Aurora’s POVI was met face-to-face with a slight glare from Emily. Then she quickly switched up her expression to a neutral one.“It’s time for dinner.” Then she quickly glanced at my outfit. Her lips settled into a thin line. Whether out of annoyance or boredom, I couldn’t tell. “I’ll be down in a few minutes. I should change” I replied “It’s fine. It’s just going to be us at the dinner table anyway” She says quickly. “Oh… okay,” I say, stepping out of my room. She was already walking ahead and I had to hurry to catch up to her. I fell into pace behind her and we walked to the dining room quietly. It was kind of awkward but I had no idea what to say to her and she wasn’t exactly eager to communicate either. The dining room consisted of a very long table with chairs arranged around it. No expenses were spared in the furnishing of this room and everything seemed to shine as if it was recently polished. I was 90% sure I would be able to see my reflection on the walls of this place
Aurora’s POVIn the end, I decided to go back to my room and finish the book I started yesterday. I decided against exploring the pack land on my own, I didn’t want to risk getting lost. Then again, I didn’t know anyone and I was sure people would notice I was new and ask questions. I wasn’t sure if my dad had announced who I was yet. If he hadn’t, my story would seem dubious and arouse attention. The last thing I needed right now was attention. Now that I was alone with my thoughts, I also needed to plan what I was going to do next. I wondered if I would have to undergo Alpha training or be prepared for royalty or something like a prep school. It was only dawning on me now that I might have to take over from my father. Honestly, I couldn’t see myself becoming the leader of a pack. Female Alphas were rare but not totally unheard of. I was thinking too much about this, what if Emily was next in line instead? I was content to simply be my father’s daughter. The hours trickled by sl
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