Aurora's POVWith a smile that widened at each step that I took, I walked out of the room, leaving everyone stunned. Yes, that was more than enough reason for them to know that I was capable of ruling, how could they think that I, Aurora, would falter before them? "Lowly men" I spat out harshly before taking a step further. My heels clicked on the marble tiles. "Princess, princess" a voice beckoned to me when I was barely steps away from getting into the jet which had brought me here. "Yes?" I flicked my head around, my long hair glistening. " Prince Hardin" he stretched out his hands, extending a handshake. "I will pass" My eyes were fixed on his outstretched hand. Glancing at it, he withdrew it. "Oh okay" he took it back, sliding it into his pocket. "You looked devastatingly beautiful and I must say I was blown away" I rolled my eyes not wanting to partake in one of those numerous lies that men told. "Thank you," I resumed walking, hoping that he would take it as a cue to le
Aurora's POV"How was it?" Ramon asked immediately I stepped into the large field where we would be training. I let him hug me, caressing my back gently, his fingers running behind my back in circles and somehow it soothed my nerves. "Splendid" I finally answered, while trying as hard as I could not to moan. Indeed, he was good at what he was doing. "Are you sure?" His hands moved toward my lower back, and I pushed him away, feigning a smile on my face. I nodded at the question he had thrown at me. "Fine then, I missed you so much and it was as though I should just hop on the jet with you while it was moving" he pouted his lips, making him look just like a little child would have. "Thank God you didn't" I rolled my eyes at him. I still had to train and it was tiring already, just thinking of how strenuous it would be was making me have second thoughts. Contrary to what I had thought, Ramon didn't become lenient after we started dating, instead, I was shown a part of him that I di
Aurora's POVI yanked the door to my room open, an angry look on my face as I thought of what Ramon had just done. How dare he reject me? I was visibly vexed but still, it was great that he had rejected my advance, it shows that no female would be able to seduce him.Sitting upright, I thought of what to wear, somehow, Roselyn had insisted on me seeing Hardin tonight and being done with and that was what I was going to do. What exactly was the need of prolonging it when it can be done right away? Besides, I knew my father wouldn't complain a bit because he wanted me to go. "Fine," I exhaled sharply, let's get this done with and at least my heart wouldn't keep hitching at every little opportunity. "Are you set to leave now?" Roselyn asked from outside, throwing on a robe, unlike my usual self, I took a last glance at the long mirror and smiled at my appearance in the mirror. I didn't look that bad in a gown, "Yes Roselyn" I answered, while taking steps toward her. I was waiting to
Ashley's POV"I think that it should be Princess Aurora to you" I corrected Jackson who had a smirk on his face that I wished I could wipe off "Reminiscing about the time that we spent together, is that how much you miss me?" Men like this were irritating to me and oh Selina, I was forced to wonder what exactly I had seen in him in the first place. Looking at him now, I could see that he was way below my class. Someone who I shouldn't have spoken to in the first place."Oh," I clasped a hand over my mouth."Are you perhaps talking about the time when I caught you fucking a maid?"I retorted sharply at him. He took a step back, there was nothing that had prepared him for the attack that he had gotten. "Youuuu" he snarled, "Have a nice evening Jackson, I wouldn't want to keep you waiting now you know, I know you have a long line of them waiting for you back at home" I took a step forward, with Hardin leading the waySomehow, I felt satisfied, this was the comeback that I had been exp
Aurora's POVSitting upright on the bed, I heaved out heavily, stretching my hand out. I took the little mirror which I had placed on top of the dresser and decided to take a look at my face. "Way to go, Aurora" I rolled my eyes at my appearance. I couldn't tell the girl who I had seen there because it was far away from how I looked. Standing up from the bed that I was seated on, I walked toward the bathroom, deciding to use the toilet. Although I had said I wouldn't shed a tear for Ramon, I had ended up crying myself to sleep. Pathetic.I knew what I had done was wrong, I should have talked to him about it but I haven't. "Your luck then" I decided to take a bath before stepping out. Another new day, another new scandal, and I wondered what the people would think about it. Although I had seen the pictures last night, I wasn't thinking of it. How exactly was I supposed to know that Hardin had brought people who would take pictures of our outing or rather, an overzealous media perso
Aurora's POV"You have become a Shadow of yourself Aurora, this isn't who you are, you have work to do, meetings to attend and your people to address, how long are you going to stay sulking?" Roselyn flipped the cover I had over myself off my body, making me grunt softly. "Let me be, Rosa" I attempted to take back the cover but she wasn't going to let me do so, " Fine" I threw my hands up, "What do you want from me?""It has been" she glanced at her finger, her eyes moving swiftly on them, " one, two, three, gosh it has been three weeks and you are still lying and acting as though you cannot walk or think anymore, what has gotten into you?" She placed both hands on her waist, waiting for me to answer. "I am tired, I need to sleep, so let me be please" I laid down on the bed, hoping that she wouldn't distract me and I sighed in relief when she didn't. "What the heck?" I gasped out, stunned at what was happening. A moment ago, I was lying still and now, here I was drenched."Roselyn
