Chapter 46


    46


    ?Aurora''s pov )


    "Bond?" Beta Samuel''s voice is thick with confusion.


    But I can''t seem to focus much on their words, my gaze growing hazier by the second, the air


    whooshing out my lungs harsher by the second.


    I take a staggering step forward, intending to perhaps steady myself on the bark of a tree, but there


    was no bark but air. I topple to the ground, my knees hitting the dirt as I gasp.


    This was painful.


    "Aurora!" Lily screech. I could feel her fingers wrap around my upper arm, maybe trying to steady me


    before I ungracefully fall to the ground fully.


    "Xavier-" I moaned in pain as I looked around aimlessly at the thick foliage around us.


    All I could make out was green and brown.


    Green and brown.


    My ears rang and I groan, my hands reaching up to cup them. "Stop. Please stop." I whispered


    hoarsely. Aurora.


    Suddenly the ringing stops and I freeze. That voice. The voice I now crave to hear. His voice. Xavier''s


    voice. But surely he wasn''t here.


    Surely he''d note to take me back? "Aurora," a soft touch to my arm nearly has me flinching, but I


    recognize Lily as she kneels before me and looks at me in worry.


    Those eyes.


    That color.


    "I''ve heard of this happening to mated couples who haven''t been rejected yet and are forced to stay


    away from each other. The bond doesn''t allow them to part. It forces them to get back to the other''s


    side. Even if it means pain."


    This was Sarah''s voice right?


    I couldn''t tell, my mind a little slow to understand anyone else''s voice other than his.


    " But Aurora and Alpha Xavier''s case is rather different. He casted her out but did not reject her. This


    makes the bond now more painful as it sorts for answers. " She continues.


    Lily turns to look at Sarah over my shoulder. "Answers?" She asked in confusion.


    "The bond seeks for answers that Xavier alone can give. Either he rejects her, or he epts her. But


    she can''t go out of the border. If she does, I fear that may very well be the end of her. And him." Sarah


    whispers.


    "What bond are you talking about!?" Beta Samuel snarls in frustration. "Beta Samuel, I know you were


    always a bit slow but never did I ever imagine you to be a fool." Lily sighed heavily before looking at


    me.


    My gaze was still hazy but I could see the deep concern in her eyes. "Aurora. Can you stand up?" Lily


    asked.


    I blinked, staring at her nkly as her face merges into the face of her brother. My breathing grows and


    my heart thuds. "Xavier?" I whispered. I''ming to you.


    There goes his voice again. The rough sweet sound that sent shivers down my spine.


    "Aurora."


    "Aurora!" A firm shake to my shoulders and Lily''s loud screech seem to have done the job of bringing


    me out of my hallucinating state.


    The face in front of me is no longer Xavier''s but that of his sister, Lily who looked rather frightened.


    She looks over my shoulder again. ''''We should bring her back." She rushes out.


    "I agree, we should-


    Sarah starts but is cut off by a loud angry growl that came from the Beta. "The Alpha hadmanded


    me to escort her out of the territory. Not bring her back. I will not disobey an order!"


    Lily rises to her feet and red at the Beta. "That alpha is my brother! And he needs her just as she


    needs him right now!"


    " I will NOT disobey amand from my alpha!" Beta Samuel growled loudly, the sound of his beast


    unnerving me.


    "Now move in my way, Lily. Or I''ll force you out-


    Another loud growl causes the birds in the trees to scurry away into the sky. I looked to my left to see


    that it was Chris who took a warning step forward, his eyes trained on Beta Samuel.


    : Xavier''s pov:


    Reckon was rather oddly quiet the entire run to the end of the border where they injected Mary with the


    wolfsbane.


    ''Have you gotten anything?'' I mind linked Eli as I sniffed the ground. There must be something we


    missed yesterday. There must be.


    ''Except for the smell of sex, then no. I have to say the wolves we ced here to guard this area were


    surely busyst night all into the wee hours of the morning.'' Eli mind links, chuckling. If I could roll my


    eyes right now I would.


    '' This is no time to joke around Eli. This is a threat we must try to


    conquer before it gets worst.'' I growled.


    I should''ve taken his brother Chris with me instead, at least he''d be more serious.


    Eli was a clown most of the time.


    '' I was serious! Did you not take the smell? It''s literally sprayed on the barks of the trees. Hard to miss


    actually. What I''m wondering is how the hell did it get on the barks of the trees? Must''ve been flexible


    wolves- ''Eli!'' I growled, turning to stare at his wolf that bowed down and whimpered. Growling in


    frustration, I walked away from him, sniffing the ground before I reach my border. One more step and


    I''d be considered in Raphael''s territory.


