Chapter 3
Aurora’s POV
Three years later
“Hey Aurora, come see this.” My cousin and best friend, the girl I had been staying with for the past three years, Layla, yelled up the stairs to me. I had just finished getting ready for the barbeque that we had planned weeks ago. All our friends were coming and it was so exciting because for the first time in three years, I was finally going to see my brother, Alex.
I could not wait to see him, we talked on the phone and messaged a lot but being so far away and Tyler having his own life, it had never been easy to arrange things. The main reason being that I had not returned to the pack house since I left years ago.
Back then, I was a mess, bullied and then rejected by my so-called mate. The moon goddess had been crazy to pair me with such a selfish idiot. Whenever I talked to my brother, he would never mention anything about it, I preferred it the way.
Of course, he had made Debbie his chosen mate and Luna after graduation. It felt so good to be able to hold my head up high and not get upset about that anymore. He was no longer in my head.
My wolf and I were a hell of a lot happier and stronger now. Training every day, exercising, taking more care of myself and doing everything to glow up, including getting more friends, has turned me into a confident, healthy she-wolf.
Going to stay with my cousin was the best thing to happen to me, she was like a sister. Well, I barely heard from my real sister. I guess she had forgotten all about my existence.
“Aurora,” Layla yelled for the second time.
I smiled to myself and took one last look at myself in the mirror. I had chosen leggings with a black vest top. My long hair neatly plaited into two French braids. I looked good.
Making my way down the stairs, Layla whistled dramatically.
“Damn girl, you look good.” she said, causing me to do a twirl and pose like some celebrity on the red carpet.
I was grinning like a cute little cat when my eyes fell on a figure in the corner.
I almost fell over myself when I saw him.
He looked the same but older. His smile made me want to cry.
Alex.
“Oh my God, it’s really you. You came.” I screamed, rushing over to him and bursting into tears.
I missed him so much, I missed all my family if I were honest but Alex the most since we were closest.
“Hello, sis.” he grinned, swinging me around like he used to do when we were little kids.
“I’m so happy you are here,” I told him.
“Me too. But I need to talk to you.” his face went all serious and I fell silent.
I had a bad feeling it wasn’t going to be good news.
“Well, the thing is, you gotta come home,” he said.
I broke out into a laugh, my brother was such a joker. I turned to my cousin and stopped when I saw that she wasn’t smiling or laughing. She suddenly looked serious.
“What’s going on?” I frowned at both of them.