Aurora's POV Letting out a sigh from my lips, I held Roselyn firmly on the wrist, this was my past, a past that I was returning to, one that I thought I wouldn't be going to any time soon but here I was, standing in the very same place. "Are you okay?" Roselyn asked, jolting me out of my wide sea of thought. "Yes…yes…of course I am, why are you asking?" I flashed a smile at her, she shook her head before getting into the car which was supposed to take us to the shopping center, "Are you sure you are okay? If you are not, we can wait a little bit until you are okay" she suggested. " Why is everyone treating me like I am some fragile doll which will break easily?" I flicked my head at her, waiting for her to answer "Princess, you have to fasten your seat belt please" one of the royal guards who was driving the car we were in said to me, "Thank you" I fastened the seat belt, making sure it clasped properly before letting go of it. I glanced out of the mirror staring at the street
Laden's POVI shook my head trying to get rid of the person who I had seen earlier, if indeed that was Aurora, she wouldn't have denied us in such a way. Although I didn't want to believe that whoever it was, was Aurora, I couldn't deny the fact that a part of me wished that it was her. The eyes, the same green orbs as Aurora's made me wonder who exactly would look so much like her if it wasn't Aurora herself. My parents haven't been able to get over the girl they had seen in the mall and they had kept talking about how it was Aurora. Rubbing my forehead with my thumb, I exhaled gently. I was sure I would be coming down with a headache very soon if I didn't relax a bit and stop thinking of the fact that I had seen her." Are you okay?" Sebastian asked, I had forgotten I was here with him, and for a second there, "Yes, I am, is something wrong?" I forced a smile on my face. " Actually, I have been…." Shit, what exactly was I trying to do? I placed a hand over my mouth, shutting m
Aurora's POV" How long are they going to take before they get here?" I asked Ramon anxiously, he had Lilith on his shoulder and once again, I was being relegated to the background. Lilith had stolen her father from me and I was left gawking at the love they had. " They should be here soon, it wouldn't take more than ten minutes, be patient, " he turned around, a smile on his face as he leaned forward before planting a kiss on my baby bump.We had been arguing nonstop about how I wanted a boy but he kept insisting he wanted a girl just like Lilith and that he was fine with just girls. I placed a hand on my forehead, it seemed to be aching all of a sudden." Wifey" I felt a hand wrapped around my waist, and I let out a grunt when he kept massaging it gently. " Thank you" I was grateful for his help, it wasn't easy being a royal consort and still being good in bed, I had to keep commending his efforts at all times. "It is nothing, come" I sat on the couch, this wasn't easy, giving b
Aurora's POVI collapsed on the bed immediately after I got in not wanting anyone who would distract me. It hasn't been easy and although I had kept saying this was my honeymoon and I wasn't going to work, I just couldn't stop myself from working, with the work piling up, Ramon was forced to step in and assist me but still, I couldn't bring myself to make him do everything. " Wifey" he whispered as he pushed the door open. I quickly turned my face to the side, not wanting to engage in whatever he was going to say. Dude kept doing the same thing, making love to me until I couldn't feel my legs anymore. I squeezed my eyes tightly, not wanting him to catch on. " Are you sleeping?" His face hovered over mine for a while and I could see that he was pouting his lip, was he disappointed? I had never taken him for that, a pang of pain shot through me, I had thought that he would be persistent and would flip me over but I think that I had wished for too much. He leaned closer, his lips pl
Aurora's POV" Princess please you have to sit tight and you aren't supposed to see the royal consort before getting married" I banged my fist on the table, gritting my teeth angrily." Who made such rules besides why can't I meet him? It isn't like I haven't seen all that is to be seen already so why are you guys insisting that I stay here?" " Language Aurora" my mother shunned from behind me, I pouted my lips gently, while fixing my gaze on her."Mother, but that is the truth, why can't I see Ramon? I need to see him because I cannot think and I am so anxious, how exactly will I know that he isn't planning to run away from the marriage when he is being called a royal consort? Gosh, who placed these rules in the first place?" I was vexed, deeply vexed, if I could see whoever it was, I was going to make sure he or she paid for it. "It is a bad omen to see your husband before your marriage and it has been there for centuries and so tell me why exactly do you intend to jinx it?" " H
