AURORA As I expected, I woke before my alarm went off like I knew I would. I get dressed in his so-called uniform. I do my hair as much as what he did yesterday as I can. I then make my way into the kitchen, except I am too early and there is no one in the kitchen. I decided to make my own breakfast like my mother used to do. I search the kitchen cupboards and familiarise myself with where everything is. I then pull out a bowl and a pan. I then gather the ingredients I need and make myself some chocolate chip pancakes while dancing around the kitchen. I then sit at the counter and eat. I jump a little when I hear a rough voice behind me, but I don't turn around. "You are not meant to be in here yet. Why are you out of your room?" "I couldn't sleep so I thought I would make myself some breakfast before having to serve his Beastness..." I stifle a small laugh I then hear a low growl. This makes me freeze with a piece of my chocolate chip pancake halfway to my mouth. I turn and lo
LOGAN I have been travelling for the last 3 months, and much to my disgust, my brute of a father wants me back in the territory and in the castle for my birthday. I am turning 25, but with the way he acts, I am turning 5 again. The only good thing about these trips he sends me on around the territories is that I get away from him and I could possibly meet my mate. I just hope he doesn't try to take her or kill her like he did with my mother. He denies it, but I know he did and he did it because she found her true mate. He found out about the 2 of them together when my mother fell pregnant with her true mate's pup. He killed them because that pup could challenge both him and me for the throne as my mother was the true Queen of this kingdom by birth, my father is not and with how he has run this kingdom, I would have given it to him or her without a second thought. As I travel the country and visit the territories, I am just waiting for the best time to challenge him and take my pla
AURORA I climb out of the shower and wonder what just happened. I turn to Ariel as I re-enter my room to get dressed to go and meet his Beastness, "Ariel? What just happened?" "We just met our mate!" "Really? He can get us out of here and away from the beast..." "No, not yet..." "But..." "Aurora, we are in a very dangerous situation, remember what Father said about the beast how he killed the princess he mated after she gave him a son... He can kill us at any time and we don't know who our mate is, he might not be strong enough to fight the beast to win us from him." "Okay! Do we have any of his scent on us?" "No, he didn't hold us long enough and what he did leave on us, we just washed off. We should be fine." I get dressed and then head down the passage to the beast's chambers. I knock softly and hear his rough voice. "Enter Aurora!" I enter the room, not quite closing the door behind me. I look up to find him in a pair of basketball shorts sitting on the side
AURORA The females then walk with me into the bath, moving me into the centre where they get me to duck under the water, and then when I come back up, they each have a sponge. They each have a limb that they wash with absolute care, they then move me subtly over to the edge of the bath where there is a small seat in and under the water. I sit down at their silent request and lean back until I am then joined by Grace, who has a selection of bottles around her as she kneels on the edge of the bath. She pours a small amount of half the bottles into a bowl and then mixes them. Once mixed, she then pours it onto my head slowly while gently massaging it in. When the bowl is empty, she places it next to her and uses both hands. She smiles down at me as I let out a relaxed growl of pleasure. "You have never been seen to like this before, have you, princess?" "No, we don't believe in making someone serve us when we are capable of doing it ourselves..." "It is one thing to have to serve
LOGAN I have a lazy day of pampering at my father's insistence. Getting ready for the celebration later, I am joined by my two best friends, Levi and Wyatt. We all grew up together, much to my father's disapproval, but I didn't have much after he killed my mother, so I never let him remove them from my life. Levi will be my Beta when I take over from my father and Wyatt will be my Gamma or Head Warrior. The moves in fighting he can do are amazing. Father won't let me train with him, so while we are travelling, he will train me, as well as get the Head Warriors of the packs we visit to do the same, without Father knowing, of course. After we are all set for the celebration, Levi and Wyatt go to their assigned places while I go to mine. I enter my birthday celebration my father has arranged and made my way to my throne that is placed next to his, I also see the chase that is on the other side of his throne which means he is allowing Aurora out into the open for the first time. I wond
AURORA The celebration is better than I thought it would be. Oliver hasn't had to use the chain and I have only had to serve Logan and him a couple of drinks. I can't believe my mate is his son, but then, like everything in my life at the moment, why I am surprised is beyond me... I sigh and am startled when I look up and see Logan standing in front of me as he says a little louder than needed, I think "Princess, may I please have this dance?" I glance at Oliver; he growls but nods his head, allowing it. I watch as Logan takes the slim chain from Oliver's hand and allows me to stand. We then head onto the dance floor. I shiver as he wraps his arms around me and tingles run through me. He whispers as we start to dance "You look absolutely breathtaking. I was a little worried that he would have you wear one of his slave uniforms, showing everyone that you are his slave, not his guest..." I smile but then allow it to drop as I whisper, "Why didn't you tell me you were his s
