Alpha Bane''s POV


    My head still ached a lot and I put my left hand on it, hoping to ease the pain that I felt. I groaned aloud as I struggled to get some sleep to no avail.


    The Pack healer was supposed to get some pills for me to help me sleep better but for some reason, he didn''t arrive early enough. I resolved in my heart to make him pay for it if there was no tangible reason as to why it happened. But I had to see him before I could do anything like that.


    As I stretched a bit on the bed, trying desperately to find my way to dreand, I heard a very resounding knock on my door and I wondered who on Earth had the guts to knock on my door like that.


    If it were to be a guard, I''d have made sure that he paid for it. I knew what being in my condition meant. I knew it could cause a few people to try to undermine my authority because, at the moment, there was nothing I could do. However, I resolved to make them all pay for their insolence the very second I got better. Indeed, I swore it and I meant every word.


    Before I could even tell the person toe in, I saw my door swing open and a figure walking right through it. I was enraged. What stupid audacity! I was so angry that I wanted so badly to deal with the person harshly. Then, I wasn''t anymore.


    It was Aurora. I couldn''t believe it. As she walked straight to where I was, I sat up immediately.


    It felt like the pain was gone or I had simply forgotten about it. All I could think of that instant was Aurora. I was so shocked to see her. It was something I never imagined would happen, but there I was, beholding it all.


    As I opened my mouth both in surprise and in an attempt to say something, I spotted Donalding into my room from behind her. That was when I put two and two together and I just put my hand on my face to express my dissatisfaction.


    It was pretty clear what had happened. He must have told Aurora about my illness even though I sternly warned him not to do that. He even promised me that he wouldn''t. Such low value he had on his words. It was nothing short of appalling.


    I looked at Donald with a very painful look. I made my countenance look like I was in more pain than I was, just to drive my point home. Instead of looking worried or a bit tense, he just smirked at it.


    I hated it when he did that. He had done it so much that it had be a part of him. Sometimes, I felt like he couldn''t help but do it. Yet, in that situation, I didn''t think he was going to try something like that. Not with me, his Alpha.


    The atmosphere was still a bit tense as silence reigned supreme in the room. Everyone was expecting everyone to say something; well, I couldn''t have been so sure but from how I felt and the way they both stared, I was surely not far from the truth.


    "Uhm..." Donald finally said, breaking the awkward silence and then clearing his throat. "I''m going to take my leave now, Princess Aurora."


    With that, he bowed before her and before me too and then paused to throw me a very sneaky nce which got me even more annoyed.


    I resolved in my heart that I wasn''t going to let that slide for any reason. He was going to pay for treating me without any respect whatsoever. I swore in my heart to deal with the moron as soon as I got well enough. He should have expected that too.


    As he left, it was just Aurora and me in the room. We were finally alone and that only served to increase the awkwardness between us. We said nothing. Instead, we stared at each other with none of us even opening our mouths.


    I, for sure, wanted to talk to her. Indeed, I had been looking for an opportunity to do just that. But here I was, with that opportunity in front of me and I suddenly froze.


    I didn''t know what to say to her at all and I guessed it was the same with her since she also said nothing. She just stood there, staring at me but I could deduce a lot from her facial expression.


    She looked very sad and it broke my heart as I never wanted to see her that way, nor to be the reason she''d be that way.


    "Hello," I finally muttered to her so we could get talking. I reckoned that one of us had to break that awkwardness and I decided to take the initiative.


    "Hey," she replied with a smile, but I couldn''t tell if it was forced or not. But I was happy that she even wanted to talk to me; to respond to my greetings and with the way that she gazed at me with keenness, I was more willing to press on with further questions to get us talking.


    "Why are you here, Aurora? You said that you wanted nothing to do with me thest time we spoke," I said to her, trying to let her know why I looked shocked upon seeing her. "Did you juste here because you heard that I was very ill?"


    She tried to speak but the words didn''te out. She looked like she was taken aback by what I had said to her and I could totally understand her. She probably didn''t expect me to deduce the reason for her visit, nor did she know that I''d say it the way I did. I had to.


    I didn''t want her to be with me because she felt pity for me and not because she wanted to be with me.


    Now more than ever, I was shocked wanting to know why she was here...