Aurora's POVI stared at the door, where my mother stepped in from, with a smile on her face. " If you are here to advise me to have a change of mind, I wouldn't so please leave" I pointed at the door to her, not wanting to engage in any small talk. " I wouldn't be doing that but I want to talk to you, don't you think you are behaving so rashly? Do you think you would be able to cope with the guilt if you kill them all, you know, it isn't too late for you to have a change of heart,"I exhaled deeply before fixing my gaze on her. " I wouldn't be saving your brother, Mother, I am going to make sure I watch as he is being plunged into the sea, writhing in pain and I am going to stand there giving instructions to make him suffer because I do not give mercy"She gasped out, looking stunned. "Tell me you didn't just say that, how exactly are you going to sleep knowing that you caused the death of countless people?""Mother" I screamed out at her, it wasn't my intention to do so but I had
Aurora's POVI glanced around, staring at everyone who was in the dungeon, a smile cascading down my face as I made my way down. " Princess," the guards gasped out in shock when they saw me step into the dungeon. " You don't have to do that" I chided them, taking a step backward when he intended to walk closer to me, " I just want to know how my prisoners are doing, I need you to bring two of them out"I pointed at the cell that held Zeeb and his son, "On second thought, don't" I stopped them. If I was going to do this then, I wanted him to see how futile all of his efforts were going to be. I wanted to see the raw desire to hurt Karen in his eyes but he wouldn't be able to. " Hello there Roselyn, I hope you are having a great day in there because I am and I am going to make sure you pay, you are going to pay for everything, mark my words" The smile on my face faded as soon as it had come on it when I saw what Roselyn was doing. "Any funny play, anyone and you all will go down
Aurora's POV" Father" I shut my eyes tightly when he pulled me closer to himself, his lips touching my forehead as tears clouded his eyes," For a moment, princess, I thought that I had lost it all, I thought that everything I had in my life was going, starting from the most precious human in my life, how exactly did you cope? Who assisted you? I do not know why but I feel I owe the person a lot, and I have to reciprocate, I have to thank the person for saving you, my priceless jewel" I smiled faintly at what he had just said, " You do not have to do that, he does not want anything unless…."" Here he is" Somehow I had felt his presence from miles away as he ran down, he had been screaming my name, and searching for me through the mind link,I watched as my father's face contorted into a surprised one, definitely, I could tell he wasn't expecting the person to be Ramon, he seemed to be the last person on his mind, especially after he had been treated unfairly. "Your majesty" Ramon
Alberta's POV"Julius, did you hear that? The sound of the gun, does that mean we are going to be killed? But my brother said that he wouldn't, what is happening?"" Your brother this…your brother that, how can you still call someone who is that heartless your brother, someone who joined Zeeb to kill our child, our only heir, how exactly?''I didn't know what answer I was going to give, I was drained, all of my strength seemed to have been sapped and I couldn't think properly. The fact that I was locked in here didn't help matters, all of the maids who came in here with our food kept saying one thing. That the mansion was devoid of humans as most people had been driven away. What were they trying to achieve by that? First, I couldn't bring myself to cry anymore, I had cried ceaselessly until I couldn't anymore, it had been months since Aurora went missing and my life had become dark, just the way it was before she left and now, I was in here anticipating death with the man I love. "
Aurora's POV"Home'' was the first word that slipped out of my lips immediately after I stepped onto the shores of Arizona. The gentle air that hit my skin reminded me of how good it was to be back and how a lot of lives depended on me.Still dressed in my clothes from earlier, I slipped on a gun after making sure it was filled with bullets. "Are you sure you still recall the tunnel?" Ramon asked, yet again. I get that perhaps he was paranoid and wanted everything to work out fine but he was beginning to get on my nerves already. "Yes" I answered him again, how could I ever forget? The lives of men…hundreds of them depended on me and I wasn't going to risk them, although we had decided to catch them off guard. There was nothing that would assure that so I had to be careful with my dealings."Come on'' he raised his hands, giving the signal we had agreed we would use. "Come here," I ambled toward him, fixing my eyes on him. His hands slinked on my clothes, his eyes holding mine. "
Aurora's POVI clenched my hands into a fist while staring at her, there was no way I would be able to refuse that I wasn't the one especially with me standing by her side, and I could see that she was trying to hold herself from touching me. "Aurora" she gulped in, holding her hands tightly. I stood still, blinking back the tears that threatened to drop because I couldn't let them drop, it would show how much of a weakling I was which wouldn't be great now. I placed a hand over my face, covering my face with the veil, it had lifted while I was getting out of the car and that was how she had seen me, was I joking? I knew that she would have been able to tell it was me from a distance, I had spent more than a decade of my life with her so it was expected. "I will be right there Aurora, all you have to do is scream for me if you need me and I will come running over" he blew a kiss at me, before walking away.Left to face my past all alone, I took in a sharp intake of breath, trying t