Easton wraps his hand around Aurora's shoulder when the latter turns stiff, he glares at Maverick in anger. Even though he flaunts Phoebe to every guest, this is the first time he shows affection so brazenly.
Aurora and Maverick's eyes meet briefly and she is sure that she sees a strange emotion in them but before she can figure it out, Easton drags her away and she lets him.
Easton finally stops when they get to the car, Aurora opens the car and sits on the passenger seat, the other man starts the car and they drive off.
“Why the hell did he even accept you as his mate if he doesn't love you? At this rate rejection will be better than all this, at least we can go to Connor or Sally to take care of you, this constant rejection sucks!” He stares angrily, Aurora knows that it is a rhetorical question but she answers anyway.
“Because we had sex that day, the mate awakening ceremony, we had sex that night at the pack house,” Aurora says quietly but Easton hears anyway and he slams on brake, pulling the car into a halt and making them jerk forward.
“What the fuck Aurora?!” Easton yells at her, his eyes wide in surprise. That is a tiny detail that she didn't tell Easton.
“It was not deliberate! You were with me when Sally called me into the pack house right?” Aurora asks and Easton nods.
Easton had taken her away to let her rack her brain for the reason why Maverick denied her that night and she had cried her eyes out, that was the night that marked the beginning of leaking out tears because of him.
Sally, the Luna of the pack and Maverick stepmom had stopped and told them that she would like to talk to Aurora alone, Easton had left them, Sally had collected the drinks Tessie was supposed to deliver to her father that also has a room in the pack house and led her straight to Maverick's room.
“Sally brought me there to talk, you know that she is nice woman so I can't say no to her,”
“Yeah, she is the only decent woman in this godforsaken pack,”
“So she led me to Maverick's room because that's the only she can be without dignitaries from other packs disturbing her, she was having a talk with us before she had to run for a few minutes, she ordered none of us to leave and I seized that opportunity to ask Maverick why he was being the way he was but he doesn't answers me clearly and made me angry but before any of us could leave or anything we started feeling hot, I swear to you Easton, it wasn't raging teenage hormones or anything like that, it was like I was under some sort of spell and had to have sex to relieve myself, it was that same way with Maverick too.
He tried to resist me but I wasn't letting him go, I was way past my sanity and it wasn't long before he lost his reasoning too and the rest was a big blur.
But we knew that we just had sex when we came through and Sally had caught us. He had no other choice than to admit that I am his mate, he investigated the reasoning we were like that but he came back blank, he later let it go.”
“Jesus fucking christ!” Easton exclaims. “I take it that it was then that he told you that he won't have anything to do with you,” Aurora nods and Easton place his head on the steering wheel in frustration.
Maverick Stuart Prill really kept to his promise of not having anything to do with her, he truly announced her to the pack members as the Luna but made no effort to protect her as they talked down to her, nor did he shield her from the pack and her family, her mother still talk down at her and Jerry still insults her, he doesn’t hurt her physically anymore.
Maverick got different rooms for them and never gave her the time of the day to talk to him_ the thing is if Maverick didn't want to talk to her, all her efforts would be in vain.
They leave her out of the hunting and major pack activities, forced to tend to duty at the kitchen, the excuse is that she doesn't have a wolf and it works every time.
Maverick seemed to grow closer to Phoebe too and there were rumors circulating around the pack that they are dating each other, the pack members respect Phoebe more than they do to her.
A week ago, a guest was in the town and wanted to see Luna, the woman who he asked had led him straight to Phoebe and the woman assumed her role diligently.
Sally and Easton were outraged about the matter but when the matters got to Maverick, he only waved it away nonchalantly.
They went from being ‘everything’ to nothing at all.
It is difficult for her to continue enduring this but she still held on, even though it is clear as day that Maverick hates her, she couldn’t find the heart to hate him too. No matter how much she tried to change his profile in her head, he is still the man who had supported through the hardest part of her teenage years and been there when she needed someone the most. It is not that easy to say goodbye.
After everything, he is still the only love of hers, he is still it for her, she loves him a lot, she really does but he is in the stars now, far away from her reach, she doesn't have his hand to hold anymore and it still hurts, so damn much more than it should.
