Aurora''s POV


    "Hey, it''s already afternoon. How did I not know?" I said, gently pping Alpha Bane''s arms.


    "Time flies, you know." Heughed, stroking my hair a bit.


    I had been in his chambers since morning and we''d been doing a range of things; ying, cracking jokes,ughing, talking, and several other things that certainly included eating twice in the same morning.


    "I never knew that you were a foodie. I thought it was me."


    "Looks can be deceiving, you know." Iughed.


    It wasn''t that I usually ate a lot. I was just so hungry at the time and I couldn''t even exin why. I just knew that I enjoyed the food far too much and I couldn''t help but have another go at it.


    "Maybe, it''s your cooking. The food tasted so good that I couldn''t have enough of it," I praised him.


    "You can say that again, my love," he bragged. "I get that a lot."


    I grabbed his hands and stared into his eyes with my lips pouted. I wanted to make a request and I didn''t know how he was going to take it. I had made up my mind to do what I pleased though. I just hoped he''d be receptive as it was going to make it much easier to carry it out.


    "I have a request to make. Could you promise me that you''ll grant it?" I asked, trying to fool him into epting it before saying a word to him about it.


    "I can''t do that. I need to hear it first. I mean, what if you wanted me to give you my head on a tter?"


    I pinched his hand. I was never going to ask for that. Nevertheless, he was right. He wasn''t about to let himself get fooled by this woman. I had to let him know what I wanted.


    "I need to go to the prison today," I began. He moved away from me a little to have a better look at me. It was enough to make me understand what he felt but I chose to go on. "I want to go see Sophia in the dungeon."


    "Why, Aurora?" He asked, baring his arms and looking shocked. "You don''t have to go there. I don''t want you to go there. I''d rather have us let them be where they are while we focus on the things that matter."


    "I''d rather not," I replied, eager to go there. "It''s something that I need to do and I''m going to do it."


    "Fine. Let''s go."


    "Right now?"


    "What do you think?"


    We left the room and proceeded to the dungeon. Alpha Bane said no word to me.


    It was clear to me that he wasn''t happy. But I had to do what I had to do.


    As we got there, the guard who stood by the entrance bowed and opened the cell for us. "Thank you," I said to him as we both walked inside.


    Alpha Bane suddenly grabbed my hands so tightly. Perhaps, he was scared for me. He wanted me nowhere near Sophia but I wasn''t scared of her.


    I spotted Sophia on the floor as we walked in. She sat there and looked to be muttering a few words to herself like a mad woman. We walked slowly toward her and that was when she noticed that people were in her cell.


    She immediately scrambled to her feet on seeing us. "Why are you here?" She asked.


    At first, I said nothing. Instead, I just stared at her. Besides, I wasn''t obligated to answer her questions. She was in no ce to throw questions around and I was only going to say something when I felt like it.


    "The Almighty Sophia in tatters and in the dungeon. What an irony," I muttered to myself,ughing snidely.


    "I said, what are you both doing here?" Sophia asked again, this time with a loud voice. Perhaps she heard what I said earlier as she seemed angrier than she was when we came in.


    I walked close to her, removing my grip from Alpha Bane. "I just came here so that we could iron things out and also see how you''re faring."


    She spat at me and I jumped back to avoid being touched by her sputum. "I don''t need your useless pity. Keep it to yourself!"


    "I don''t have any pity to give to you either," Iughed, before crouching to knee level. "How are you doing Sophie? How''s the prison treating you?"


    Alpha Bane''s POV


    I watched on, as Aurora took her hands away from mine and walked to Sophia to talk to her. They exchanged a heated conversation for a short time and then she stood.


    "Are you done?" I asked her and she nodded, taking a step back until she was standing next to me.


    I turned to look at Sophia and Aurora lightly touched my left hand. "Would you love to say anything to her?" She asked.


    "No. I have nothing to say to this woman."


    I didn''t want to give her the pleasure of hearing from me. I was truly done with her


    and there was no going back. We didn''t have anything else to talk about.


    "We should go now," I said to Aurora and she nodded.


    We turned around to leave and just as we stepped out of the cell, I was held back


    by Aurora, much to my surprise.


    "What is it?" I asked her. "Is there a problem?"


    "I''d love to go see Mrs Scott in her cell too," she said.


    I could see from the look in her eyes that she meant every word. She wasn''t going


    to take no for an answer and I didn''t understand why she was so stubborn.


    "Is it necessary?" I asked her, trying to get her to see that it isn''t worth it.


    "Yes, it is. Well, to me it is," she answered defiantly. "I''m still trying to find some form of closure and if I''m to achieve that, then I have to do this now."


    I couldn''t understand why she was so keen on meeting her. She was only going to remind herself of all the pain that the woman caused her which was probably going to make things worse than they already were.


    "She is the root of all of my problems, not Sophia. So, I must have a word or two with her."


    I said nothing else. It was no use. I just saw her turn around and walk toward the cell where Mrs Scott was being held and I followed behind.