~Ethan.Arne and I decided to take a stroll after he made me promise him not to look at Aurora -his Mom- 'that way.' I had no idea how I was going to spend the day with Arne because just like his mother had said, he was too smart, it scared me. I had learned, to my surprise, that he was ten and though I had expected him to be younger, his brain worked faster than that of an average ten-year-old child.“You are the King, right?” I looked down at Arne and nodded as I navigated him to the right corner towards the palace building. “Why then don't you have bodyguards?”I looked over my shoulder and at Sam before turning my eyes back to Arne, “I have Sam,” I said with a shrug.“But he is not a bodyguard.”“Eeh, let's just say I don't necessarily always need one. I can fight for myself, and Sam can too.”“But you are the king,” he protested.“I am an Alpha, son. The ruler of this whole pack. I take my guards only when I am leaving the land but, behind this palace gates, I don't necessarily
~Aurora.I jumped out of the car once Elijah killed the engines and headed straight for my room. I had a long day at work and all I wanted to do was to take a long bath and sink into my bed, but, was left shocked as I didn't find Arne in the room. It was already evening and Arne was supposed to have been back.My heart skipped a beat as I tossed my purse on the bed and rushed out of the room. What was I thinking, leaving Arne with Ethan? I sharply sucked in a breath and held on it as I began searching the palace. I should never have forgotten, I should have kept his threat in mind and engraved in my heart before thinking of entrusting my son to his care. Still with hastened steps, my eyes darted throughout the open field as I approached it, my hastened steps accompanied by my beating heart quieted down as I caught sight of Arne sitting on a swing with Ethan. His head was thrown back in laughter at whatever Ethan was saying.A smile crept up on my face as I watched the both of them. Th
~Ethan.Of everything I had thought Aurora to be, dramatic wasn't one of them. I watched her, with a raised brow and an amused expression, run away as though she were fleeing from me.She was funny, I would give her that, running away as though she had seen a ghost but, even as though she practically fled, her lemony scent continued to linger around me as though she were a breath away from me, like her hands were still wrapped around my neck and her breath still falling on my face.My groin reacted in protest, and I chewed on my teeth to keep it back in line. The last thing I needed was getting a hard on for a woman I couldn't have…yet.As Aurora disappeared from my sight, I turned to see Sam, who was now standing behind me and with a wide grin which almost cringed me to death. The little smile I wore fell, and my brows knitted as I looked at him from head to toe.“Would you prefer your death to be by handing, or would you rather I burn you alive?”“I would like a hug and two pats on
~Aurora.I couldn't understand what I was thinking, getting close to Ethan like that, holding him in my arms and breathing his air. I should have known that ten years wouldn't change anything, it couldn't. I should have seen the blaring signs, I should have listened to my head when it told me to stay far away from him.Ethan Balor. Those eyes of his were my Achilles' heels and his lips, I was certain, would be my downfall. Perhaps, more than it did to me years ago.It is all in the past now, Aurora. I said to myself as I ran.I needed to get it into my head that I couldn't reconnect to the past, especially when the said past was a handsome demon that threatened the life of my innocent child.I couldn't afford to cave in, if not for myself, for the sake of Arne who had nothing to do with our past relationships and terrible end.You can't give in, Aurora.I was out of breath when I got to the guest quarters and already wheezing as I pushed the door and stepped into the room.“Did you r
~Ethan.With a clenched jaw and palms fisted by my side, I watched Mom sob into Hadria's shoulders. Her grip on Hadria was tight, as though Hadria would be some sort of support if Aurora were to say anything bad.I turned my eyes back to Aurora, who was bent over Dad at the same time as she stood up straight. Her gaze met mine and her eyes dilated; they were slashed with worry and pity -those emotions which I couldn't deny worried me.Her eyes scanned the three of us, and we kept our gazes on her, waiting to hear the good or bad -dear goddess please - news from her.Hanging her stethoscope around her neck, she locked her fingers in front of her, “I have managed to stabilize his heartbeat, he is good for now but, we will have to place him on close examination to avoid such a thing repeating itself again. And Hadria too.” She briefly looked up at Hadria before returning her gaze to Mom.Mom exhaled deeply as she sniffled back her tears, “thank you so much, Aurora. I don't know what we w
~Aurora.Something had happened, I wasn't sure what it was. Something changed in me, in Ethan, again, I wasn't sure what it was but, I was certain it was a type of that I didn't want.It was certainly the type of change I didn't want.As I made my way to the guest quarters, I couldn't help but think of how in sync our hearts had been when I hugged him. I shouldn't have hugged him, I knew, but, I couldn't have ignored him also, not when he was so fragile and vulnerable at that moment.I mean, Ethan almost dropped a tear.Arne was already fast asleep when I stepped into the room almost breathless, the blanket with which he was covered was already pooled at his feet and I immediately figured he had long been asleep. Sighing, my eyes darted around the room; the time read something minutes to eleven pm and with the trolley of food still in the room, I could that the nanny had been with Arne just as Sam as promised.Quickly, I stepped into the bathroom to freshen up, as I hadn't gotten the
~Ethan.The girls started trooping in the day after the conversation I had with Mom but, even with all my attempts to concentrate on them, I could not seem to shake away the thoughts of my encounter with Aurora the previous night.One minute, I was heading back to my chambers and the next, I had my hands around her neck, trying my very best to keep myself from pushing her against the wall and claiming those luscious lips of hers.Her stubbornness aroused me. She was a sweet temptation and one thing was certain, I would not be able to hold myself back for long. It was only a matter of time before my strange surging desires for her consumed me and transformed me into something I wouldn't be able to control.The girl in front of me chatted away like she and the four other girls before her and the three others next to her had been trained and wired to do. Perhaps, I was supposed to be happy that finally, I was about to find the woman who would birth my successor but, the meeting with the
~Aurora.I narrowed my eyes and darted then between that two men. I was never aware that Ethan knew Reginald and otherwise. How did they even know each other?Throughout my stay in Sturgeon Moon pack, I had never, for once, met Reginald not to talk more of knowing that he knew Ethan. I only got to meet Reginald eight years ago when I went to seek a job in his hospital, and it was a bit awkward learning he knew Ethan.Reginald soon broke into a smile as he spread his arms wide and moved to Ethan.“Dude! Look at you.”Ethan smiled wider than I had seen him do in a long time as he moved to Reginald. They both locked each other in a tight embrace and patted each other's back. I couldn't take my eyes off them. For some reason I couldn't tell, it was hard to settle with the fact that Reginald knew Ethan and Ethan knew Reginald.“Man, I can't believe I am actually seeing you,” Reginald chimed cheerfully. “How long has it been, man? Thirteen years?”Ethan chuckled, “Eleven years, Reggie.”“D