Aurora''s POV


    I didn''t know what came over me. I just found myself pulling Alpha Bane in without any notice and locking my lips with his in a short but passionate kiss that felt so good.


    As soon as our lips touched, my wolf leapt with joy and I just couldn''t stop. A tear almost fell from my eyes in the heat of the moment but I did all that I could to hold it in as I didn''t want to show him that he affected me any more than I had already shown him by drawing him in for a kiss.


    Finally able to find some strength to resist the instinctive urge that had taken hold of me, I managed to pull myself away from the kiss, albeit reluctantly but Alpha Bane seemed to not be in the mood for any of that.


    He tackled me very quickly and pulled me in for yet another kid but unlike the previous one, this one was quite lengthy.


    This time around, I didn''t attempt to hold back. Instead, I let all of me get immersed in the kiss as I relentlessly kissed him as though I intended to chew his lips and he did the same.


    We circled our tongues, with each person trying to effect dominance as we allowed our passions to get a hold of us. I kissed him with reckless abandon and we couldn''t care less about the people who were around.


    There were guards and maids in the area, some of which were with the driver of the carriage, some came together with Alpha Bane while the others were just passing by but stopped on noticing that I and Alpha Bane were speaking.


    All of those didn''t matter. I kept going and we kissed so deeply in the presence of all that were there. Alpha Bane too, didn''t care. He showed so much passion in what he was doing and he was a very good kisser. I wondered how many lips he kissed to get that good but I did well to get my mind off that very quickly and enjoy the moment.


    My wolf wasn''t left out. She roared from within me and I loved it. It was her sign of approval for what I was doing with Alpha Bane.


    Even with all of that, I still didn''t know why I just couldn''t ept Alpha Bane as my mate once and for all. I wondered why I just couldn''t bring myself to do it.


    "It''s your stupid pride, Aurora," my wolf said from within me and I hissed at her in my mind. She was just a killjoy, never knowing when to stop with her hard-hitting truths


    Alpha Bane broke the kiss and gently squeezed my palm before bringing up my knuckles for a kiss. He kissed them and held onto my hand still. He didn''t seem to want to let go. It looked like he wanted to hold me until I''d change my mind about leaving and decide to stay with him instead. That was never going to happen.


    "This isn''t the end for us," he said to me, gazing into my eyes so deeply that it seemed as if he was talking straight into my soul. Every word he said had a strong impact on me. "I''ll never give up until I make you mine, Aurora. You just watch and see."


    I loved the way he sounded. His assertive possessive words made me happy as I derived pleasure in hearing him talk to me that way. It felt so nice and I couldn''t exin why. I never liked it whenever anyone talked to me and tried to act as if they owned me but here I was, right in front of a man who was doing just that and it felt good instead. Life was just an unpredictable bastard... Feelings too.


    I did my best to not show how affected I was by his words. I didn''t want to give him that pleasure of knowing that he was somehow getting to me. That might have caused him to try to persuade me onest time and I didn''t trust my resolve to keep him at bay once again. It was better to make sure he didn''t try that at all. Prevention, they''d always say, was always better than cure.


    Alpha Bane finally let go of my hand and allowed me to head to the carriage. I slowly took a few steps back from him, whilst still staring at him before I turned around and got into the carriage.


    "Goodbye, Aurora. I''ll see you soon my love," he said to me, causing me to blush at his words.


    A part of me wanted to stay back even though I had told myself that it was never going to happen. Leaving him wasn''t as easy as I had thought it''d be and it was at that moment that I realised how hard it was to let go.


    "Goodbye, Alpha Bane. I wish you all the best. I know I''m not going to be around anymore but that doesn''t mean you should stop taking your drugs. I''ll find out and I''ll kick your ass!"


    We bothughed so hard before he waved at me and I did the same to him.


    "I''lle to get you someday, Aurora. I swear it to you today. You just wait. It might not be so long from now as I don''t know how long I can survive without you. I''ming for you, you hear me?"


    I said nothing in response. I just smiled sadly as the carriage began to move. I nced out through the carriage window and began to wave at Alpha Bane once again, bidding him goodbye.


    Then I felt something in my eyes. Tears began to slowly build up as I saw him wave at me too. Soon enough, the tears that I held back for so long surprisingly suddenly began to fall from my eyes