AURORA I wake slowly with pain radiating from everywhere; I go to move but a soft female voice and hand stops me. "Aurora, relax and stay still..." "W...w...what h...ha..happened? H..how d...did I...I get here?" "Alpha called me last night as he was carrying you down the passage. He laid you on the bed and told me to take care of you and then to send 2 of my females to him." I relax and lie back down as she runs a cool cloth over my forehead. "What did you do to make him do this to you?" "I... He was being a jerk..." I lift my hand to my cheek and flinch as Grace continues. "You are lucky he didn't kill you... He has done so for much less..." "H... He c... can't k...k...kill me w...with...without g...going t...to w...war with m...my f...f..father..." Grace nods and goes back to whatever she was doing before I woke, I turn to Ariel "Ariel? What damage did he do?" "Not much, just a few cuts, but mainly bruises... You did well to protect us..." "How long?" "By t
LOGAN Magnus wasn't happy when we came in here to see how Aurora was after the way father left the celebration with her last night, I was expecting something but seeing the bruises and cuts on her face and neck was not at all what we were expecting. He wanted to go then and there and beat the crap out of him like it seems he did to her, but I managed to calm him down enough to see to Aurora. I put the ring she gave me into my pocket, hold her tight to me without hurting her again, and relax as she does. Once she is asleep, I run my fingers through her hair, calming both me and Magnus. I doze a little with her but I know that father can come in and check on her whenever he feels like it, so after a little while I carefully move her so she is in the bed properly and climb off, as I cover her up I lean over and place a kiss to her temple and whisper, "I will come back for you..." I then move to exit the room. As I open the door, I smile as Grace jumps a little on the other side. S
AURORA True to his word, King Micheal visited on the quiet a couple of times over the remainder of my pregnancy to indulge in the taste of my blood. The night the twins were born, Micheal surprised me. I had been suffering slight discomfort every few hours over the day, however; I didn’t want to alarm anyone until it was necessary. My parents had retired for the night, and I was resting in the library. I had just finished reading a book and was walking slowly around the shelves, looking for another, when a massive wave of pain enveloped me. When the pain passed, I wasn’t surprised when Logan opened our mate link and asked if I was okay. Knowing that he was in a very important meeting with a couple of the kingdom’s allies, I assured him that I was fine, thinking that I had enough time to allow him to finish his meeting before getting him to meet me at the Royal Infirmary. However, the next wave proved me wrong as it was just as intense as the last and I had to concentrate on keeping
AURORA I pull out from his body, straighten and turn so I am now facing him. I am glad no one walked in as it wouldn't have looked good, me in the arms of another male. I look directly into Michael's red eyes and whisper, "You are setting me free? With only those 2 conditions? How do you know that I will keep to them?" "Yes, I am setting you free. I only need these two conditions, and I know you won't go back on them once you agree. One, because I am connected to you and I will know where you are no matter where you go, and two, it is not in you to renege once a deal is made. You have too much of your father's honour in you..." I lower my eyes from his for a moment, but sigh and return my eyes to his, as I whisper, "Okay, I agree with your terms!" His eyes shine bright red and I get lost in them as he closes the gap, leaning down and kissing me. I hesitantly kiss him back as I taste the coppery tang of blood. I then feel a slight sting on my lip. He kisses me for a moment lo
AURORA Unfortunately, the connection I now have with him will always be there even after he releases me as he created a blood bond between us but after what happened on the battlefield and with what Aaliyah had told me, I had worked out that it was more for my protection once he had purchased me from Toby as he didn't trust Toby to keep his word. I don't believe that he will use the blood bond once he releases me to Logan. I am startled out of my head when there is a knock on the door. I turn to see my father standing there. "DADDY!" I smile and run across the room, wrapping my arms around him as he says, "Now that is my little Princess..." I pull back a little as I say, "But I'm not so little anymore..." He laughs and pulls me back into a tight hug, but it only lasts for a second as he receives a kick in the stomach, not once, but twice. You see, once we returned, we found out that I'm not having one pup; I'm actually having two, one male and one female, so my bump wasn't a sma
AURORA Once I have pulled it over his head, he growls as he wraps his arms back around me and pulls me tight into him. He then returns to his kiss. As he slowly deepens and makes it more dominant, he slowly makes me step backward until the backs of my legs hit the side of the bed. This doesn't seem to interfere with what he has in mind as he makes me lay back and then with one arm wrapped around and across my back, he uses the other to support our weight as he crawls on the bed taking me further onto it at the same time. When we are in the middle of the bed, he stops moving and pulls his arm out from underneath me, allowing him to support his weight and then slowly trails his kisses down my neck, over my shoulder and his mark and then down further. He trails his kisses over one breast and then the other before moving down over my abdomen where he stops, making me let out a slight giggle as he whispers, "Hey there, little one... I love you already and I haven't even met you yet..."
