Chapter 10
Aurora’s POV
Getting up and running back into the forest to go around the back of the pack-house so they did not see me, I screamed in fright as I went bump into someone who smells exactly like my ex mate.
Could my day seriously get any worse?!
Why did the moon goddess want to punish me so much?
Did she really hate me?
He steadied me from my fall and I felt these strange sparks shoot through my body.
My wolf was over the moon at this touch and howled in the back of my mind shouting about our mate being so close.
I, on the other hand, was not so impressed.
He was not our mate.
Not anymore.
He had rejected me and marked and mated someone else and I had been so far away that it had not affected me but now being back here, it was making me feel mad.
“Aurora, please can we talk for a moment?” He pleaded looking down at me with a desperate look in his eyes.
“I have nothing to say to you. Go and look after your pregnant mate. She’s down there somewhere with my brother.” I spat in disgust as anger flashed across his face.
“What!” He roared and ran off to where Debbie and Alex had been talking.
I smirked to myself glad that he was off my back since I could not be bothered to deal with his arse right now.
I needed to find my sister and find out exactly what was going on!
“Oh my goddess! Aurora, is that really you?” I grinned up at the girl standing a few feet in front of me.
Amaya.
She wiped her forehead with the back of her hand and gasped at the sight of me.
“Yea, it is me.” I replied while smiling.
She looked so happy to see me and it warmed my heart to see my old friend. She manoeuvred around the half stacked chairs to hug me. As she got closer to me, I could not help but see the mark on her neck.
She had found her mate.
Wow.
The both of us certainly had a lot of catching up to do.
Maybe she could fill me in on what was going on around here.
“Did you miss me so much that you came back after what, two, nearly three years?” Amy gushed. She was obviously so surprised yet happy to see me here.
“Oh Amy, I am so happy to see you but I came back because Alex said my mother was unwell. She needed to see me.” I sighed and instantly noticed how she clammed up.
“Would you like to have something to eat?” She suddenly seemed intent on distracting me from this conversation.
“Amaya? What is going on?” I demanded to know. She shuddered at my raised tone.
I could see that she felt awkward, like she could not tell me what was on her mind. The same way my sister had behaved earlier.
This made my blood boil.
My brother bought me back here and I felt as if I were being taken for a fool. I was happy back at my cousin’s pack, coming back here had not been what I would have wanted or expected to happen.
Yet, here I was standing in front of my old friend, trying to find out things that my own family should be telling me.
I growled and spun round walking away from her. Part of me wanted to drag the information out of her, while the other side wanted to leave her be since it was quite clear that some one had sworn her to secrecy.
That could only be Alex or Arla. Since they would have known that I would question my friend.
“Aurora, wait! I am sorry.” She yelled after me but I kept on walking, not even caring to glance over my shoulder.
My family were the ones who owed me an explanation.
Arla was wiping her eyes, sitting out the front of the pack house. She did not see me at first. I wanted to drag her by that pony tail of hers but instead, I decided to be calm about this.
I thought I would go and check on my mother and hope that she would be awake when I got there.
Alex had not come in yet so he was probably still with that stupid Debbie and Alpha Tyler. I smiled to myself, amused at how pissed off he would be to find his precious bitch with my brother.
How cosy they looked.
As soon as I reached my mother’s bedroom door, I heard sobs coming from inside.
Frowning, I pushed the door open slightly to see my mother sitting up with her head in her hands. She did not notice me at first but as I opened the door further, it creaked and caused her to look up in shock.
Her eyes widened as she realised it was me.
Her daughter.
“Aurora, oh my beautiful child!” She exclaimed in astonishment. She frantically pulled off the covers and jumped up to hold me in her arms.
I smiled at her and ran to her.
Oh, how I had missed her so much.
She was skinny and bony. But she was still my mother.
“Where have you been all this time?” She held me tightly, almost squeezing the life out of me.
“You know where I was, but that is not important right now. Are you okay?” I had so many questions to ask her but I did not want to overwhelm her.
