Aurora's POV I was done arranging my things; I kept them aside when Tristan sent for them. He had ordered me to come in front of everyone and tell them what I had decided.The moment I entered the meeting room, the eyes of everyone in the family were on me; I looked at everyone's eyes, and just for once, I didn't see sadness; all I saw was happiness.My eyes fell on Tristan, and he seemed nonchalant about the situation, “Please, Aurora, please save our marriage,” Those were the words I heard in my head when I stared into Tristan's eyes.“So what's your decision?” Tristan questioned. I scoffed mentally, wanting me to save the marriage while you save the other woman is crazy work “I have simply decided to save myself,” Confusion set on Tristan's face as he stood to his feet, “I will not save Ava nor our marriage, today you have put me in a position to choose and you will continue to do that so please free me from this sham of a marriage.”A part of me thought he would be happy to hear
Aurora's POV “My Lady, I prepared a bath and some towels for the Lycan wound,” Elena Informed me when I arrived at the west wing and I nodded my head.“Ever since the mustard powder, I haven't trusted you for once, so I will assign some guards to guard around the door,” Travis said, and I nodded my head.My mind wasn't in this scene, my mind was in Ava's threat. Was she really capable of killing the man she loves when she can't have him? Would she really stoop that low?“Elena, you must be tired; you should get some rest,” Elena nodded her head, and my eyes fell on Travis, “You can also stay outside the whole night if you want to.”I entered my room and shut the door behind me before Travis could respond, “You don't look happy that I'm in the room tonight,” I paused and looked up when I heard Tristan's voice.Tristan was sitting on the bed, “That is not the case, I just have a lot on my mind.”“Like how you are the first woman to punish the Lycan king? It has never happened before, s
Aurora's POV I picked up the hand mirror by my side to see what he was talking about. Some strands of my hair were actually white. This has never happened before; I have never passed out when healing someone; come to think of it, I haven't healed a human before. “Did part of your hair turn white because he healed me?” Tristan sat on the bed next to me. My eyes met his gaze, and my head spun in confusion. Was it because of that? Do I use much energy when healing a human? “I don't know, and I don't even have anyone to ask,” I paused, my lips into a thin line as I played with my fingers. “How did you get your powers? This isn't something anyone can possess unless someone from the witch bloodline,” Tristan's question made me freeze for a second, “We all know your Father, who is your Mother?” Tristan's Grandma had asked me the same question some weeks back; I cleared my throat as I said, “I don't really know much about her; she died when I was young, and Father never told me anyt
Aurora’s POVI was still rejoicing in my heart; Elena was helping me get ready for the day when I heard my door burst open, followed by an agitating voice, “What did you do to Tristan?!” With a wave of my hand, Elena stopped dressing me and I turned to look at the shape shifting snake that had just entered my room.I didn’t expect her to come to my room so soon and I didn’t expect her to come with her minions.“I know you lack manners but do you have to show it all the time?” I furrowed my eyebrows, “And Indigo, don't you have any shame? Did you come here with her to question me?”“You can't speak to me,” Ava scoffed, “Is that the reason you are speaking to Indigo?”“What's your reason for coming here? As you can see, I need to prepare for tonight's ball,” I smiled widely and just as I wanted, my smile spited Ava and maybe indigo too.“Who do you think you are to decide if it's time for me to get married or not?!!” Ava yelled and I stared at her blankly.“Me? I'm the queen; you are l
Aurora’s POV“What?” Tristan’s lips curled in confusion, “What did you just say?”I wasn’t confident enough to hold Ava’s bet; I would rather be in a situation where I forced my husband to take her as a mistress than have her do it by herself.“Why are you so surprised? The first time I walked into this room when you thought it was her, you promised her marriage,” I said as I desperately yet patiently awaited Tristan’s reaction.“The situation was different. I only promised her marriage if I didn’t find a good suitor for her, but that isn’t the case right now,” Tristan tried to explain.My eyes held his eyes, “What is the case then?”“Do you know what it means to take a mistress?” Tristan took a step closer but still left a small gap between us as his eyes didn’t break contact with mine.I shook my head as my eyes still locked with his, “Taking a mistress means you are done with your wife and that mistress is the one you truly love.”“What do you know about mistresses!” I scoffed and
Aurora’s POVI had gotten ready in the royal blue gown Elena had picked for me; I walked aimlessly through the crowd of people in the ballroom with Elena by my side.There were different unfamiliar faces I had never seen, and each person I walked past would bow their head to greet me.“Queen Aurora,” one of the ladies who looked like a lady of rank bowed her head to greet me, “It’s such an honor to meet you.”“Same here,” I smiled at her, turned to Elena, and whispered, “Tristan hasn’t introduced me to anyone yet, and they knew me how?”“Their husbands must have shown them your pictures or something; you are married to the Lycan, so everyone would try to gain your favor,” Elena winked, and I smiled at her.Some of them were fake; now I feel bad for Tristan; how does he handle most of these fake people?“Is it me, or Tristan’s grandma has been staring at you since you arrived in this hall?” Elena pointed out something I noticed the moment I entered the ballroom.“I thought it was just
