Aurora’s POVI must have stared at my reflection for about ten minutes before shaking myself back to reality. My hands seemed to be permanently attached to my silver streaks. I kept touching it as if that would give me a clue as to how this happened. None of the thoughts going through my head explained how I grew white hair overnight. Oh no, was this a sign of aging? Was I aging prematurely? I didn’t even get my wolf yet and I was already getting signs of old age. Or Was this an Alpha thing? But I didn’t know of any young Alphas with whitish, or silver hair. I sighed for what might have been the thousandth time this week. How was I even going to explain this to anyone? Yesterday, I had gone to bed with full, albeit plain, black hair, and now a little less than half of my hair was white. I was going to have to cover my hair till I could come up with a suitable explanation. I ended up picking out a large scarf from my wardrobe to match my dress and conceal my hair. Then I went downst
Aurora’s POVSomeone cleared his throat loudly and just like that, the moment was gone. I awkwardly cut the ribbon with Emily and smiled. After that, everyone applauded and moved on with the mini-ceremony. I was still left feeling unsettled from my encounter with the woman. Why had she called me a healer?I looked at my dad trying to gauge his expression. His face gave nothing away. I was glad the ceremony was over, people were now going into the clinic to look around. Clinics or Hospitals were sort of a rarity in our world since adult werewolves rarely ever got sick; I’m sure the clinic would mainly serve children, teens, and expectant mothers. While young pups are growing, the occasional accident can’t be completely avoided and because they don’t have their wolf yet, healing time is much slower. In every Pack, there was a healer who helped the young ones when they were wounded. From what I’ve heard and seen, healing powers are hereditary and are usually restricted to a particular
Aurora’s POVWhen we returned back to the clinic, the crowd had fizzled out. Only a handful of people remained scattered about the premises. My dad and Alice decided to go around greeting the few people left. In no time, I was descended upon by Emily and her suspicious glare. “Where were you? And my dad?” She asks. ‘He’s my dad too’ I thought. I was already starting to get attached to Dad and her words sounded like a sole claim to our joint parent. “We were just talking,” I answered while looking around for a possible escape. “Talking about what?” She presses on further. “Just talking,” I answer again with a sweet smile plastered on my face and a nonchalant shrug. Emily’s eyes are nearly closed from how intense her eyes squint suspiciously. Then she walks away without a word. I let out a breath I didn’t even know I was holding, wondering what to make of her interrogations. -We left the clinic about an hour later and drove to a white three-story building at the edge of town.
A few weeks later…Emily Stanford looked across the table at her adoptive father and ‘sister’. They played the role of the perfect happy family well. One could say she and her father had been a happy family until this imposter, Aurora, had come and changed their dynamics. In the few weeks she had been here, she had already made herself a permanent fixture in their lives. Everyone now referred to her as the Alpha’s daughter while she was simply ‘Emily’ She clucked her tongue at the thought, that didn’t sit well with her one bit. All her dreams of one day becoming the ruler of this Pack were now shattered. She’d be damned if she relinquished her position easily to this little usurper. Blood daughter or not, she had been the one by the old man’s side all these years. Her real parents had been taken away from her at such a young age, it had been a miracle that the Alpha had taken pity on her and even loved her like his own. She was grateful for that but she had also given her life up f
Aurora’s POVA few weeks have passed since I started training under Alice. She has been extremely patient with me, putting me through the basics of healing. I’m starting to get the hang of it even though I can only practice on plants for now. Alice says I need to master control before I move on to healing real-life animals and our kind. This was because healing others required more energy and I could end up giving too much of my life force and harming myself, or worse, lead to my death. Yikes! Healing was kind of like a give and take process, I was simply giving out some of my strength to the weak. I had to be extremely careful and know when to stop. My life here has fallen into a predictable schedule; I wake up early and go into the garden to practice before having breakfast and then leaving for the clinic. At the clinic, I help Alice attend to the few patients we have and when we’re not busy with patients, she teaches me how to control my energy. I like to think that I’ve gotten
Aurora’s POV“No…no…no. This is crazy!” I say, snapping out of whatever spell I'd been under. “I can’t marry you, Michael”“Why not?” Michael said, still on his knees. He looked very surprised. “Michael, please stand up. I can’t do this. Please stop this…” I said. Michael reluctantly got up and pocketed the little box. “Why are you doing this Aurora? Is this some form of payback for what I did to you?” Gone were any traces of emotion in his voice. My heart hardened as I remembered my humiliation and pain. “As much as I would love to get back at you, that’s not what this is about. This doesn’t….it just doesn’t feel right!”“It feels very right to me. I traveled such a long distance to get to you of course it feels right. But I’ll respect your decision for now, that doesn’t mean I won’t try to convince you every time I’m here,” Michael says. I was suddenly feeling genuinely sorry for Michael, he seemed so sincere that my determination almost waivered. Was I throwing away my chance
Aurora’s POVI opened my eyes slowly to find that I was still in the clinic. I was lying down on a bed in one of the rooms. A slight headache buzzed at the back of my head as I attempted to sit up. A wave of dizziness hit me and I held my head wishing the feeling would stop. Alice came into the room shortly after, frowning slightly when her eyes met with mine.“You must be feeling tired, it will go away in a little bit.” She said, concern softening her features. “How’s the boy?” I asked instead. A more pronounced frown settled on her face. “You should worry about yourself, Aurora. You could have lost your life trying to save him. Why couldn’t you wait?”“I…he was in so much pain. I couldn’t stand to see it” I saidAlice scolded me “I understand how you must have felt but you have to understand that until you’re fully trained, you shouldn’t try out things like that on your own. You were so worried about someone else’s child but you didn’t think about what could have happened to yours
The day before….Emily straightened her dress for the umpteenth time as she stood next to her father and a few high-ranked members outside the Pack House. It was early in the morning and even though she hated having to be at the Pack House early, the situation warranted her punctuality. The highest-ranking wolf, Alpha Klaus, was paying their small pack a visit!She hardly believed her ears when her father had informed her that Alpha Klaus was visiting in person. The reason for his visit wasn’t totally clear, he had simply said he needed to have a conversation with her father regarding business matters. Father had been tense while relaying the news to her, Alpha Klaus was known to be ruthless in his dealings. It was very possible that his visit could mean they were in trouble of some sort. Yet, She couldn’t help being excited about meeting the infamous wolf. Father clenched and unclenched his fist next to her, he was doing a poor job of hiding his anxiety. Quite pathetic!Finally, a