Aurora tossed and turned on the bed as she let out a groan. Why was she so worried about him? He was a grown man and a demigod at that, he probably couldn't have fallen sick because she has stressed him….. could he?
She groaned loudly as she sat up straight. She couldn't get Xavier out of her mind and what she wanted to do at that moment was run down to his cave and make sure he was okay but Leo had said he didn't want to be disturbed.
Was she a disturbance to him now? Ughhh, she was starting to overthink again!
She laid on the bed for a while then sat up with a huff before climbing out of bed. She was just going to check up on him and be right back in her room. She won't bother him or anything, she just wanted to make sure he was okay.
"Yeah right" She heard her wolf mutter sarcastically in her head which made her roll her eyes.
Aurora immediately had her bath then worn on one of her most beautiful gowns her father had gotten her on one of his travels. She had never won it anywhere before because there was never an occasion for it but now…
She turned to stare at herself in the mirror and smiled.
After her kiss with Xavier, she didn't want him to see her as a hag. She needed to look stylish and presentable to him.
She immediately sat down by her dresser and decided to put on a little lipstick and brush her hair properly. As she stared at herself in the mirror, her insecurities began seeping in.
What if he didn't even notice or rather, didn't even care? She was sure he must have seen way more beautiful girls than her back in his realm. She didn't even amount to their beauty.
"What was I thinking?" She muttered as she yanked her out of frustration. She raised up her head slightly then stared at herself in the mirror again before taking in a deep breath.
"You are beautiful and perfect and if Xavier doesn't see that then who cares?" She cared. She cared more than she would like to admit.
She groaned as she stood up from the chair and paced her room floor. Maybe she shouldn't go?
"You are already dressed, just fucking go already" She heard her wolf mutter and she sighed. She took a deep breath then gave herself a thumbs up through the mirror before walking out of her room.
Her heart was pounding nervously as she thought of several ways Xavier would react to her. Was he going to compliment her? Knowing Xavier, he probably won't compliment her but the look in his eyes would tell her if he thought she looked nice or not.
"There she is! I thought you said she was on bed rest?" Aurora raised her head to the sound of an unknown woman's voice and furrowed her eyebrows when she saw a man, a woman and a guy who looked to be around her age, standing in the living room with her parents.
They were all staring at her and Aurora didn't fail to see the guilty look on her mother's face but she brushed it off.
"She was supposed to be but we are glad she's here now. Come here honey and meet the Addams from the neighboring pack" Nikolas uttered as he outstretched his hand towards her.
Aurora threw him a questioning look but nevertheless, smiled at the Addams before taking her father's hand.
"Nice to meet you, Alpha and Luna Addams" The woman smiled at her then turned to the guy.
"What a beauty, don't you agree?" The guy, Sebastian, nodded and the look he gave her made chills run down her spine.
"Yes she is, mother. I'm glad you don't look like the description I heard of you, milady" He reached out for her hand and placed a kiss on her palm.
Without thinking, she retracted her hand so quickly like she had been burnt and tried her best not to grimace. Instead, she masked it up with a smile that was obviously fake.
"Thank you. Mother, father, I was just about to go for a walk so if you'll excuse me…" She tried walking away but her father's hold on her hand was firm.
"Where do you think you're going, young lady? You should be eager to spend time with your future husband and get to know him better before the wedding" Aurora immediately froze after hearing what the woman said.
"Wedding? Husband?" She questioned as she turned to her parents. Her father raised his chin with no form of remorse on his face while her mother couldn't even meet her eyes.
"Oh, wasn't she informed? We have been talking about this wedding for months now" Mr Addams suddenly spoke, earning a laugh from Nikolas.
"You know she's sick so she tends to forget some things. Aurora, why don't you go spend some time with Sebastian and get to know him better?" Aurora frowned.
"I'm sorry but I have somewhere to…"
"Aurora, Now" Her father muttered as he flashed her a stern look. She stared at him for a while then bit her lower lips to stop the tears from flowing down before turning to Sebastian.
"Shall we talk on the balcony?"
•
"I have been sitting here for the past few hours and I don't think I've seen your eyes leave that door. What are you waiting for? Your little wolf?" Paxton muttered as he stared at Xavier with a raised eyebrow but Xavier didn't even spare him a glance.
"She should be here by now" Xavier muttered with furrowed eyebrows.
"And how do you know that?" Xavier frowned.
"I just do and for some reason, I can't get into her head. It must be because I'm tired…"
"Or it might be because she's not thinking of you. Did you think of that possibility?" Xavier turned to him with a glare and Paxton immediately shut up.
"There's no way that's possible because she thinks of me even when she sleeps. There's something wrong. The only time I can't get into her head is when something's wrong" Paxton stared at him for a while then laughed.
"Wow, never thought I'd see the day that Xavier would care for something this much. You didn't even care for Ki…"
"Don't you fucking dare say her name" Xavier boomed so hard that the cave walls shook.
"Okay okay, relax. Jeez" Paxton muttered with wide eyes.
"Go check up on Aurora and make sure she's okay" Paxton frowned.
"But why do I have to…"
"Now!"
"Yes sir" Paxton immediately changed into a bee, leaving Xavier there to his thoughts.
Could she probably not be thinking about him?
He hated the way the thought of that made his chest uncomfortable…
Aurora's head was starting to ache after listening to Sebastian brag about how many mansion he owned and how many journeys he had gone on. She just wanted to be with Xavier, why did this have to happen?
