NEXTDAY: ALPHA ETHAN;I was scanning through the files in my study while Derek was standing behind me. This was about Heather as I knew something was wrong,“You’ll take care of her right?” I recalled Heather's words to me yesterday and I heaved deeply. She had been acting like she was leaving for somewhere far away without Aurora's knowledge or maybe something else was wrong.“Her parents abandoned her when she was just a baby?”“Yes, alpha. It seems Heather never went to college after she struggled through high school with Aurora. They have been together for years after Aurora lost her parents and was taken to an orphanage.”I heaved deeply and then went over to the next papers,“Is this her medical report?” Derek nodded his head when I asked, and as I scanned through it, I wrecked my fingers into my head, “Shit! How long has it been? Does Aurora know?” I questioned, raising my head to stare at Derek so I could get a response,“About a year or two now. I don’t think Aurora knows
AURORA:I’ve never been this nervous before. I could feel my heart thumping so hard, so fast, and out of my control. It felt as if their eyes or gaze would kill me. I had almost wished for the ground to open up and swallow me when the car halted right in front of the building and I couldn’t get my thoughts straight until I felt his hand in mine,“Are you ready?” I nodded my head and then stepped out of the car as soon as the door was opened. As we both began walking together, I heard his voice again “Take a deep breath aurora, no one’s going to hurt you.” We got to the entrance and I was shocked at the kind of people present at the occasion. Maybe for a moment, I had forgotten the man my hands were intertwined with. I had forgotten it was Ethan Thompson standing next to me.“Are you ready to take the spotlight?” He questioned, and just before I could give a response, I cocked my head towards my left and my gaze met with that of Jackson. for a moment, I was lost staring at his eyes.
AURORA:"What took you so long? Are you alright?" Ethan questioned when I got back to our table,"Did you cry?" I shook my head in negation and took my seat next to him, "No, I didn't cry. I just had something in my eyes and I had to rinse it off."He nodded his head, As I took my seat, I took only a few seconds to stare at Jackson and took my gaze away when I saw him staring back at me."Let's welcome Mr Jackson Brandon to the stage, the new manager of Thompson cooperation."Everyone clapped their hands as Jackson rose to his feet, but I didn't. I tried as hard as possible not to stare at him with a lot running through my mind. How come Jackson never told me about his family? He never told me that he had a very influential uncle and that he was the soon-to-be manager of the Thompson group of companies.""Are you ready? It's almost time, Aurora." Ethan's voice snapped me out of my thoughts, and I wondered what he meant by that,"Ready for what?""For this…""Let's welcome Ms Aurora
ETHAN:"Where's Aurora?"Derek was standing behind me. Our table was empty and I had expected Aurora to be seated there, but she was gone."I have no idea. She was seated here before you left a few minutes ago.""Fuck, where's Jackson?" I averted my gaze towards his table and found that it was only his mate seated there. "Don't fucking tell me they're together?"In a hurry, I was about to start heading towards the entrance when Jackson walked in,He had his hand tucked into his pocket, and our gaze met instantly. I wanted to ask him about Aurora, but I held myself back from doing so and I began to walk away from himDerek trailed behind me, but after I walked past Jackson, I halted,"Take another turn and find her immediately. When you do, mind linking me." I instructed him and watched him walk away.I continued to walk until I got out of the hall,I could sense her. I followed the trail of her scent until I got to a corner,"Hey, Aurora." She raised her head to stare at me the momen
JACKSON:"Look into it as soon as you can. I want to know everything there is to know about how she met my uncle. Find out the time, place, and….""Hey baby…" that was Clara,"Okay, Joshua. I know man, I still can't believe it as much as you can." I chuckled on the phone holding onto Clara who was seated on my thighs,I gently planted a kiss on her forehead,"I'll call you later, my wife's here with me. Clara comes first."I watched her chuckle, and I ended the call,"Hey sweetheart, you good?"She nodded her head,"Yeah, I'm fine. I hope he won't feel too bad.""Joshua? No way. If he dares to, I'll remind him my mate comes first in everything." Once again, Clara chuckled loudly, and I wrapped my arms around her tiny waist,"What the hell happened at the party? How did she even know someone like your uncle, Jackson? Don't you find it suspicious?"I heaved,"Can we not talk about, Aurora today? She's past tense already, and I don't care how she met him. Don't worry baby, I know Ethan t
AURORA;A knock was rasped on the door, and I raised my gaze at it,Before I could give a response, the door opened and Heather walked in. She came back? I had not expected Heather to come back because I was certain she was so pissed at me minutes ago,"You came back?""I always come back, Aurora. Only that this time, I came too quickly than usual."Why does she always make everything funny even during intense moments? That was Heather's specialty. To keep everywhere warm,"I'm sorry, Heather. I know I'm so stupid, but I can't help it. Do you know what it feels like to lose a man you gave five of your years to? A man you sacrificed everything for, and a man you dreamt of a life with. It's not that easy for me to forget about Jackson even though I'm trying so hard to do that."Heather came towards me, and sat down close to me,"I know it isn't, but you have to. That's the only way you'll be happy, Aurora. That's the only way you'll be free and you'll forget about him as soon as you can
