Aurora''s POV


    The room was a bit dark and I knew that the evening hade. As I sat on the bed, I kept trying to put myself together but it wasn''t working at all.


    I tried to force myself to sleep a few times but it wasn''t to be. Sleep was far away from me; farther than my fingers could reach.


    Images of Alpha Bane demolishing that man kept shing in my head over and over again. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn''t seem to get it off my head.


    I was stricken with fear ever since I witnessed that encounter. I couldn''t imagine that he could do something so horrible. The man was already out. Yet, he didn''t stop hitting him, letting the blood of the man ssh on his face without even caring one bit.


    It was true that the man deserved what he got. Indeed, he couldn''t have expected anything less than that after what he did. We were on the brink of war just because of his singr action. But that kind of beating was best suited for the guards, yet, not to that extent.


    Alpha Bane looked like a beast enraged. He looked like he had finally been set free from his cage and poor Ivan was the first to taste his fury. I wondered what had be of him.


    Alpha Bane too, hadn''te to see me since then. As much as I feared having hime around me, something in me did expect him toe to look for me, especially since I wasn''t in our chambers. I was in another room in the Castle where I usually loved to sleep back then before we left for his Pack. We used to sleep separately then.


    Iy on my bed again to sleep, rolling around as much as I could, but u still couldn''t. I wasn''t hungry either. The only thing that seemed to matter to me was the witch''s prophecy about the change in the character of Alpha Bane and how it was already ying out in such a short period.


    As I yet thought, a knock on my door broke me out of my deep thoughts and I wondered who it might be.


    Since I''d had nothing to eat, I assumed that it was just one of the maids and I was in no mood to entertain anyone. "Please, go away. U don''t want to talk or attend to


    anyone at the moment. You maye backter," I said, still lying down.


    I heard the knock again and I raised my brow, wondering why the maid just


    wouldn''t listen. U didn''t stand though. I had no time for that.


    The door went right open and standing right behind it was Alpha Bane. My chest immediately tightened on seeing him.


    He was sweating profusely and looked to be breathing heavily, making me wonder


    if he had been running. Stepping into the room, he locked the door behind him and turned to look at me as our gazes


    Alpha Bane''s POV


    As I got into Aurora''s room, panting heavily, I turned around and shut the door behind me. Then I took a few steps toward her before pausing abruptly.


    I gazed deeply into her eyes to see how she''d react. I knew she was still angry at me for what happened earlier and I wanted to make amends. I didn''t want to have any lingering issues with her.


    I continued my walk to her, murmuring some words in my head that I knew not what they meant as I walked, hoping that she''d find it in her heart to forgive me and move on from what happened in the pce.


    "What are you doing here, Alpha Bane?" She asked, sitting up on the bed and keeping her gaze fixated on me.


    "I went to our chambers to look for you earlier but you weren''t there," I sighed. "So, I thought it best toe here to see if I could find you here and thankfully, we''re here. I also came to apologise to you for what happened earlier. I assure you that I didn''t intend for it to be that way. I never intended for you to see what happened.


    "I''m not surprised one bit," she said, much to my surprise. "The witch had already prophesied concerning this. She told me that you''ll change; that you''ll be an entirely different person and it''s already beginning to happen."


    "You don''t have to believe that, my love. There''s nothing to be afraid of..."


    "But I''m already afraid," she cut in with tears building up in her eyes. "I''m so scared of what you''re about to be. When I looked into your eyes, I saw something that I''d never seen before. I saw a kind of rage that I never knew existed in you. My father called out to you but you wouldn''t stop. You looked like a beast unhinged. I knew at that moment that this was not the man that I fell in love with. What is happening to you?"


    I bowed my head in embarrassment. I understood all that she had said and knew exactly how she felt. I let my anger get the better of me and while I felt it was justified, I couldn''t help but feel like I should have had a bit of restraint somehow.


    "Please, Aurora, forgive me," I pleaded. "I know that my actions weren''t in line with what they should be and I deeply apologise for that. I don''t know what came over me..."


    "That''s exactly the problem," she cut in. "I don''t know what to do with all of these. If you can''t have control over your emotions, then it''ll only be a matter of time before you''d be transformedpletely into something else."


    "That''ll never happen, my love. I promise. I''ll never let that happen," I held her hands and stared right into her eyes so she could see just how much I meant the words that I said. "Look, there''s nothing to be worried about. I don''t want you to be scared of anything at all. Whatever it is that the witch said to you concerning me will never happen. This is why I didn''t want you to go see her "


    "Hey..."


    "I''m sorry. I just don''t want you getting worked up over something that will never happen," I went on. "It''s me, Aurora. It''s me and it''ll always be me. There''s no reason to fret. I was just overwhelmed by anger after all that the man did. That''s all. Please, forgive me, my love."


    "Are you sure that this wouldn''t happen again!" She asked, freeing one of her hands and wiping her tears with it.


    "I can''t promise that, knowing what lies ahead of us. There might even be a point where I have to be even more ruthless and decisive if we''re ever going to survive. Yet, this is what I promise. I''ll do my best to keep my emotions in check, only doing things when they ought to be done. Please, forgive me."


    "Okay," she muffled, wrapping her hands around me as we hugged. "Thank you so much, my love."