AURORA I turn my attention back to Mary and Melanie as I say, "Come on you two, I have told you that is not necessary as you both are my friends..." They laugh, "Sorry Aurora, it's habit... Especially when Alpha Logan is nearby!" "So, what were you two talking about?" "Just that we both are not feeling the best..." I was afraid of this, if I am carrying Logan's pup from just once with him and the females that were taken from this pack are all carrying pups as well, with the amount of time Toby spent with both of them there was no other reason behind why they would feel unwell. I sit down, "Have you heard or been told what happened to some of the females from this pack?" "Yes, we have spoken to a few of the females from this pack and they told us about the rogues as we told them what Toby did to us... What's going on Aurora? You look worried?" "I was just told that nearly every female that was taken by the rogues that night has just found out that they are all carrying a pup...
AURORA Once all the injured are healed enough to travel, we start the long trip back home. The first stop we make is at Alpha Pablo's pack. Ariel and I feel really bad, as it was the females from this pack that were taken by Toby and the rest of his rogues because of my heat. Logan goes to find one of the females he helped as I wandered around the pack. I watch as the females are still all on edge and seem even more so now that even more males have entered their pack's little village. I place my hand on my lower abdomen. I still haven't had the chance to tell Logan about our little bundle. I keep looking for the right time, but something else always seems to come up and I don't get to tell him. I see Alpha Pablo making his rounds of the females now that he is back in the pack and I decide that I never actually got to apologise for the trouble, loss and trauma I caused him and his pack. I approach him slowly and say hesitantly, "Alpha Pablo?" He turns and faces me. He smiles and sa
AURORA When I pull back from our kiss, I smile as I step back, but Logan won't allow me to move too far as he tightens his arm around me and pulls me back into his side. I look around and see my father approaching. I look up at Logan, who smiles, nods his head and finally lets me go. As soon as his arm drops from my waist, I run to my father and nearly make him fall over as I wrap my arms around him. He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight as he whispers, "I'm sorry! I had no choice..." I pull back a little to look up at him as I say. "Dad, what are you talking about?" "The deal with Alpha Oliver... The way I sent you with him... I am sorry!" "Dad, I told you I was willing to be part of the alliance, I even told you to do it... And if you had told me what was happening, you wouldn't have had to drug me as I would have gone with him willingly... Family and the kingdom always come first..." "I know you did and I am sorry that I didn't tell you... That I didn't warn you of
LOGAN I make my way around the battlefield, checking everybody who is lying on the ground. Once I am sure that there are no more injured out within the dead, I move among the injured and decipher who is rogue and who is pack. Once the rogues are treated, I ask the first one, "Are you a rogue by choice, or were you forced?" "I was taken from my pack as a teenager. I am not proud of what I have done, but had to do it to survive..." "You would have to go through some training and I would need proof from you to know you won't turn on me or other members of my pack... So you want to rejoin a pack? Are you willing to do that to rejoin a pack?" "I have wanted to rejoin a pack since they took me, but no pack would give me the chance..." "Very well, you now have that chance..." "Thank you, Alpha!" I go through the others and most of them are the same taken from their packs during raids done by the Rogue king, so they are not true rogues, as a true rogue is one that has given in to the w
AURORA I watch as Aaliyah finishes setting up whatever it is that she needs to. Once she has set up, I then listen as she starts her chant, By the power of the moon, Let the power dim within this Collar and Chain,Drain the protecting Magic,So the hold they have may be broken. North, South, East, West, Aid me now in this Quest, A curse made with Blood, Must be Cleansed, By the Sun and the Moon. Earth, Air, Fire and Water,I call for your Aid, Unbind this Chain and Collar, To No Longer keep its Prisoner, Bound that was Stolen. With the Power of the Moon, I reverse this Enchantment, I release you, I set you Free! North, South, East, West, With Earth, Air, Fire and Water, Brought together By, The power of the Sun and the Moon, I reverse this Enchantment, Return it to Whence it came, As I will it, So mote it be! I wince as the collar starts to get heated and starts to burn, but it doesn't last long, as it then starts to cool. Aaliyah then makes her way over to