"You know, a lot of girls would die to be in your position right now, to be this close to me but you don't seem interested" Sebastian suddenly said, bringing her out of her thoughts.
She immediately bowed her head at him. Even though she wasn't going to agree to this so-called marriage, she wasn't going to cause a feud between both packs by being a jerk to the next Alpha.
"I'm sorry if I'm being rude, I just have a lot of things on my mind" She murmured and gasped slightly when he suddenly grabbed her hand and moved closer to her.
"You know, when I was told I was to marry you, I remember wanting to marry your sister instead because I heard she was the beautiful sister but looking at you now, they were wrong and you would look good beside me because you don't look like the other women. Many men are going to envy me and you shall be above all other women in my pack" He murmured and Aurora tried her best not to scoff. So he only saw her as a trophy? Typical men's behavior.
After a very long boring conversation, the Addams finally decided to leave with the promise they would be coming back tomorrow. Aurora tried her best not to grimace as Sebastian placed a kiss on her cheek but as soon as they were gone, she turned to her parents with a frown on her face.
"I don't understand what's going on but I'm not getting married to him" Nikolas sighed.
"It has already been concluded and you're going to get married to him tomorrow" She gasped with her eyes and her mouth agape.
"Tomorrow? That's not fair!" She whined.
"We are just looking out for you, Aurora. Sebastian is a nice guy and so is his family. We will come visit you every weekend and they have agreed to take good care of you" She frowned.
"But what about my happiness? Doesn't that matter to you guys anymore?" Her voice broke as she spoke. She couldn't understand why her parents had to do this.
"We care for your happiness and that's why we are doing this,my love. With Sebastian, you can realistically fall in love" She shook her head.
"I'll never love him because I'm already in love with someone else"
"Bullshit, Aurora! Kill that love you have for that demigod because as long as I'm alive, nothing is going to happen between the both of you. He's not right for you!" He screamed and her mother tried calming him down but Nikolas was angry at the fact that his daughter wasn't seeing reason. Can't she see that they were just trying to help her?
"I'm not getting married to Sebastian" She muttered and Nikolas frowned.
"You don't have a choice. The wedding is tomorrow so go to bed so you can be ready for the preparations tomorrow" Tears rolled down her cheeks as she stared at her parents. Her mother had a guilty look but she didn't say anything to help her.
Aurora stomped her feet then turned around and was about to run out of the house when Nikolas stopped her.
"You are forbidden from seeing that Demigod and if you double cross me this time, I'll make sure he suffers for it and I won't care that he's connected to you" She turned to her father with wide eyes.
"But Father…"
"Not another word. Go up to your room, now" She bit her lower lips as the tears rolled down her cheeks.
"I hate you both and I wish you'd just left me to die if this is how you want to ruin my life!" She screamed then ran up to her room despite her parents calling her name.
An anger she had never felt before surged through her and she wanted to scream!
She ran into her room, closing the door behind her then she plopped on the bed and screamed into the pillow. She couldn't stand this, she couldn't stand marrying someone she did not love.
She suddenly raised her head when she heard the buzzing of a bee. She turned to the sound and sure enough, it was a bee.
"Paxton?" Immediately, the bee turned into Paxton and she tried her best not to let out a scream.
"Damn, I've been trying to get to you but for some reason, you have been busy. Xavier asked me to check up on you" He muttered and her eyes widened.
"Oh… I don't want to see him right now" Paxton gasped dramatically.
"What? Did I hear you right, little wolf?" She bit her lower lip then let out a sigh. She didn't want Xavier seeing her like and how was supposed to explain to him that she's getting married to someone she barely knew because her parents didn't want her to be in love with him?
"You don't need to explain, I can hear your thoughts" She gasped as soon as she heard his voice in her head.
"Xavier?" Paxton raised an eyebrow then shrugged before keeping himself busy by glancing around Aurora's huge room.
"Hey little wolf" Her heart raced at hearing his voice but it wasn't the same as hearing his voice in person.
"You… you heard everything I was thinking about?" She stuttered as her cheeks immediately turned red.
"Do you want me to come over?" He questioned and she bit her lower lip.
"I don't think it's the best decision to…"
"Do you want me to come over?" He questioned and this time, she found herself nodding.
"Yes, please come" And in an instant, he was standing in front of her and the minute she inhaled his scent, the tears began rolling down her cheeks and she wasn't able to stop it.
Xavier pulled her gently into a hug and she immediately wrapped her arms tightly around him.
"I don't want to get married to him, I can't get married to him" She murmured into his chest and he turned to Paxton with a glare.
"Leave" He mouthed and Paxton raised his hand in mock surrender before turning into a bee and flying away.
"Is there not something you can do? I can't marry him. I want to leave here, take me away from here" She uttered as she glanced up at him.
Xavier glanced down at her then placed his hand on her cheek and found herself rubbing her cheek against his palm. She was glad Xavier didn't seem to mind.
"You don't want to get married to him?" She nodded without hesitation.
"I don't love him and I refuse to marry someone I don't love" She murmured then sniffled.
"Then marry me instead"...
I know I've abandoned this book for long but I felt like many people weren't reading it. If I get some comments on this chapter, I'm going to continue my daily updates! Sorry for keeping those that were reading, waiting and I hope you continue!
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