She sighed and loosened her grip on me before turning to the bed and sitting on it. With her hands on her lap she looked up at me and shook her head.
“What is it?” I whispered, kneeling in front of her and taking her hands in mine.
I did not like to see her this way, in so much pain.
She started to cry all over again and I just sat with her until she felt ok enough to talk.
“ Aurora, your father. He.. well he’s gone and done a runner with his mistress. Just upped and left me.” She blew her nose hard into a handkerchief and wiped her eyes.
My father had left us for another shewolf. No wonder my mother was in such a bad way. How could my father do such an evil thing to us?
I could no longer have respect for him after treating my mother in such a disgusting way.
“ I am sorry for calling you back but I needed to have my children close to me. I know you all have your own lives now. Alex, you and Arla.” She said with a sad look on her tired face.
I slowly stood up and shook my head.
My mother had nothing to be sorry about.
She had done nothing wrong here.
I hated to know that she felt it was her own fault.
My father had a lot to answer for.
A knock on the door sent me into a rage, I did not want to be disturbed while my mother was upset.
“Who is it?” I flung the door open to see Amy standing there. I crossed my arms over my chest and tapped my foot. She bit her bottom lip nervously at my impatience.
“Sorry, Aurora, but the Alpha wants to see you in his office immediately.”
I rolled my eyes and growled. He was the last one I wanted to see right now.
“You go darling, I will see you a bit later on, I need to go back to sleep for a while.” She pulled the covers over her and rolled over to her side so I could not see her face.
I knew she was crying again and I was not happy about being called away from her side. Alpha Tyler would certainly get a piece of my mind.
“I will be back up soon.” I told my mother as I threw Amaya a glare. She lowered her eyes to the ground and stepped aside so that I could go past.
I knew that she was going to follow me and attempt to try and talk to me but I was not interested in anything unless it was about my mother since she was the most important one right now.
The shit with my brother and my ex mate’s crappy Luna was the least of my worries.
The packhouse was so clean it reeked of disinfectant. I saw that Alpha Tyler’s door was slightly ajar. Peering in, I could see that he was standing up with a glass of something alcoholic, no doubt.
He was staring into space and it was quite funny to see him so engrossed in something other than himself. He suddenly turned to me and I noticed a twinkle in his eyes when he realised it was me.
“Aurora, I am glad that you have come.” He assured me with a big grin on his face. He was a complete arse hole but I knew how my wolf wanted him and she was ecstatic to be in the same room as him.
“Yes, Alpha what can I do for you?” I said politely but secretly hoping that he would just let me get back to what I was going.
I really had no desire to be near him right now.
Not ever!
“You realise that it was down to me that you were allowed to cross my territory again. So I think next time you see me, you are to address me with the respect that an Alpha deserves.”
Was he for real?
I could not help but burst into laughter since he was one big hypocrite.
He growled to let me know he was not amused.
“You have no respect?” He walked around his desk to stand in front of me as if he were trying to scare me.
Seeing the mark on his neck made me want to lose my shit.
But, it was him who had rejected me.
“With all due respect, Alpha it was you who rejected me and you who was insistent that nobody would want me. I merely left this pack not wanting to get in the way of you and Debbie . She is welcome to you and once my mother is better, I will be leaving this place. You do not have to worry about me at all. I have no loyalties to you. This is no longer my pack.”
He looked dumbstruck for a few seconds before Debbie came strutting through the doors.
Here we go!
She looked mad when she saw me which caused me to laugh inside my head.
“What is she doing here alone with you?” Debbie practically screamed in his face.
She was one crazy ass jealous bitch.
But I suppose harbouring a secret like hers would make you paranoid like that.
“Oh, did you enjoy your cosy conversation with my brother?” I smirked smugly.
She spun around to look at me and her mouth was wide open.
The colour drained from Alpha Tyler’s face. It confirmed to me that he had not found them together.
“What are you lying about now?” Debbie screamed. The lying bitch!
She thought that she could lie through her teeth and make me look like a jealous fool then she had another thing coming.
