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
LOGAN With what we are doing firmly set between us, we make our way out of the office, out of the barracks, and then make our way to see my father in his office. Once at his door, I take a deep breath and knock. It doesn't surprise me when I hear a female whimper as he growls, "What is it?" "Sorry to interrupt, Father, but I just received some information I believe you need to know about..." "Enter.." I open the door to find him thrusting his hips hard into the female he has lying bent over his desk. I don't pay her any attention, as this is not the first time. My father really doesn't care who sees him with his mistress as long as they don't interfere with whatever he is doing to them. He continues his actions but faces me, "Well??" "I got wind of a rumour that is going around the outer packs..." He growls, "What rumour?" "That one of the outer kingdoms wants to split from ours and is looking for alliances from other outside packs and kingdoms to be able to do so..."
AXEL I walk away from him before I start his training here and now by beating the crap out of him. I head into the packhouse, up to my floor, and into my private office. I am joined soon after by Benjamin, "So? What do you think? Do you think he is telling the truth?" "He had Aurora's princess ring. She has never taken that off since you presented it to her on her 10th birthday. He must mean something to her or she is desperate to give it to him and then send him to you, knowing who his father is and the position she is in..." I growl, "Don't remind me I put her there, remember..." "You had no choice. Even Stella realized that!" I huff, "Yeah, she did, but she still isn't talking to me. She has been staying in Austin's room..." "Axel, you have never let her stay mad at you for this long... You have a little time, go and see her now!" I look at the clock; he is right; I told Logan an hour; I look back at Benjamin, "Meet our new guests out back. If I am not done in an ho
AURORA I woke up early the next morning alone in my bed, which I guess was a good thing. I take a deep breath and catch just a hint of Logan's scent still on the pillow. I sigh. I didn't want to send him to my father because if he didn't believe that I sent him, then he would be in a lot of trouble. I reluctantly climb out of bed. I strip the sheets and pillowcases because if the beast comes in and smells even just a hint of his scent, he will want to know why he was in here without his permission. I quickly remake the bed and then head into the bathroom and have a shower. Once I had had a complete wash, I got out and dried off; I took a look in the mirror and Ariel was right. Most of the cuts have healed, and there are only a few small bruises still visible. I go over to the vanity and grab the key. I then move to the door that leads to the beast's room and lock it. I then move over to the other door and lock that one, too. I drop the towel and sigh as I allow Ariel to shift. I s
LOGAN When we get out to the backyard, no one is out here, so Wyatt and I decide to do some of our warm-up stretches, but it isn't long before King Axel's Beta Benjamin joins us. He walks up to us and says, "Alpha! Has been detained for a little while. He will join us as soon as he can. In the meantime, I will run through with you our stretching and warm-up routines." I watch as Beta Benjamin does a run-through of their stretching and warm-up. Once he is done, he turns to us and nods. Both Wyatt and I then copy what he did. I smile a little to myself as I see the surprise that he covers very quickly at how we did the full run-through of the warm-up without him having to show us again. On the second round, he joins us, and then each round thereafter he slowly increased the speed at which we were doing each move. I glance to the side at about halfway through our last run to see Alpha Axel standing on the porch, just watching. Once we are finished, he walks over, "You look good, bu
AURORA Someone moves slowly up to the bed. They touch my shoulder as they sit on the edge. I jumped, scared that he had come back. I pull away but as soon as I realize that it is Grace; I move and she wraps her arms around me as I curl up into her again. I sob silently as she holds me tight. Once my sobs slow, she asks, "What happened?" I take a deep breath and calm myself even more before looking up at her, but once I look at her I can't tell her, I can't admit to her what he tried to make me do in the kitchen, what I did back to him and then the punishment he just gave me. I shake my head, pull out of her arms, and run to the bathroom. I lock the door and turn on the shower. I walk into the shower even though the water is still cold wanting to get him off of me as soon as possible, but even after his warning, I don't know if I could let him touch me like that or do what he wanted me to do without fighting back. Once I am partly satisfied that I have gotten enough of him off
AURORA I spend the day with Grace, Carson, and Levi, reading up on not only the Lovers mark Oliver put on my shoulder that morning, but how the kings of the past ruled the kingdom and what Oliver has done since being King. He is the most ruthless king to have ruled over this kingdom. He is nowhere near what my father did before he met my mother, but he isn't far off and he has been king for a lot less. Once my lessons are done for the day, I go to his Beastness's room. I sit at one of the vanities that has four mirrors, 2 of which move. I turn sideways and move one of the mirrors so I can see the mark he put on my shoulder, but I can't see it, so I give up. I move over to the chaise lounge he has in one of the corners. I curl up in the corner of the chase and just lean on the side. I must have dozed off because I stirred at the feeling of my skin burning. I look up and into the eyes of Oliver. He keeps my eyes locked with his as he continues to run his hand over my cheek, down m
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