~Aurora~

　　Our defeat was the most unexpected thing that happened to us tonight. I was almost swayed into tears for the way Leif had defeated us with such ease. I still didn't know what was the reason behind his victory. He cannot become this strong, stronger than me, STRONGER THAN EMERIC!

　　"Hear all! The leaders of your packs have formed a pact with me!" I could hear Leif's voice from behind me.

　　Emeric, myself and other alphas who are representative leaders of other packs…we were hung from the cross bows with silver chains all over us. It restrained our moments, and not only that, it had completely taken away our wolf from us. Our primary source of power. We were being drained out of our life forces. That was exactly how it felt.

　　"They will never be defeated by a monster like you, Leif Lupus! Never!" A bold man from the crowd yelled at Leif. I knew what was going to happen next.

　　Almost instantaneously, Leif took his gun loaded with silver bullets and shot the protester straight in his head! The crowd around him gasped at the atrocious, monstrous behavior of Leif.

　　"You shall listen to me first…and only then…you will be allowed to speak. Peasant." I kept my eyes closed. I could not see the scene unfolding in front of me. I was too scared to see the death of an innocent man!

　　"Right…so the alphas will go back to their packs - well, your beloved Prince Emeric doesn't have anywhere to go now - so I'll allow you to seek shelter from your little girlfriend. I'll allow you to go back to Darkforest pack house.

　　So, here comes the interesting part.

　　Only the alphas are leaving back to their pack houses.

　　And the rest of you all…you will be staying here with me. In this Kingdom that I've taken over. All of you…belong to me…" as he spoke, all we could hear was the devil speaking. Oh. Even the Devil had morals. But this man had none!

　　"We will never belong to y—" I shut my eyes as quickly as possible. And then, bam! Leif had shot down another innocent werewolf or a lycan as I couldn't stop myself from saying,

　　"Leif…please don't kill them. Please! Are we not following your instructions! We have agreed to your conditions to return back to our packs without the people! Leif…you've taken a lot from us already. Just please…don't hurt them…!" I exclaimed to the man. He stared at me for a second. And he scoffed right onto my face.

　　"I don't take orders from virgin children, Aurora. I am being nice to you because you let me touch you erotically when we were together." I felt disgust creep all inside and outside me as I felt the incredible urge to throw up.

　　Tears were clouding my vision. After claiming himself to be the new king of Whispering Pines Lycan Kingdom, Leif had warned us to never return to the kingdom ever again.

　　"But if you do, princess…I'll kill all of them. Children, elders, women…oh…women." I was sobbing in my heart the whole time, while my face remained as unfazed as possible. I didn't want him to gain satisfaction by giving him the reaction he was expecting me to have. I knew better. Bit…when i turned to look at Emeric, there was nothing in his eyes.

　　He's lost that spark.

　　He's lost himself…

　　That was the breaking point for me as my lower lip trembled. And one single drop for tear had fallen onto the ground.

　　Just like that, we 'losers' were sent back to our packs.

　　It took Emeric and I two days to forget about the pain and heartbreak of whatever Leif had done to us.

　　All this while…as Emeric was staying with me in my pack house that looked so haunted with not many people around…I never saw him smile.

　　Last night, I gained the courage to ask him who were the two men who were shot by Leif. My heart literally broke when he revealed both men were from his kingdom. He was blaming himself for their deaths as well.

　　I kept assuring him that we will get back to Leif with a plan. I can just tell with surety that we will get back at Leif. We will make him taste our wrath for doing this to us. In fact, all the alphas who are on Emeric's side. We have to huddle up and think of something.

　　But the problem is that…we cannot contact each other. Alphas of other packs, Emeric and I…we shouldn't contact each other. If we ever tried to go against Leif's condition, and if he ever found out…

　　He said that he will start killing each one of the people he had trapped in the kingdom, one for a day. He promised to wipe out everyone who was against him in the kingdom now.

　　I closed my eyes tightly. As I pushed the plate back and away from myself, I had caught Emeric's attention. He looked up to analyze my mood. I was just disappointed in myself.

　　And then suddenly, Emeric shoved his plate to the side as well. This was completely out of his character. Emeric, out of all people, would never leave the dinner table until and unless he finished his meal. He is a very modest and disciplined man. Nothing could have swayed him from his habits…but today…he must have reached his threshold.

　　He stood up from the chair, even more peculiar.

　　"Emeric…wait!" Getting up from my chair as well, I tried to bring him back and finish his plate. His wonderful appetite had come down significantly as well!

　　"Emeric, please come back to the table, darling." Outside this floor's balcony was a good view of our pack's backyard. Beyond that was a neat stretch of a forest.

　　"Emeric…" He gently shook his head. I could tell that he was fighting the demons in his head. I pitied him.

　　"Aurora…this was not supposed to happen." He complained, his voice raspy with anger. I nodded at the man.

　　"It was never supposed to happen."

　　"And you…I couldn't bear seeing you being—" He stopped himself from speaking further. He knew that he would only anger himself by recalling the worst of his memories. Leif had no mercy whatsoever. He didn't care if i was a woman and had defeated me until I fell unconscious. It was that bad….

　　"Shush…we are alive. We were given an opportunity to get back to him. He was too cocky to leave us alive, Emeric." I held him by his cheeks and kissed his nose.

　　"Please believe in me." I pressed a kiss on his lips this time. Every shred of thought left my body as he pressed himself onto me. In the heat of the moment, I realized that my body was craving for him. All of him.

　　'I'm going to sleep. Do not let him knot in you.'

　　'I know. We cannot afford a pregnancy at the moment.'

　　After Maia's consent, I hinted to the man that I wanted him. And he'd gladly accepted my request, not turning me down. That evening, we engaged in the most passionate encounter of our lives. The bed was almost on the verge of breakage. We couldn't stop touching each other. Everything was skin to skin and so erotic…

　　After everything has been settled between us I finally found trust in America. As I held his hand And told him everything about myself and what I have been through the past one week he melted into a puddle.

　　"You're…you're the strongest woman I've ever seen, Aurora. All of this…and you still decided to put your trust in me…" I could tell that Emeric was moved by my trust in him. I received a forehead kiss, all of his affection bombed upon me.