02

When Ellen saw the change of emotions on her face, she felt concerned and quickly shook Aurora back to reality, ignoring Rebecca, who was leaving the room after she must have accomplished her mission.

"Aurora, what is it? What's the problem?"

Ellen asked, still with concern.

Aurora stared at her. Now, her face's colors were returning to normal, and the shock was slowly leaving her.  

"My father..."

She whispered, then tears began to drop from her eyes as she sniffed. Was today ever going to get worse, she thought?

"My father has planned to marry me out to the devil."

Aurora said as she felt fear consume her. She stared at Ellen, who hadn't spoken a word after her statement, and her face showed she was still confused by her words.

"Who's that devil, Robert?"

Ellen asked, still trying to grasp the situation.

"Nooo."

She emphasized,

"If it were Robert, I would accept him with shame and take my fate. I will be forcefully given to the alpha king, alpha Adam, the devil, killer, and devourer who has never seen the day."

Aurora said that fear raked through her body this time, sending chills all over her. She thought getting mated to Robert was the most significant punishment of her life, but that didn't seem so; it was better she get bred to her mate rather than marry Alpha Adam.

Ellen stared at her; her eyes were wildly open, and she felt chills. The alpha was sending his daughter to her death yard; she never wished her enemy to be with him.

The news that they heard about him while growing up was gruesome. Many stories have been told about him, and none were pleasant; some say he was a Lycan, and others say the vampire king had bitten him and thus turned into a hybrid; the mention of his name alone can stop a war.

"How is that possible?"

Ellen asked, coming back to reality; this is not just news but one which will change the life status of Aurora, her best friend.

"I do not know. My father had always hated me, but I never knew it was to this extent."

Aurora said quickly, standing up. As she walked towards the door, she would head to her father's throne and question him. She did not care if he would punish her like he always did or even starve her; that was a routine.

"Where are you heading to Aurora?"

Ellen asked as she turned to watch her; she was about to leave the room angrily.

"To question this report, and if it's true, I will ask him why; why is he sending me to my death? I do not want to die in the hands of the devil."

Aurora said, quickly stepping out. She was a weakling, so weak that she couldn't defend herself, but she was stubborn, audacious, and had alpha blood in her; she was a ginger-haired girl with fury within her.

As she stepped towards her father's throne, she was surprised to find her stepmother and some elders there; they seemed to be in a deep discussion, and included in the people present was Alpha Nathan, Robert's father. She stared at him, questioning his presence. Alpha Nathan hardly leaves his pack, but his being here meant something important was happening.

As soon as she stepped in, everyone stared at her with surprise. No one was expecting the weakling daughter of the alpha right in the center of the meeting; they had only known the king to have one daughter, her sister Rebecca.

Aurora could feel the disgust radiating from her stepmother's eyes and the stares she received from the pack members and Robert's father.

"What do you need in here? You were never invited."

Her father sneered with a loud voice from his throne.

Quickly, she fell to her knees; whenever she was around her father, she constantly trembled; he had tamed her to fear him and tortured her never to disobey him or anyone within the pack.

"I'm here regarding the news I heard from Rebecca, my step-sister; I wish to confirm if it is true?"

She said, still kneeling and hoping for a negative response.

"You dare enter my meeting ground to interrupt my discussion with Alpha Nathan!"

He said it, his voice so piercing that it sent shivers all over her body.

"You will be getting married to Alpha Adam in the next week; that should be enough to make you prepare for your departure. At least you should be grateful that we sold you out to a powerful man rather than allowing you to waste your useless life here."

Her father said there was no single emotion in his words, no single kindness, which signified that he was her father.

"Take her away from here and prepare her for her departure."

Alpha Erik said as he stared at his daughter with hatred and anger. He watched as the guards dragged her carelessly from the floor, and Luna followed behind.

As they dragged her out from the grand room towards her room, she knew her security would triple; her father would have eyes watching over her, and she would never be allowed to step foot out of the building again.

"Leave us!"

Marissa, her stepmother, commanded the guards, and quickly, she was left alone with the woman who had made her life a living hell.

"Your father has sent you to die in the hands of the devil; no one has ever survived living with him.'

Aurora stared at her stepmother with hatred, fear, and anger.

"Why do you hate me so much? Why do you allow me to be married off to the demon, the devil? Is that how much you hated me?"

She whispered to Marissa. Marissa stared at her with dark, devious eyes and a little sly grin on her face, she said.

"You are a curse, and because you are a curse, you are the perfect gift to grant to the devil for saving our lands; at least, you served a meaningful purpose, and you will not leave this castle unless I command it."

Marissa said, throwing her a scary look before leaving the room.

Aurora stared at the disappearing figure of her stepmother, and she knew that she was right; Marissa would never allow her to leave the castle, but then she would have to prove her wrong; she was going to escape before her own family and pack destroyed her life.