Aurora’s POV “Hmmmm,” I faked a smile on my face and turned to face him, “There is nothing about hypnotizing stuff, we were just talking,” I tried not to sound suspicious.“Okay, do you want to see Grandma?” Tristan asked, and I shook my head, “Then why are you in the aisles of her room?”I bit my lip as realization dawned on me, we were really around her room, “I wanted to speak to her but she is busy,” Elena immediately spoke while I was thinking of what to say. What a savior she is.“Okay,” Tristan said to her, then turned to face me with a smile on my face, “We should go to the ballroom; I should officially introduce you to everyone who has the queen consort and Luna of all the packs.”“Sure,” I smiled at him, “Let’s go,” I said to both Tristan and Elena and we both went to the ballroom.When we entered the ballroom, everywhere became as silent as a graveyard, but the difference was people were staring at us; they were whispering and watching us take every step till we got to the
Aurora’s POV “Lycan,” Elijah bowed his head as a sign of respect.“Tristan, I didn’t know you were there, when did you get here?” I asked, trying to organize myself, “How much did you hear?” That was my main question.“What is a member of the council doing with the queen?” Tristan questioned as he stood by my side, “I would also like to know the secret being shared.”“It’s nothing, the queen only wanted me to bow before her,” Elijah answered before I could answer.“Have you done that?” Tristan questioned, and Elijah looked at him with surprise, “From the look on your face, the answer is definitely a No, so why haven’t you done as the queen said?”“I ….I ….I”Elijah was still trying to form his words when Tristan said, “Everyone has to eventually bow their head to the queen so doing when she asked doesn’t mean you would disobey her, she is your queen and above you in all ways so do I have to keep on talking or will you do what’s needed?”I could see the deep shock on Elijah’s face; he
Aurora’s POV Mother’s nature of emotional blackmail was still the same; she has always done it, and right now,w, she is still doing it.I was irritated, I wanted to show her that I was better than her at emotional manipulation, “Even better,” I emptied the gallon on my body, “Let us all go to hell.”“Tristan!!!” Mother yelled when she saw I was playing the same game with her.“How can I stop a grieving mother? I should have punished Ava but I felt it would be better if Aurora punished her because she was closer to our child than I was, so how can I stop her?” Tristan supported me, “If I was killed would you sit and watch? Wouldn’t you kill the person too?”“The situation is different, you are a full human, and her child was only a fetus,” Mother whined, “That child wasn’t even formed yet; it was just blood!!”I couldn’t believe what mother had just said, “A fetus? Just blood?” I lit another match out of anger.“Are you going to watch her light us?” Ava yelled and I walked closer to h
Aurora’s POV “They killed your child!!” Diana said when she pulled me inside the nursery and shut the door behind her, “Are you going to keep pretending that nothing happened?”“Stop,” I shook my head as I pleaded.“I can’t stop, if I stop today then I have failed Skylar,” I placed my hands over my ears, “Do you think Skylar would be happy to see you in such a situation?”“Please stop, you are hurting me,” I pleaded with tears streaming down my face.Diana held my hand, she dragged me to the front of the cradle my baby was supposed to be in, “Look at that,” she forced me to look at the cradle but I refused, “Do you see a child there? No, there isn’t, do you know why? Because your child is dead!!! You child isn’t in the world of the living!!!”“No!!!” I covered my ears and screamed, “Please, don’t.”Diana pushed the cradle, she began to scatter the room and I ran after her trying to stop her from doing, “Not my baby’s room please, please.”Diana gripped my hand, “I won’t ask you to be
Tristan’s POV It’s been days and I haven’t done anything. It’s not like I don’t want to do anything, it’s just that I don’t know what to do. Everything was on my neck; it was almost like before when I had Skylar in one hand and Mother in the other. I haven’t gotten the courage to see Aurora, she has been in her room, she wasn’t talking to anyone, she didn’t even want to see anything. I lifted my head from the table when I felt someone tap me on my back, “I have been calling you for ages.” “I’m sorry Diana, I didn’t hear you,” I apologized. I thought by now I would have exposed Diana and kicked her out of this palace but she was here helping me instead. “I know,” Diana sat opposite me, “I wanted to talk to you about Aurora.” “What about her?” I hurriedly asked, “Is she okay? What’s wrong with her?” Diana placed her hand on my hand and I calmed down, “It’s nothing much,” I let out a breath of relief, “I don’t like the fact that everyone is agreeing with her that her child is
Tristan’s POVThe cup fell from my hand and scattered on the floor. Diana hurriedly carried the child from my hand.“You said something I didn’t hear right,” I didn’t even know when I stood up and walked to where Beatrice was kneeling, “Repeat what you said!!!”“I said it was Lady Ava who had asked me to mix pennyroyal and tansy in Queen’s Aurora tea the moment we found out she was pregnant,” Beatrice cried, “I didn’t want to harm another mother because I know the joy of being a mother but just like you have threatened me with my child that was the same way I was threatened with my child, a mother would go to any length to protect her child even if she has to harm someone else.”I scoffed, “Why didn’t you say something when you were given the order?!!! Why didn’t you come to me?!!!”“Everyone knows that Lady Ava is your best friend from childhood; if I had accused her without any evidence, I wouldn’t have seen this day, or would you have believed me?” I laughed out loudly like a madm
Tristan's POV Beatrice stared at me without saying anything and it only made my blood boil, “Don't you feel like talking?” I balled my hand into a tight fist. “If you have already heard it then I believe you don't need any explanation,” Beatrice replied arrogantly. “How dare you speak that way?!!!” Diana yelled, “Do you know who you are speaking to?!” Diana stood to her feet angrily. “I know who I'm speaking to, and that's why I'm speaking with nothing but respect,” Beatrice answered slyly. “Explain the pennyroyal and tansy herb,” I gritted, “Else I will make sure you suffer, you will beg for water, you won't see, you will beg for death and it won't come.” “Even if you fed me to the dogs I still have nothing to explain,” Beatrice said adamantly. “Okay,” I stood up, “Anybody that can give me any information on Beatrice, no her weakness, if anybody can give me her weakness, not only would I free that person from here, I will make sure to give you three acres of land.” “Anyone?”