KATHERINE: "Flog her! Lock her up without food and water till she dies." My mate, Zane yelled at his soldiers as I knelt on the ground pleading and asking myself how on earth Zane had believed everything." "I swear on our unborn baby's life, Zane, I didn't do it. I didn't kill the Alpha king. They're all liars, Zane, believe me. Why don't you believe me, Zane."Tears rolled down uncontrollably, and I couldn't stop it. "Zane!" I yelled again as they picked me up from the floor. I tried to struggle free from their grip, but I was forced to the floor and I fell with a thud wincing in pain and hoping the fall had not affected the children growing in me. "Please, believe me." I cried out in a whimper, staring down the soil and the blood from the sprain on my ankle, and once again, I was being lifted to face my mate."I, Alpha Zane of the blue crest pack, reject you, Katherine Everhart as my mate and future Luna, accept my rejection!" He yelled back at me. His words were like barb
I walked back into my chambers with red and swollen eyes. I should have seen the whore Katherine was earlier, and I should have seen how evil she was, but my love for her blinded me from seeing her true colors.And now, my father's life was a payment for my foolishness. The Alpha king is gone, and I'm the one to blame. I couldn't control the tears that rolled down my eyes. I should have fucking killed that betrayer right at that spot, but I couldn't. My heart could not make me do it right away."Argghhhhnhnn." To ease my pain, I could only destroy multiple things in my room, but it wasn't helping me fully. I fell back on the bed, covering my face with my palm and asking myself why Kath had to do it. Was it because my father never really liked her? This is what I get for trusting and loving a low life. She could rot and die for all I cared. I was going to make her miserable till death would become the only option for her and she would beg for it.A knock was rasped on my door but I ign
CLARA'S POVAs usual, the Preston Hotel was a cocoon of serene ambiance.The piano was playing in what I supposed was a pianissimo with a very rich crescendo effect; it reminded you of Clair de Lune.It was a place for the highest class, the one percentile of the economy. A place suitable for mummy, and because it was suitable for her, it was for me.Even though truly I preferred a more upbeat venue than a classical inn.The hotel restaurant was around the back of the lobby; mummy always decided on the menu; it was always some form of lean white meat and very pricey wine; it got monotonous sometimes.That was mum.Change scared her, she’d rather live a life of routine than change her coffee order.She gets the same butterfly bob cut, never adds color to her hair, goes to the same spa, and the same nail polish. Mummy was stagnant. She didn’t like change; she even disliked the fact that nature forced her to change, the new smile lines and wrinkles. She’d had Botox done twice, and tha
CLARA.My stomach churned.I was meeting mummy today.The meeting is always inauspicious. No matter how much I prepared my mind for it, she penetrated and tore down whatever protective gear I had put in place.My stupid bra was giving me a hard time fastening, and the chill of our massive closet was enveloping me, causing an uprise of hairs on my skin. My nightgown pooled on my waist. I sighed; my hands were already hurting from all the failed trials of clasping the bra.I gave up, thumping into the cushiony chair.“babe!” I called out to the bedroom, “Come in here please”Asking Jackson for help always had me on pins and needles. The feeling of being such a bother to him, whatever it takes to avoid that look of sheer disgust on his face.He’d been acting weird.Staying home more often.He didn’t even go to the neighborhood gym and just used the one in the house.It was scary.No one changes that fast.However, money, wealth, and influence all-cause powerful men to cower.How much mo
****** Five days later*******HEATHER'S POV“I didn't expect your face to be the first I would see. Your concern as much as it is flattering, is scary “I said to Ethan, who had surprise written all over his face.“Damn woman, you just woke up”Ethan said, trying to hold back the smile that was trying to burst out.“More reason to get back into the groove, yeah?”I grabbed his hand and gave it a tight squeeze, that action portrayed everything I wanted to say to himBeing a sentimental person was not my thing at all; I was more of a realist, and I left all the sentimentality for Aurora.Fuck, Aurora.“Ethan..Aurora..”I started and he shook his headI released a breath that I did not know that I was holding back.“How did you pull that off? How long have I been unconscious?”I asked him, ripping the IV connected to my wrist.Ethan stared at me with a look of disapproval on his face and a brow raised.“Don't give me that face, I am very fine, I feel like I could lift this hospital”I s
DAHLIA’S POVI had no idea how to tell my son that we could not go to Canada because his father was there when the reason he wanted to go in the first place was to see his father.There was no possible way that I could agree to that, I could not let that happen.But how on earth was I meant to do that?“Liam baby, who told you that? Who told you that daddy is in Canada?”I asked him with wide eyes, as I parted his hair softly.“I heard you say it to Uncle André”Liam said, looking at me so sweetly.I groaned, I was so fucking careless. How could I have had that conversation without ensuring that no one would be able to hear it?All these years, I had kept Liam's questions about his father at bay with promises that he would meet him soon and stupid stories of how he left us. When the truth was that I took him and abandoned Ethan.My actions may not be justifiable to anyone but I did what I had to do. I could not continue living with Ethan and acting like everything was fine between us.
