Alberta's POV " I cannot keep calm Julius, I can't.. it is late already and she said she is supposed to be here at dusk but she isn't…what is wrong? Why can't our daughter pick up her calls? I do not know, I do not know what is going on…but for Selina's sake I need my daughter," I said to Julius who was seated.Unlike me who seemed to be a wrecking nerve, he looked composed and was quiet, with hands laced together. " You have to calm down, Alberta, our daughter is fine and she would be here very soon, so can you be calm?" He pleaded.I clasped a hand over my mouth, not wanting to let a sound out of it, my emotions were all over the place. The pilot had been called countless times and he didn't have anything reasonable to say except that Princess Aurora wasn't there yet. I slumped on the couch just beside the table, picked up the landline, and tried Aurora's number for what was the tenth time, and still….… it went into voicemail get again. "She isn't still picking up, Julius our da
Alberta's POV" That isn't Aurora" I whispered under my breath to Julius who seemed to be fuming with anger, I could tell that he could sense some foul play just like I did and was ready to go over to the northern lights." This isn't Aurora" I heard him speak into the phone, gritting his teeth. "Who are you and where is my daughter?" He questioned, I placed a hand on my lips, a chill running down my spine. " Oops, I was thinking that there is no way you are going to find out that your daughter is missing but I think that I underestimated you for a second, King Julius, who exactly do you think you are to convert a throne that does not belong to you?"I raised a brow at what was happening, what exactly was going on? Almost at the same time, a phone rang on the table and I flipped my head at Julius before picking it up."Your majesty, you have to turn on your television right away, we do not know what exactly is happening but you need to" a panicked voice spokeWith shaky hands, I pick
Aurora's POVI grunted when I felt my hands strapped to the bed, letting out a sigh. I stared blankly, taking in the people who were seated in the room. I flicked my eyes through quickly before exhaling deeply. I needed to think of a way out of here.Would my parents be looking for me? What was happening in Arizona? " You believed in what you shouldn't have, you are so pathetic" a voice resonated in my ear. I tried to sit upright, but I couldn't, the chains gripping my hands tightened hard around it, causing a scar on it. I thought of what I had just been told and I knew what she had just said was the truth. I was stupid, stupid enough to think that the friendship between us was genuine, but I guess I wasn't cut out for it. I wasn't just cut out to have friends. I bit on my lips, blinking severally before looking away, " Did you plan all this? The day….." I gulped in, trying to find the right word to say. "The.. first day we met?" Although I didn't want to, although I knew what an
Aurora's POV "You shouldn't do this, how long has she been out now? And you keep telling me trash, how much longer is she going to stay in that way?" A voice that I knew too well asked, I tried to call out to him, but it came out in muffled sounds.I shut my eyes tightly before flicking them open. Trying as hard as I could to call his name." You have to be calm, we are trying our best, our very best but it all depends on her will to stay alive" a voice answered.He ran a hand through his hair, frustrated, he looked different from the last time I had seen him, he had emaciated, what could be wrong? Have I done that to him? " You said she needs someone to keep talking to her and she will get better, I am here, her brother is also and we have been talking to her for the past two months but now, there is nothing, she is laying still, how much later do we have to wait?" I gulped in my spittle, trying to get in what I have just heard, does it mean I have been here for over a month? That
Aurora's POV"Why?" I threw glances at Ramon and Laden who gazed at me stunned as though I had just said something I shouldn't have. "How exactly did you come up with that? Of all things, why did you come up with using yourself as bait when there are other ways?" Ramon asked, visibly pissed off.I squinted my eyes at him wondering what exactly was wrong with what I had just said. "Because that seems like the only reasonable thing to do" I answered him, shrugging my shoulders.He peeled off his hands from mine, taking a step backward. "You aren't allowed to use yourself as bait just so you can get back at him, I am not allowing you to" "Well…."I dragged on, " It is a good thing that I do not listen to you and no one else does so…"" You can't," Laden interrupted, stunning me forward. " What do you mean by that?"" Come off it ,Nana, although I am still shocked to find out that we do not have the same parents, you are still going to be the same Nana I grew up with so I cannot let you
Aurora's POV I reclined against the car as I watched Ramon drive down the busy street of Northern lights. Thinking back to our relationship, the thought that I knew absolutely nothing about him flashed through my mind. Thinking back to the day when he had said the sanitorium was his family, I had shoved it aside, not wanting to say a word about it but still." How long is it going to take?" I asked, breaking the silence, I was going to leave it to Sophia, that was the name I had been given to do her work perfectly, I was going to place my hope on her because I could see she meant a lot to Laden and doing otherwise would hurt him which I didn't want. "Soon…." The silence dragged on for minutes and I bit on my lips waiting for him to say something else. " Do you want anything?" "Nope," I answered, although I knew he was trying to make conversation, I couldn't bring myself to talk to him, not when my conscience was gnawing at me for what I had done to him last. We were both at fault a
Aurora's POVI tilted my head to the side, wondering why exactly she was gesturing at me to come with her. Sighing deeply, I placed the pillow I was holding on the bed before walking down with a flip-flop I had found by the side. I let her walk in front before she stopped in front of the kitchen, glances from all corners made me squint my eyes. What was going on? "Granny" I didn't know why the name had slipped out but it had and she had a knowing smile on her face. " That boy would never tell you anything about himself so I think I have to key you in on things that are important to him" she explained.I bit on my lips slightly before letting them go while wondering if it was actually necessary at this point. Would Ramon be happy to see me here? I wondered.Anyways, I shrugged, that isn't up to him to like anyways. I leaned against the table watching her move about the kitchen effortlessly " How long have you known him?" Hmmm, she seemed deep in thought " Since he was given birth
Sebastian's POVI flicked my eyes open, feeling a presence in the room, why was I feeling this way? What was happening? I couldn't wrap my hands around it. " Who is there?" "Hellooo…." I stretched out my hands, searching for my gun which I knew I had dropped somewhere, "Will you talk, or should I blow your head off?"My heart flipped when I saw it, a shadow rushing past me just like a gush of wind. "Father?" I whispered, standing up abruptly from the bed. "Father…." I whispered again, this time I knew that I was certain, I knew I wasn't wrong, there was no way I wouldn't know who it was because that was him, that was the same man who I had come to know as my father for years. "Sebastian……" I gasped when he smiled at me, blood gushing out of his palm. What was that? Was that blood? I shook my head, not wanting to believe it. "Why….why…. Did you kill me? How could you be so heartless? Tell me why…why did you let power take over? Tell me" his footsteps were distinct yet it caused 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