyes from my tummy and looked me in the eyes.“With what?” Ava questioned, “Oh, that she doesn’t want you to bear the heir?” Ava answered her own question before I could, “I don’t think you want to know my own answer.”I guess I knew her own answer; she would
Ava’s POV“I’m surprised to see you here,” Indigo said when she opened the door.I looked around as I entered the house, I never thought I would enter the house of the woman who ruined my happiness. “I couldn’t wait anymore. You are preparing for your marriage with Alpha Elijah, and I needed the information I asked for,” I smiled at her as we walked upstairs to her room.“I heard something,” Indigo passed me a chair and I sat on it.“What did you hear?” I was curious.“I heard that my sister is pregnant,” Indigo’s eyes softened and she said in a calm tone. Amusement danced on my face, did she all of a sudden care about her sister? That would be funny if she did, “Yes, is there any issue?” Indigo paused; she bit her lips; she opened her mouth to say something but closed it, “You can say what you want to say.” I urged her. I was excited for some reason, I wanted her to say what she wanted to say.“I…. We…”“You didn’t offer me anything to drink,” I interrupted her with a forced smile
Aurora’s POV “My lady,“ Elena called when she opened my room door, “Are you okay?”“I said I didn’t want to see anyone,” I replied disheartened.“I’m not just anyone,” Elena sat by my side, “I see, your thing has already been moved,” Elena said as she looked around my empty room.Tristan had moved everything to the north wing despite I said I didn’t feel like doing it anymore, “Are you angry?” I paused what I was doing and turned to face Elena, “Wouldn’t you be angry if your mother-in-law cursed your child before it was born?” “I understand how you feel, but that doesn’t mean you should shut everyone out; you have been in here since last night; even the Lycan is worried about you,” Elena spoke softly, “He defended you in front of his mother.”“Elena, I know she doesn’t like me but can’t she pretend for the sake of her son’s unborn child?” I hissed, “I hate her; why was she so angry, as if she was expecting something to be the mother of his first child.”Elena touched my hair gently