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
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 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
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 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 “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 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 Indigo was standing in shock, her mouth was slightly open as she stared at the person behind me.I turned to see the maid I had asked to bring tea to the room standing in shock. I cleared my throat. “Luna, I'm sorry; I didn't mean to eavesdrop,” She hurriedly went down and started picking up the broken tea cup and kettle. I noticed her hand was shaking.“Are you….” Before I could finish what I was saying, Indigo picked up a piece of broken glass; she raised the maid, shoved her against the wall, and placed the glass on the maid's neck.“I will silt your throat and feed your head to the wild animals if I ever hear these words somewhere else,” Indigo threatened.“Indigo!! How dare you threaten a royal maid?” I questioned out of anger.“Now leave, else I will not spare you,” Indigo pushed the maid to the floor, “You can come back and clean the room later,” Indigo ordered, and the maid ran for her life.“What madness was that?” I questioned.“Daughter of Odessa?” I couldn'
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'