Dahlia's POV“Cut!”I ran my hands through my hair once the director finally decided to end the scene.We had been taking this scene for the past few days and he was still not satisfied with any of the takes.Personally, it was quite an easy scene, but the director was just a stuck-up motherfucker, so he just made me re-take them because I refused to suck his dick.I was pretty sure that he had a tiny stump for a dick with his protruding pot belly.Envisioning him naked would probably send me to the bathroom to puke.“Thank you guys, that is all for today”Those were the best words I could have heard all day; my feet ached so much, and actually, my whole body ached.Being the lead actress in this drama was an offer that I could not refuse; this movie was going to be another milestone in my career.Instead of the three billboards at Times Square with my pictures, there would be multiple.I had sacrificed everything, every single thing, to reach where I was, and I was not about to give
CHAPTER 37AURORA'S POV Oh, goddess. Aurora! My mind echoed it just as Heather would had she been here.For weeks, she had been trying to get me to see the reason why I should let go of Jackson and embrace Ethan.She was rightShe was always right.Where was Heather?“so there were no other visitors?” I asked.The nurse shook her head and looked down at her feet as if waiting to see if I had any other questions; when none was forthcoming, she slipped out of the ward.Outside the ward, I heard the Nurse’s cheery voice greeting someone. The deep voice had asked, “How is she?” and the nurse had given a breakdown; it was all muffled, so I didn’t even know who it was; besides, she wasn’t like a personal caregiver or anything like that.A few moments later, the door slid open, and once again,n, my anticipation spilled on the floor, or, surprisingly, I wasn’t disappointed. I could feel my eyes light up a fraction, and it felt like a trapped bird was flapping in my chest. As incomprehensib
AURORA’S POVThe ward door slid open and for a moment I felt sheer anticipation,And I thought finally Heather came. My brief moment of bliss deflated like a ball to a needle.To my disappointment, it was just the doctors who had been treating me.I felt a brief pang of guilt that, at that moment, I felt so little of the doctors who had saved my life; I didn’t mean that anyway. I just hadn't seen Heather and the more hours passed, the more uneasy I felt.Heather and her phone were 5 and 6.She’d even borrowed the charger from the convenience store salesperson once she was on five percent, and now two days had passed with no sign of her.Did she even know about the incident?It’s possible she didn’t.That was the only available answer.The doctors did the regular rites of checking my vitals and then asking questions about how I was feeling, whether or not I was feeling pain, and I gave my answers briefly and curtly. My eyes wandered to the door more frequently than I looked up at the
ETHAN'S POVI needed to focus on getting Heather better for Aurora. Obsessing about Fenrir and my past could wait till Heather and Aurora were okay.Letting myself feel insecure was not something that I could afford. I had too many responsibilities resting on me.One thing I always prided myself on was my ability to carry out my responsibilities no matter the situation.Right now, Heather was my responsibility; not only was she the best friend and only family to my mate.I and Heather had developed a friendship, one that I was beginning to cherish.She was the most fiery and outspoken woman that I had ever met. Usually, the most powerful men cowered at my name, but Heather was not scared to face me down as long as it concerned Aurora.I had never seen a friendship as fierce and loyal as the one that they shared.They loved each other so much, Heather could do everything from Aurora. I never for once doubted her intentions toward my mate. She would never let harm come to her, and for t
AURORA'S POVI had told Jackson to go, I had said that I did not want to have anything to do with him. I had told him never to show his face to me again. Or at least I had thought that I had.But instead, I was so weak and pathetic that I broke. I could not hold back my emotions.Despite everything he had done, once he mentioned loving me, everything that I had tried to hate him for fled from my mind.I was so ready to forget about all his past indiscretions and act like nothing ever happened, act like he had not stomped on my heart and chosen someone else over me, act like he had not thrown away the five years that we had shared without so much as a thought.Once Jackson began to say how much he regretted doing what he did, I could feel my heart melt. I had tried to steel myself against him but it was impossible.My brain told me that I should hate him and I should cut him off from my life, but my heart told me otherwise, and my body went along with it.His touch on my skin sent flam