Aurora''s POV


    I paced around in my room, full of worries as I couldn''t stay a second without being deep in thought. I hadn''t seen Alpha Bane for two whole days and it wasn''t like him.


    Alpha Bane wasn''t a man that shied away from responsibilities or even loved to delegate duties that he could carry out himself unless it was needful to do so. He loved to be involved in whatever was going on. Getting his hands dirty with work was what he derived joy from doing. It was a big part of him.


    I knew I was very wrong for not asking after him earlier on until in the afternoon. I had simply assumed that he was doing something so important and since I was mostly indoors, it didn''t ur to me that he never stepped out to do anything. Maybe, he did. Perhaps he travelled somewhere else and didn''t tell anyone. He might also have just decided to step away for a while. I couldn''t just wrap my head around what was going on and I didn''t like it one bit.


    I tossed my clothes, one by one from my wardrobe to my bed so I could fold them properly and pack them inside my box. As I tossed them, I contemted if I was making the right choice.


    My parents were to go back to the Silver Moon Pack; my Pack, and I was to go with them. I wasn''t so sure about my decision yet but the fact that I was packing up told me all that I needed to know.


    While a part of me wanted to stay, I felt it would certainly be better if I left with them instead. Besides, if I stayed, I''d have to put up with Alpha Bane for as long as I remained there. If I didn''t, there was no reason why I was to be allowed to stay there as he was the only thing that connected me with the Pack.


    Staying there with him also had other consequences. I''d be affording Sophia some valuable time with my parents and seeing that I refused to go back with them, they might just choose to ept that she was their only child and let me go for good.


    If that happened, I was going to be in trouble for sure. There was no way that I could go back to my Pack, expecting things to remain the same. It would most certainly be impossible and it''ll all be my fault.


    Leaving with them was the best option and despite my reluctance, it was something that had to happen.


    I felt bad that I wasn''t going to see Alpha Bane before leaving if he didn''t show up in the morning. It didn''t look like he was going to do that. There was no sign of him anywhere close to the Pack.


    I had asked some of the maids in the afternoon if they had seen him anywhere around the Pack but they all imed they hadn''t. It led me to conclude that it was either that they had no idea about his whereabouts or he instructed them to say nothing to me.


    I walked around the Castle, trying to find someone who knew anything at all about where he was but my search was simply in vain as he was nowhere to be found. I had to return to my room so I could do the other things that I needed to do.


    As I got done tossing all my clothes on the bed, I walked to the bed and sat. Then I began to fold the clothes, one by one, before carefully putting them into my travelling bag in a hurry. I needed to be done with that so that I could get some sleep after a long day.


    As I kept on packing, I heard my wolf whimper within me and I didn''t know why. I just decided within myself to stop worrying about Alpha Bane anymore, since it was of no use.


    I felt I might have been spending my time worrying for nothing at all. He might have decided to obey all that I said to him. He might have decided to give me the space that I so desired of him and because of that, he had instructed his guards and maids to say nothing about him to me.


    I did like it. I loved it even. I was very happy that he had decided to let me rest. Yet, I wasn''t happy about it. I kind of missed it. I missed being followed around by Alpha Bane. I missed being told that he loved me. I just missed everything that I didn''t want from him anymore. It was a very weird feeling.


    As I was still in my thoughts, I heard a knock on my door and I was quickly brought back to reality. The dress I had in my hand fell to the bed. I was a little startled. I wondered who it was that knocked on my door since I hadn''t sent for any maid nor did I tell any guard toe to see me. Besides, it was alreadyte at night so there was no need for anyone toe to see me.


    Instead of assuming, I felt it was best to go find out who it was myself and know what he or she hade for. Although, deep down, I had a feeling it was one of the maids who might havee for one lousy thing or the other.


    As I got to the door, I took a deep breath and then opened it up. Then, I suddenly gasped as I didn''t expect to see who I saw right in front of my door. It was Donald, Alpha Bane''s Beta. What exactly was he doing outside my door?


    He had a very mysteriously sneaky look on his face and I wondered what was going on with him. It did cross my mind that it could have something to do with Alpha Bane but I wasn''t sure.


    "Why are you here?"I asked him. "I haven''t seen you in my room before."


    "It''s about Alpha Bane, Aurora," he replied, just as I had previously thought. "I need to talk to you about him and it''s very urgent."


    "Wow. I was just thinking about him a moment ago before you got here."


    He just smiled and walked into the room as I stepped aside to let him get inside. Then I shut the door to hear what he had to say. If it was about Alpha Bane and also at night, it must have been something very important.


    "On that night he fought with Dn, his brother," he exined. "Bane was stabbed with a pocket knife which led to an injury."


    "I didn''t see the wound all these while. Howe?" I asked, quite surprised to hear that he had an injury. I had seen him quite a several times after the incident and he seemed quite fine to me. I didn''t notice any sort of cut it bleeding on his head so I was shocked to hear all that from Donald.


    He just chuckled a bit and scratched his head with his right hand before continuing. "The wound has healed up. It did, a long time ago but the pain didn''t. It just wouldn''t go away. Since then, he has been having very serious internal pain and fever which seem to be growing worse with each passing day."


    My hands immediately went to my chest as I couldn''t quiteprehend all that I heard. I never knew that he was battling with something like that all the time and I was so busy thinking only about myself. I felt like a horrible person and I couldn''t help it.


    "How is he doing now? I asked him, with a concerned look on my face. As much as we had our problems, I didn''t want any harm toe to him. I could never wish for that. I just wanted us to go our separate ways so that each of us could live out our days in joy and happiness and not in pain.


    "Well, I''ll be very honest with you, Princess Aurora. Alpha Bane isn''t okay at all. He has also not been in the best of moods too. When I left his room earlier today, he was still lying unconscious in his bed, unable to move or say anything at all."


    I began to panic upon hearing those words and dropped the clothes that I had picked up to fold. "Where is he?" I asked and he just chuckled.


    "You need to calm down..." he said, but I couldn''t let him finish whatever it was that he had to say. He had no right to tell me to calm down. He didn''t know exactly how I felt inside.


    "Don''t tell me to keep calm, Donald! I can''t keep calm!" I half yelled at him with guilt taking over me.


    While I was busy giving him attitude, Bane was suffering in pain and I didn''t even bother to check up on him. It was weird too for me as I imagined that my wolf should have picked up some kind of feeling.


    I began to wonder if Donald was lying. I wondered if it was just a trick to get me to talk to Alpha Bane but I was also aware that tricks also had limits. This was an expensive joke; one that no one was supposed to try for any reason at all.


    "Alpha Bane is in his chambers," he suddenly said, cutting into my thoughts and without saying a word to him, I got up from my bed and immediately walked out of my room so I could meet Alpha Bane.


    I heard Donald''s footsteps as he trailed behind me.