Tristan's POV “Why are white flags raised on the road to the palace?” I questioned myself and Travis.“Maybe something tragic has happ….” Travis paused when we heard the sound of a bell, “Something tragic has happened.”My mind went blank, “Aurora” was the only name that crossed my blank mind. I didn't want to think of what couldn't or couldn't have happened, so I kicked on the horse to hasten its speed, and everyone rode their horse behind me at the same speed.I didn't wait for the horse to stop; I jumped down and ran into the palace, “Tristan,” Aurora called; she ran and jumped into my arms.I tightened my hold on her, “I'm glad you are Okay, thank you for being okay.”I was surprised to see the way everyone ran outside to meet me with a huge smile on their faces. Their eyes looked swollen, and the most disturbing thing was they were wearing mourning clothes.“What's going on?” I questioned as I pulled away from Aurora. I looked at her; I noticed she wasn't wearing a mourning dre
Aurora's POV We were all in different worlds, they were bowing to their new king while I was in pain, not just physical pain but emotional pain from the supposed death of my husband.Tristan cannot be dead; it's not possible; he just left only a moment ago; I looked around, and I couldn't tell if I became more scared or more relieved when I didn't see Travis around.“My….. My…. Child….” I cried out as I saw blood on the floor, “My…. My…. My… baby…” I didn't want to lose my child, so I bent to the floor and started using my hands to pack the blood together.“Call the physician,” I heard Grandma's voice break behind me, “Take her to the south Wing.”I held my tummy protecting my child as both Diana and Elena carried me to my room in the south Wing. “Aurora, I promise nothing will happen to you,” Diana touched my hair with a small smile on her face. Anyone could see the smile was fake.I shook my head, “Not…not… me… save…. My… child…. please.” Diana's silence told me everything I need
Aurora's POV“Aurora, what's going on? Are you okay?” Diana panicked as she grabbed me to lean on her forgetting we were both hurting and burning.“I…..I…..I”“Blood,” just that one word that left Diana's lips made me look to the floor, “Someone gets the physician now!!” Diana yelled, bringing everyone's attention to us. “What happened to her,” Tristan asked, “What did you do to her!!” He pushed Diana and held onto me, “Why is there blood?” I was weak, but I saw fear on Tristan's face, “Tell the physician to come to the North wing immediately,” Tristan carried me in his arms and ran to the north wing.“I…. I…. Am….. Scared…” I held on to Tristan's shirt tightly as he carefully dropped me on the bed. “You will be fine, I promise, you will be fine,” Tristan held my hand, “Aurora, I know this isn't the time, but I promise I don't know how I got to the garden; I don't know what happened in that garden, please.”“What is the Queen's condition?” The physician entered the room without knoc
Aurora’s POV Everyone was making me lose my damn mind, all of a sudden, Tristan was ignoring me, and Diana was giving me options.“You looked stressed, are you okay?” Grandma asked when I came out of Diana’s room.“Hmmmm,” I paused my lips into a thin line, “What are you doing here?” I changed the topic.“I was just walking around,” I nodded my head because I wasn’t in the mood to chat, “And I saw you and Diana enter her room.”“Oh, we were just talking,” I tried to keep the smile from fading, “Let’s go back to the ballroom.”“Was it Skylar,” I paused when I heard Grandma call that name.I turned to Grandma, “My husband’s dead girlfriend? What about her?” I was genuinely tired, was I going to be given another option!!!“Nothing, I can’t really remember much, but I just remembered that you two look alike; there is a resemblance,” Grandma said, and I nodded my head in relief.I scoffed mentally. Should I be grateful that Diana wiped her memory? “Yes, people do look alike, so there isn'