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When they show up again at the pack, Aurora with red eyes and running nose and Easton with a sullen expression, they notice that something is wrong with the pack members.
Every single person they come across keeps staring at Aurora with a mocking and amused expression, they have a knowing look on their face, they ignore it at first but it gets disturbing at some point.
“Any idea what's going on?” Aurora asks and Easton shrugs.
“No, we have both been at the attic since we left the main hall in the afternoon,” Easton says and Aurora stares at the sky that had turned dark and a bright moon hangs in the sky.
They get to the packed house and to their surprise, Tessa is standing at the door, she seems to be waiting for them because her eyes lit up when she saw them.
“The Alpha and the others are waiting for you at the small field behind the pack house, you are required to come there as soon as you come back from your sexcapades,” Tessa says with disdain and Easton just scoffs at her while Aurora just nods. Tessa is irked that she can't spin a reaction from them but she seems more happy about something else.
“Let's go, Aurora,” Easton says, holding Aurora's arm gently and intentionally bumping Tessa on their way out.
Aurora feels trepidation rise in her heart when she sees the people waiting for her, the former pack leaders, the pack councils, her whole family and Maverick who is sitting beside Phoebe.
“This can't be good,” Easton says, his steps faltering but Aurora dragged him with her.
She is ready to face them or that's what she thought before she sees the witches sitting with them, the dark makeup on their beautiful features, dark dress up, the runes and the rings give their identity away, one of them is chanting a spell as they set up some sort of array.
“You are finally here, Aurora. Seeing how you have been frolicking with Easton, the Alpha has decided to grant you freedom, these witches are here to break the bond between the both of you,” her mother is the one that speaks up, a small smile on her lips. Phoebe and her sisters, the formal leaders and the pack council also have smiles on their lips while Maverick and Annabella’s faces are blank.
Aurora is speechless for a bit while Easton is livid.
“You guys have finally decided to do it, especially you spineless, idiotic, selfish, asshole and jerk of an Alpha! First you turn your back on her for absolutely no reason and now you want to kill her?!Everyone knows that Aurora's wolf is the weakest in the pack, a broken bond will kill her!You decide to follow this headless leader and councils and do whatever shits they tell you to do? You turn to the embrace of her worst enemy even though she meant the best for you, wasn't she nice enough to all of you?She put all of you above herself and endured your one sided nonsensical sneers with absolutely no sense, she bit her tongue when you spat out shit and what?You aren't satisfied? You want to end her!” Easton yells, there's nothing to lose, he is all alone and an orphan, what more can go worse?“You…” the council leader and former Beta stands up in anger to rebuke this rude man who is running his mouth but stops when Aurora starts laughing hysterically, it is supposed to be tears bu
“Why the hell are you even prancing around in a matter like this? You are just the pack doctor!” Dan says.“I don’t know. Maybe because I would be the one who would treat the fallen warriors when we decide to attack the Night Pack.” She says with a raised brow.“Alpha. You have to understand this is not beneficial to us in any way. It would look like we are submitting to these people if we do this, we are the Moonlight Pack, we don’t submit_” Gary, the second leader of the pack council says to Maverick but was cut off.“So this is a matter of pride? We won’t have any when the valley is empty too.” Hilda, the assistant pack doctor chimes, which makes Gary glare at her. “There is nothing more, if you also talk about how they have an evil witch too, I would be so disappointed.”“You…” The man is speechless.“The Night Pack is the brutal rogue Pack that has been turning on other packs, within and outside their territory, they murder brutally and are fierce, they are senile rogues blessed
How many people does it take for an unwarranted headache to sizzle up in one’s head and prick one's nerves?That was the question that the women she was out in the woods with just a moment earlier had been asking each other. They all had different answers, the numbers varied a lot too but they had one united answer despite their differences.There is none for Aurora, no matter how many people it takes, no matter how irritating or intimidating they are, they can never shake the rock that is Aurora and she had agreed with just a smile on her lips.How wrong had they all been?Aurora never thought that she was going to see him again, they were going to cross paths but it is supposed to be later in life and even if they meet, she is not supposed to feel anything.But looking at his face, she is in a trance, a lump is stuck in her throat, a barricade of conflicting and contradictory emotions that she had never felt in the last five years hit her _ the emotions she thought she has under loc
