AURORA Lincoln then lets my hands go and gets out of the bed. I look around as he disappears into the bathroom and see that my dressing gown is draped over one of the chairs. I watch the bathroom as I slide out of bed and make my way over to the chair. I slip on my dressing gown and then make my way to the door that leads to the passage between his chambers and mine. I open the door quietly and slip through, closing it behind me. I then run down the passage to my door, open it, and step inside. I close it behind me, slumped back against it, and sigh in relief. I then tighten my dressing gown around me and make my way into my bathroom. I turn on the shower and once it is scorching hot; I step in. I wash and scrub, getting rid of all traces of him. Once I am satisfied that I can't get anymore off of me without removing my skin completely, I turn off the water and step out. I grab the towel next to the shower and slowly dry myself off, as I do this I feel tingles run through me as I
AURORA I re-closed the door and leaned back up against it; it was a set-up. Everything was a set-up. He wanted me all along. He just wasn't expecting his son to be my true mate. I then hear a light tap on the door, along with his rough voice, "Aurora, come out here now!" I quickly get to my feet, wipe off the tears that escaped my eyes, grab one of Oliver's slave uniforms and slip it on. Just as he is about to knock again, I open the door to face him, knowing that I will receive a punishment for leaving his room this morning. I don't see it, but I feel the sting of the slap he just gave me. He then grabs my arm, pulling me to him. I struggle as he wraps his arms around me, holding me tight to him. Without breaking the skin, he bites down hard on my shoulder over the mark before I can prepare myself for it, making me scream as the pain he causes spreads through me. Unfortunately, now with my mate's mark there, Lincoln now has a new place he can use to bring me pain. He removes
AURORA I then make my way slowly over to the other side of the bed, put my feet on the floor, and look up to watch Lincoln. I am not listening as he speaks to Logan. I just want to go and have a shower. What Lincoln has been doing to me all day has me feeling dirty and nothing like the princess I am. I manage to get over to the bathroom. I smile a little to myself as I enter and close the door quietly behind me. I know I probably shouldn't have, but I lock the door and set the shower going. I make sure it is nearly scorching hot before I step under the water. I then scrub my body, trying to get rid of as much of Lincoln as I can. Once I am as clean as I can be, considering what he did, I just stand under the water. I nearly jump through the roof, when I hear a bang on the door and I then hear Lincoln through the door, "AURORA! LET ME IN! I NEVER SAID YOU COULD MOVE!!" I reluctantly turn off the water, dry myself off, and put back on my slave uniform before heading over to the
LOGAN I don't want to tip my father off just yet that I am Aurora's mate. So with the fact that Carson, Levi and Wyatt are the only ones who knew I returned last night, I decided to make it look like I returned late this morning. I smile to myself as I approach my father's bedroom, knowing that if it worked Aurora would have her fight back and hopefully, she would have refused to complete the mating with him even after saying she would. I didn't feel the connection I initiated with my mark last night, break so I am fairly sure that he didn't get to touch her like that. Unfortunately, half a mark is not enough to create a mind link, so I can't talk to her and find out what happened or what he has told her he is planning. I didn't see Toby after the ball last night, but I am definitely getting the feeling that there is more to him and what my father has him do than he is letting show. I am starting to wonder if the errand he sent me on before he brought Aurora into his possession was
LOGAN Both Carson and Grace then stand and we all head out of Carson's office. I nod to Grace as she heads back to the servant's quarters while Carson and I head to my father's office. Once there, I knocked on the door and then opened it, allowing Carson and me to enter the office. I bow slightly as they do and make my way around Father's desk and stand just off to the side as I say, "Welcome. We weren't expecting you until the day after tomorrow?" Alpha Max steps forward. "We wanted to first congratulate your father on choosing such a beautiful mate and queen, and after waiting so long after what happened to your mother..." Then Alpha Emmett steps forward. "We are also here early for a different reason. We got reports from our packs that over the last day or so our packs seem to be getting more and more rogue intruders passing over our borders without permission..." Alpha Jack then finishes for the rest of them, "We were hoping that your father would honour his alliance with
AURORA Once I have my breathing under some sort of control, I stand up straight and make my way quickly into my closet. I know it is full of Oliver's version of a uniform, but there must be something in here that is a little more respectable. I rummage through every drawer, but there is nothing in here that would cover more than just the intimate parts. I sighed but then remembered the big closet room that Grace would take me to whenever there was a big event and Lincoln wanted to show me off. I grab one of the dressing gowns off of the hangers and wrap it around myself. I tie the sash and then move carefully out of the closet. I listen and when I don't hear anything; I move out into the room, over to the door leading to the servant's area and again carefully and quietly look around, making sure there is no one around that would stop me. Once I am sure I move out of my room and head to the big closet, when I am at the door I look around once again and then slip into the room. Once
AURORA I know I will have to do a full shift as a part shift takes too much energy and Ariel doesn't have enough to spare. I won't be able to do anything about the gag in my mouth until I have the rest of me free. I take one more look around and then allow Ariel's senses to expand to make sure we are still moving and that there isn't really anyone close by. I then quickly turn inward "Ariel?" "Yes, Aurora." "I am going to shift, freeing our hands and feet. It will also help you, but there is a risk that they will see you and once they do, I don't know what will happen to us!!" "It's okay Aurora, we knew that they would find out and see me at some stage..." She then cuts the link. I relax more and close my eyes. It has been about a week and a half since Grace managed to let us shift last, but it feels longer as Ariel is so weak, a side effect of the wolfsbane they had in that needle. It also means that I have to concentrate harder to make the shift happen. Just as I start to f
LOGAN I am up early as I didn't sleep well, not that I actually expected to. I get out of bed, head into the bathroom, have a shower, and put on some slacks and a shirt. I pick up my bag from my trip to Alpha Axel's territory; I toss it on the bed and pull out the clothes inside. I go through them and toss the dirty clothes into my bathroom hamper and then head into the closet and pick out some clean clothes, making sure to include 2 suits and my fighting gear. I meet up with both Levi and Wyatt at one of the cars in our convoy. I hadn't had a chance to talk to them yet, so as we put our bags into the back, I said, "I need to talk to you two, get in before the guard assigned to us gets here..." Levi shut the back panel as Wyatt and I got into the back, Levi then made his way around and got in the front passenger seat. He closes the door and then turns around to face me, inquiring, "So, did you make it back in time? I heard the announcement your father made about Aurora becomin
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