~Aurora.

Standing on my ten toes, I carefully yet quickly scanned the hall in search of Ethan or rather, Alpha Ethan. It was his birthday and coronation today and the hall was already filled with distinguished guests from our pack and beyond, but I hadn’t a sight of the celebrant, chuckling softly, I left the hall and made for his room.

He told me the previous day that he was nervous about his coronation, about his kingship, and I tried as much as I could to assure him that everything would be fine. Ethan, my boyfriend, was a king and a leader and with me by his side as his wife and Luna, I had no doubt that he would lead our pack to success.

I was heartbroken and in pain, since Ethan and I discovered, not too long ago, that I was not his mate, but my pains were quick to heal when Ethan proposed to me three days ago.

‘I love you, Aurora, and I don’t care what the moon goddess says about you not being my mate because I choose you, Aurora. I want you by my side, always and forever.’ those were exactly his words.

I bit my upper lip to hide my grin from widening, Ethan was the sweetest man ever, and I loved him too.

Upon approaching his room, I paused in my tracks to fully identify the sounds I heard coming from his room. The sound was pretty recognizable yet strange because it was the last thing I expected to hear today, at least not from my boyfriend’s room. Narrowing my eyes at the door, I padded my feet closer to the door, and a noise that sounded like a breathless moan filled my ears. I needed no soothsayer to know that the moan was from Ethan because I knew what he sounded like.

“Yes, baby! Yes!” I heard him scream. I felt the blood on my face drain as I froze in front of his door and my hand around his doorknob. That definitely was Ethan in the room with another woman, his moans, and screams were enough confirmation but, I wanted to see it for myself, to see that I was not jumping to a deadly conclusion. The Ethan I know would never cheat on me, I was certain, I needed to make sure he really was the one inside the room.

Drawing in a deep breath, I turned the doorknob and pushed the door open, and I saw him thrusting in and out of a strongly recognizable face. My heart dropped to my stomach as my vision turned hazy, the remainder of the blood on my face flushed. I was nauseous, the food I had that morning churned fiercely and threatened to escape through my mouth. I pressed my palms against both sides of my temples and widened my eyes to make sure they were not deceiving me, but alas! They weren’t, Ethan, my boyfriend was in bed with Isadora, my sister, my elder sister who was to me the mother I never had. Who was very supportive of my relationship with Ethan.

I wanted to run, everything in me told me to turn and run away without daring to look back, but, I stood there, watching as she arched her back, watching as she dug her nails into Ethan’s back, and moaned into his ear, watching as Ethan chuckled in content before plastering kisses all over her body.

“The moon goddess has made me the proudest man in the whole world.” He kissed her forehead, “I am the luckiest man in the whole world,” he kissed her lips, “he gave you to me,” he kissed her shoulder and she chuckled, “she gave you, Isadora Aldrich, the most beautiful lady in our pack, to me as my Luna and my mate.”

I scoffed, loudly, and chuckled in disbelief as I pushed the door open, the creaking of the hinges coupled with my chuckles was loud enough to distract them.

“Did you need something, Aurora?” Isadora asked in a mocking tone as Ethan pulled out of her with a groan and fell to the bed. “ Aurora,” she called in a tone that told that I was a disturbance to them as she sluggishly gathered the duvet to cover her bare chest while Ethan did nothing to cover himself. Had he no shame?

Playfully, he whispered something into Isadora’s ears that made her chuckle and slap his chest playfully before he turned to me and I saw it; the emptiness in his eyes. The deep blue eyes I knew were now void of emotion, not even the faintest glimpse of remorse was in it. Tears clouded my eyes as all the words he said to me three days ago began swimming into my head.

‘I love you, Aurora.’

‘I choose you, Aurora.’

‘I want you.’

‘Always and forever.’ Had he not meant any of those words?

I watched the both of them watch me standing before them like I was some comedy show, wiping my tears, I shook my head in response to Isadora’s question.

“No, I just came to inform Ethan that his guests are waiting.”

“Information gotten, now begone,” Isadora said with a wide smile as Ethan chuckled softly.

“Aurora,” Ethan called and sat up on the bed, “we really did not plan for you to find out like this. We were supposed to make an announcement today after my coronation but, I guess, we got carried away by excitement.” He turned to look at Isadora with a wide smile on his face. That was the same smile he used on me, heck! He and I made a ‘we’ and not Isadora.