Aurora''s POV


    Shortly after Alpha Bane left the room, I sat back down on the bed, wishing that I had told my mother that we should meet the witch earlier. If I had known that he''d leave me as usual for yet another chat with my dad, I''d have done just that.


    I cupped my cheeks with my palms, wondering what the meeting was going to be like. I heard that witches were very powerful beings who knew the past and the future and I''d let a few of them but I didn''t know the particr one that we were to


    see.


    Deep down, I knew we were going toe back with very bad news but I somehow hoped that I was going to be wrong. "Let me head to my mother''s room. Perhaps, I can get her to move with me now," I muttered to myself, standing on my feet and heading to my door.


    On opening the door, I gasped. My mom was right in front of the door, with her right hand lifted as if she was just about to knock. It was a beautiful coincidence.


    "Good day, mom," I greeted her, as she smiled and pulled me in for a hug, before kissing me on the forehead.


    "It''s good to see you, child. It seems you''re all set."


    "Yeah... Sure. I''m ready to go,'' I stuttered.


    "Follow me."


    She walked in front of me and I followed closely behind, wondering where the witch''sir was. We left the Castle and walked quite a distance, passing through a small forest that I''d only been to once when I was asked to fetch some firewood as a maid.


    As we got to a certain point, my mom turned to me, putting a finger in front of her mouth to let me know that silence was needed.


    We slowly approached an area that had a red material all around it and I saw a woman right there in the middle saying a few words that I couldn''t hear because I wasn''t close enough.


    She looked so scrawny and old with grey hair all over her body. Unlike what I heard about witches and what I had seen with my eyes, she looked very frail. It took me a while to remember that their powers weren''t found in their physique.


    As we got to where she was, my mom stretched out her hand to the side to stop me from moving any further. It must have been that visitors weren''t allowed to go past that point without her consent, so we just waited for her to finish up with her incantations.


    "Why are you here?" She asked, as soon as she was done.


    "I thought she''s supposed to know everything, mom. Isn''t she?" I asked, wondering if she just had to ask or if she was in the dark. If she couldn''t tell why we were there, I couldn''t believe that she''d know how to help us with our problems.


    "We''re here because we have been having very strange dreams for the past few days and we can''t seem to say what exactly the dreams are trying to reveal to us," my mother replied. "We thought it best toe to you so that you can help us with this problem."


    "You thought well," the witch replied, drawing something on the ground with a stone. All the while, she hadn''t even turned to look at us. She just kept drawing stuff on the ground with her back facing us. Witches were always known for their arrogance. She was no different. "Tell me your dream.''


    "In my dream, I saw a lot of people in my Pack being ughtered without mercy. Surprisingly, I didn''t see my husband but I saw my daughters, Aurora and Sophia, on opposing sides. There were so many deaths; men, women and children. I couldn''t see the faces of the assistants but I could hear themugh aloud while the entire Pack was full of cries and screams. We were being annihted, right before my eyes. I had this dream time and time again... The same dream, and I can''t seem to get it off my head."


    "Speak, young one," the witch ordered, causing me to get startled a bit.


    "In my dream, I saw some men get into the Blue Moon Pack with their carriage. They ughtered all that was in their path, leaving no survivors on the way. I had to run back to see what was going on but on getting there, almost everyone was already dead. I went upstairs to check up on Alpha Bane and he was on the floor, with his neck shed and on the brink of death. I watched him die as I held him in my eyes. I can''t forget that dream. It feels so real each day and I''m so afraid."


    Silence reigned in the room as soon as I got done speaking. We waited patiently to hear what the witch would have to say. She stopped writing on the floor and turned around to face us. Then she took a very deep breath.


    "You''re right to feel bad about the dreams because the danger is trulying," the witch finally said to us. "There''s no running from it. You can''t hide from what must be. I see it hovering over your heads like a swarm of bees."


    I gasped, clutching my chest as I heard those words. From the look on my mother''s face, she too was immensely terrified.


    "In theing days," the witch continued. "You''ll notice a change in Aloha Bane. He''ll change the way that he treats you, but it wouldn''t just be you. He''ll treat everyone else the same way. You might struggle to recognize him and probably question if he''s truly the man that you''ve grown to love. There''s a brutal side of him that has stayed hidden for far too long and it''s time to let it out. He shall have very little time for the people he loves, and that includes you, Princess Aurora. You must have this at the back of your mind as you begin this journey."


    I felt a hand on my shoulder and it was my mom''s. Somehow, she knew that I was beginning to get very emotional. I was on the brink of tears. Yet, the witch wasn''t done just yet and we both had to listen.


    "During those times, you should do well to not push him away. Don''t confront him either. Instead, you must embrace gentleness because a lot would be going on with him in his mind. You can''t afford to add to his many problems, even though you''d have your own problems."


    I tried to hold those tears of mine back but I couldn''t. They just kept flowing freely down my cheeks and I let them be, surrendering to my inner feelings.


    "What about your wedding?" The witch asked, not caring whether I intended to cry my heart out.


    At first, I was shocked, since I had never said a word about it to anyone. I wondered how she got to know but a nudge from my mum brought me back to my


    senses.


    "She''s a witch, isn''t she?" She asked.


    "Yeah." I cleared my throat and continued. "We decided to put it on hold because


    of all that has been going on. I decided to halt the preparations."


    "You shouldn''t do that," the witch objected. "Don''t halt it for anyone or anything. Go ahead with your preparations."


    I was stunned by her words as u had thought that I did the right thing. Alpha Bane''s father thought the same too.


    "I''ll do as you said," I said to her, deciding to trust her words. "I''ll continue with the wedding preparations."