Aurora''s POV


    "Who could have thought that a trusted servant in this Pack would turn out to be a traitor?" My father asked Alpha Bane as they conversed.


    I sat on a sofa in the throne room, close to where Alpha Bane and my father sat as they talked about what had happened earlier.


    I wasn''t in the mood for too much talk so I just decided to watch them talk and listen very closely to whatever they had to say.


    I was as shocked as my father upon knowing that Ivan had a hand in all that was going on. He always seemed to me as someone so innocent. He never looked like a threat. Not even for once. I couldn''t quite get why he''d betray this family and the Pack atrge. He was well taken care of.


    "The young man confessed to everything that he did," Alpha Bane revealed. "He told me that he connived with Sophia to set her free from the dungeon but he was not alone."


    "He couldn''t have been alone," my father affirmed. "There must have been someone on the outside who paid him to do it."


    "Well, you''re right about having someone on the outside who got him to do his bidding," Alpha Bane smiled. "But he wasn''t paid for it. He did it out of his free will."


    "Why would he do that?"


    "Because he ims to be in love with Sophia! What a joke! How can any man be in love with such a woman? To make it worse, he knows that she doesn''t love him. Yet, somehow, he believed that it was going to change and that she was eventually going to fall in love with him. Now, where is she and where is he?"


    My father bowed his head and I knew he was sad. As much as Sophia was all that Alpha Bane suggested, she was still his daughter and I could tell he still loved her so much despite all she did to him.


    "The outsider; the one who worked with Ivan to free Princess Sophia. Who is he?" My father asked, raising his head and looking at Alpha Bane.


    "It''s Dn; just like I had suspected..."


    "Dn?" Asked my father with his mouth wide open. Mine was open too as I didn''t expect that.


    Thatbination only proved one thing; there was certain danger lurking and we had to prepare even better because Dn knew all about his Pack while Sophia knew all about ours. Whichever Pack they''d decide to attack, they were surely going to have an idea of how to go about it and it was bad for everyone.


    "Yes, Dn. They are working together and they n to attack soon. The attack is to happen in my Pack and not here. That was their n ording to Ivan."


    "What if he was lying? What if Ivan is still trying to deceive you?"


    "He''s not. I could see on his face that he was being honest. I made sure of that," Alpha Bane assured him. "Now that we''ve solved this mystery about how Sophia was able to disappear from her cell very mysteriously, it''s time for us to head back to my Pack but we won''t be going alone. We''ll be going with Ivan since he''s now a traitor to both Packs."


    "I''d rather he stays here," objected my father. "I''d love to keep an eye on him."


    "I know that Alpha king, but there are other factors that you must consider. It is those factors that drive me to take him with me."


    "Factors like?"


    "Ivan knows this ce very well. He knows the nooks and crannies," Alpha Bane exined. "If he was able to get Sophia out of this ce, how can you be sure that he won''t free himself too? He could already be nning his escape right now as we speak. But if he goes with us to my Pack, then he''d be stuck. He knows nothing there and also has no friends. That way, we''ll keep an eye on him and ensure he won''t be a problem in future."


    As I listened to his speech, I got even more scared. I became worried about the wedding, wondering what was going to happen there.


    Since we got intel from Ivan that the attack was to happen in the Blue Moon Pack, it meant that we had to do the wedding on time to avoid being unprepared. If the witch didn''t ask, I''d still have loved us to wait a bit till after the war before tying the knot. Whatever we had to do, had to be done quickly. Time was of the essence.


    "Aurora!"


    "The wedding... The " I blurted out unintentionally. His call had snapped me out of my thoughts and I didn''t know when the words slipped from my mouth.


    "What about the wedding?" Alpha Bane asked.


    Alpha Bane''s POV


    "The wedding has to be done on time," Aurora spoke with frightened lips. "We need to hurry everything up or risk not doing it at all. We can''t afford to have them attack us when we and everyone else in the Pack are rejoicing and making merry. That would be such a disaster as they''ll entirely wipe us all out. I''m just so afraid, my love "


    "You don''t have to be," I said, trying to get her to calm down. She was always getting so worked up over nothing and it wasn''t good for her or anyone else.


    "The Prophecy of the witch," she continued. "It''sing to pass. The dangers that she prophesied are very close to us. I can feel it so strongly around us. Can you not feel it too? She asked us to ensure that we do this wedding. I don''t know whether it''s going to have any bearing on what is toe. I..."


    "Shhh!" I shushed her, walking over to her and holding her hands. "Don''t fret, my love. We''re going to pull through with this wedding. It''s not in doubt at all. I just need you to take things easy for now. Let me handle these things. Trust me to put things in order. Trust that I have all of these in control."


    I felt her breath be a bit slower and I knew my words were doing wonders, as I expected them to. "I was able to get information out of Ivan, right? I handled


    it, just like I assured you that I would. I need you to believe in me once again. Let me do what I know how to do. Have some rest. You need it."


    I pulled her in and hugged her as a myriad of thoughts ran through my head. I was getting tired and frustrated about everything that was happening around us, including her refusal to let go of whatever the witch must have said to her. Everything was making me feel so ufortable, but I just wanted her to be happy. I needed her to be.


    I let her go and nted a kiss on her forehead first, and then on her lips and let my lips dwell on hers for about a minute before finally breaking the kiss and gazing deeply into her eyes.


    "Go get some rest, okay?"


    She nodded and walked out of the throne room to our room while I returned to continue my conversation with the Alpha King.