Maverick does a mental nod in his head when Layla says that Aurora has been using a scent masking spell since she entered the room, it now makes sense when he realizes that must be the reason why he can't smell her when she walks into the room and only realizes that he still can't.Not until she whispers some things to herself and her sea-like scents hit him, the problem is that it hits all too well.Aurora smells like the scent of the breeze that hits you when you have been standing at the ocean while staring at a sea shell and he has always liked it.One doesn't get to see too much of the sea when one is a werewolf and has to be in the woods and forest and small town, so her scent was a fresh difference from the others in the town and calmed him.When those scent play with all the nerves of his sense organs and his wolf rumples at the prospect of finding a another mate, it is happy but the happiness dims and it whines when he sees that it is still the soul that hurt them and they br
Layla leads them from their room in the morning, Maverick and Alec have just finished dressing up when the bubbling woman knocks on their door. She says that she can't let them stay cooped up inside their room while she can take them to see the beauty of their pack.“Is it really necessary that you come and get us so early in the morning?” Alec grumbles and Layla bobs her head.“Of course. It is absolutely necessary, you people have already woken up and got dressed already and all you would do is stare at your phones and laptops in your room before we had to talk at the meeting again.” She replies with a wide smile.“And does it have to be only us? There are others too.” Alec says and Layla rolls her eyes at him.“You are the ones I find most likable among them all, except that beautiful brunette and her sidekick of course, but a woman must get her beauty sleep, I heard that she is the Pack's doctor. So she must have a lot on her hands already, the poor woman must study till late at n
Fucking Zach had to delay the documentation of the contract, apparently there is some freaking glitch in the system of the thing so Alpha Maverick and his representative have to stay here for a few more days, tell your freaking Beta to act like one Easton!” Layla snaps and Aurora rolls her eyes at the drama queen while Easton just ignores her and continues playing some video games on his phone.A lot of things have changed over the years but not his love for freaking games, he can sit with the thing from morning till night and not get bored, Hilton doesn't discourage him since he joins him to play too and Aurora often wonder how they get anything done as the Alpha and Delta of the rogue pack.“Don't you like the presence of them here?” Hilton asks, not bothering to glance at her, Aurora buried herself comfortably in the beanbag.“I definitely don't.” Easton says and Layla glares at him.“Of course you don't, but I do, why won't I like that hunk parading around in our pack, he looks to
Maverick stares at all the members of the supposedly ‘cruel’ pack and tries to pin that word with the image and actions of the people all around him, but it is not making any sense.They were all supposed to have scars when they try to initiate themselves into the pack and hurt themselves for the fun of it, but these all gathered around a grown ass man that tumbled in the field and hurt his toe, as if that is not normal to even the humans, not to mention werewolves but these people are rogues_ the worst kind of werewolves, others first instinct when they see them is to attack and a lot of follow that instinct.Then they are not supposed to be offering sweet cookies to members of a rival pack, not supposed to get chummy with them, neither are they supposed to be this happy about two of them finding their mates, they practically drag them to build the tents with them whilst cracking jokes like they have been buddies all their life.The kids here _ rogues, werewolves and hybrids_ aren’t
“It is late now, we should just head back, there is no use staying around,” Layla says and Aurora removes her hands from Kael’s when she is steady on her feet, she is not going to accept help down the hill and he gets that.“Thanks Kael,” She says with a small smile and Kael nods with another smile of his, he is just happy to be of help and the fact that she chose him instead of the asshole opposite already made him over the moon. She turns to Layla and they both start to walk away.Maverick keeps to himself since then while Kael looks so proud of himself, Aurora has a blank face like she doesn't realize what she is doing or maybe she reads don't, but Layla has never looked so pissed, she keeps shooting glare at Kael who is straight up ignoring it.They never got the wild boar and it is getting very dark so everyone decides to listen to Layla.Aurora and Layla were the first to leave hand in hand.Maverick wants to just go to his room and sleep the rest of the day off but Kael has oth