Aurora’s POV:I glanced between my parents and Bella with a wide grin on my face. For a moment, I almost forgot that I was still very skeptical about Bella and that I still feared what she could do to me. I was so excited.My smile fell when I saw my mother’s lips tremble slightly as tears sprang into her eyes. She brushed her hands through my hair and murmured something along the lines of; “How did this happen?” under her breath.I chuckled. “Mom, I’m way better now. The worst is over.” I said softly, hoping to calm her down by saying so but she wasn’t pacified. If anything, she wept even harder.“I’m sorry,” she sobbed but I could only hug her, quite unsure of what to say. She carefully pulled away from the hug to scam my face for a moment and after what felt like ages of intense scrutiny, she sighed.“I still feel bad… that you were literally struggling to survive while I was in Bora Bora having fun.” She said in a light tone, sounding almost… suggestive.At this, my eyes widened.
Aurora’s POV:I watched how Bella literally tried to hide herself all through the minutes that Damien spent in the room with us and after he was done and had stepped out of the room with Klaus, she slipped out of her hiding spot in the room and quickly rushed to me.“I know him!” She cried, taking me aback.I watched her face for a few minutes, thinking that I would find traces of madness… or maybe paranoia, but I found none. I shook my head; “Have you met him before? He doesn’t seem to recognize you.”“Directly… no,” she quickly replied. “I told you I used to visit Alpha Michael’s palace but stopped when it began to feel weird there…”I nodded; “Yes, you said something like that once.”“I met him there.” She answered, causing my heartbeat to accelerate. “He was all chill and all while Alpha Michael scolded him about something; I cannot remember what it was. He had this threatening demeanor and when Michael wouldn’t step down, he threatened him… or maybe just sounded quite threatening
I can tell you the exact moment when everything in my life began to crash and burn. The time when everything came tumbling down and I no longer knew what I stood for. The familiar became the foreign and I was left with nowhere to go and no one to run to.It all happened when my best friend and boyfriend chose his mate… by himself, tossing me to the curb like I was nothing more than a piece of crap to him from the very beginning.Michael and I had been a thing for most of my life. We started off as friends in kindergarten, and when we became early teenagers, we turned into best friends.When I turned fifteen, the feeling of friendship quickly blossomed into romance. He asked me to be his girlfriend and I accepted, and ever since then, we became inseparable.Everyone who knew us knew that we were a thing, and in this small pack of ours, it was impossible for anyone not to know us. I clung to him like a vice, almost suffocating him with love but did he ever complain?Hell no!Michael happ
Aurora’s POVMichael broke up with me over the phone later that day, but he did it in the middle of the night, probably expecting that I would be asleep by then but I wasn’t.In fact, I was at my friend, Jasmine’s house, devouring a large cone of ice cream to calm my nerves when I got the notification of his text.Jasmine and I had been really close around freshman year, but then we drifted apart a little because that was exactly when Michael had decided to step up our friendship game a notch, and like the bitch that I was, I had abandoned her, focusing instead on the stupid thing I had going on with Michael; and now I regretted it.I couldn’t even look into her eyes for fear of what she would say to me about it. Fortunately, she said nothing… until Michael texted.“So this is it?” She cried incredulously, pointing at the screen of my phone as if it was some sort of vile object. “He’s just gonna dump you after everything? Even when you’re both mates?!”At the mention of the word ‘mate
Aurora’s POV“I love it here! I could live in this moment forever!” I screamed drunkenly, smiling when the loud music drowned out my loud voice.Jasmine and I giggled as the waiter popped two shots of tequila in front of us. As it stood, we were already on our eleventh shots and we were crazy drunk but we didn’t want to stop, not when it was a lot more fun here than in our different realities.After the shocking revelation of Jasmine’s and Trevor’s sour love life, she had decided that we came here to forget, and that was what we intended to do!We both gulped down our shots, laughing hysterically as the liquid burned its way down our chests to our stomachs and as soon as it hit our guts, we jumped up, screaming like crazy banshees as we ran to the dance floor.For the first time in my life, I felt free, I lived freely and danced freely… all on my terms. Because Jasmine and I had gone on our own, we had no dance partners and decided to dance with each other instead.The chilly December
Aurora’s POV“What do you mean you were raped?!” Jasmine shrieked. The memory of the past night flooded my heart for the umpteenth time, and again, I couldn’t help but remember the dark smirk on that stranger’s face when he stepped out of the bathroom.Again, I felt weak, useless even. My heart broke at the thought of being in that sort of situation, and without holding back, I burst into tears.There was this look in her eyes, one that I could easily associate with pity but before I could make sense of what it was, she quickly masked it with a forlorn smile, grabbed me by my arm, and dragged me upstairs, and as soon as we arrived at her room, she pulled me into a hug.“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry,” she whispered over and over again to me but I could only nod. Hell, I couldn’t even find my voice!Another problem was the fact that I couldn’t go home yet, especially not now that I looked like I had been run over (and maybe I have!). I couldn’t even begin to think what my family would say w
Aurora’s POV One thing I noticed as I made my way to the open field was the looks of disdain that members of my pack threw at me as I walked past.This was quite fascinating because only a few days ago, I was quite the envy of a lot of girls. Many flocked around me to be my friend because deep down, they also knew that Michael and I were going to end up together.The memory filled me this time with a bittersweet feeling, but then every ounce of sweetness immediately left my body when I heard the snide comment Ariana threw at me.“A cheap whore is what she is!” She snapped, causing the girls gathered around her to laugh, but then I ignored them as I went to stand by a corner, praying that this gathering would quickly come to an end.My heart began to race when I overheard some girls talking about Ariana’s first sex with Michael.“It’s why he took her with him when he stormed out of the party last night!” One exclaimed, causing me to feel hot as the memories rushed back into my head. I
Aurora’s POV It has been several days since my last encounter with Michael and even after all these while, I still haven’t been able to shake out the embarrassment… and even the fear I felt whenever I thought about it.On several occasions, I tried to scream in anger the same way I did that caused Michael and his missus to fall to the floor, but no matter how many times I tried to recreate that event, it just never happened.“Breathe in, breathe out… it’ll soon be over.” I tried to reassure myself as I hurriedly wore my attire, whilst getting myself prepared for Michael’s coronation. My hair was styled into a high ponytail and my face was bare of any makeup. I couldn’t even bring myself to dress up the way I wanted because I was afraid and intended to dress down to ensure that no one noticed me, but I was wrong!The first thing I noticed when I stepped into the hall was how every young member of my pack watched me with nothing but loathing in their eyes. For a moment, I was shocked