    There were no paw marks, no signs of feet. There were no signs of anything. It was as if one would


    think it was Mary who killed herself with wolfsbane.


    But I knew better. My wolves weren''t cowards and if it were indeed Mary, the syringe she used to push


    the wolfsbane into her bloodstream would have been on her or beside her. This was a very confusing


    situation that I indeed needed to solve quickly. If I can''t.....who would die next?


    I look at the ground intensely, my gaze suddenly going cloudy. I blinked, my head lifting as my ears


    perked.


    I shook my head, confused by the ringing in my ears.


    I snarled.


    Something wasn''t right.


    I could feel pain. I shook my head, backing away as I try to somehow move the haziness in my eyes.


    The ringing in my ears gets worst until I couldn''t even hear the rustling of the leaves as the wind tickled


    them. ''Alpha?'' Eli mind links in curiosity. But his voice only made the pounding i n my head get worst.


    ''Reckon! What the hell is happening t o us?! I snarled.


    "Exactly what happens to someone who makes a grave mistake. Did you really think I would allow you


    to let her go so easily?'' He growled, pushing at the restraints I hold him in. Shit. He was trying to take


    full control of me.


    My nails dig into the earth as I shook my head, hoping that it would lessen the pain.


    ''What did you do?!'' I roared, gasping as I whirl around, unsure of what I was looking for.


    ‘I didn''t do anything. This was all your actions. Your fault. The farther she gets away from us, the more


    painful the bond will grow. Were you really that dumb to think that the bond wouldn''t be against this


    absurd idea of yours?'' He growls, pushing more harshly at the restraints.


    ‘Alpha, is something wrong?’ Eli bounds over to my side.


    "You knew what would''ve happened when I casted her out. Didn''t you?’ I growled at Reckon. That


    sleazy dog. He would do anything to get his way. To getplete control of me.


    "You needed to be taught a lesson. She''s ours and I wouldn''t let her go easily! Go to her!'' He roared


    until my ears began to ring more.


    ''Xavier!'' Eli said in a panicked voice. But the more distance Aurora seems to ce between us the


    more intense the pain gets. I growled, roaring when I felt my heart squeeze.


    "We need her. Go to her before it''s toote. '' Reckon hisses, wing at the restraints. Every second of


    pain is another second closer to him taking over.


    " Xavier, what the hell is going on with you?" Eli shifts into his human form, still on his knees and hands


    as he looks me over in panic.


    I needed her.


    Aurora.


    Xavier.


    Her voice. It lures me.


    I growled, shaking my head before the urge to go to her is impossible to fight. I turn around only to


    bound in the direction I could feel her.


    " Xavier! Shit!" Eli yells behind me, secondster I hear the cracking of his bones before the sound of


    his paws hitting the earth behind me.


    But I can''t seem to focus on anything other than Aurora. I snarl, digging my paws into the dirt as I take


    up speed. I needed to be beside her. I needed her. Reckon continues to fight against the restraints.


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    I weave around the trees, jump over bushes, and cared less about the birds that scurried away when


    they heard me. I was growling, losing a battle with my wolf as he quickly pushes the barrier and takes


    over.


    "Reckon, give me back control.'' I roared, trapped inside my mind and I''m forced to look behind a


    barrier. "You were too slow. Too weak. I''m going to im her!'' He snarls, racing through the woods.


    I could already take the scent of Aurora. We were close. And that alone makes Reckon more


    untameable. He growls, his paws digging into the earth as he races forward, his mind set on iming


    Aurora.


    I could still hear Eli just behind me. Hear how he was trying to keep up. Feel his confusion and panic as


    he trailed behind me.


    "Reckon. You''ll scare her. We will scare her. You can''t-


    ''Tcan and I will! I''ve waited too long. Too long behind the shadows and waiting for you to man up and


    im her. I will wait no longer to have what is mine. She''s ours and she''s ours to im!'' He roars.


    There was nothing I would say to calm him down, the intoxicating smell of Aurora alone is driving him


    mad.


    ''What about our enemies Reckon? We can''t have her take that burden. Think about-


    ''There will be no burden when she is by our side. And as for our enemies, I will kill them all before they


    so much as look at her or whisper her name!''


    There is a promise in his tone, one that almost makes me think it was possible.


    But with what was currently happening, I wasn''t so sure.


    "Reckon please think about it before- ''I had two days and a half to think about it. I want her. You want


    her. There is nothing else to think about but sinking our teeth in her pretty neck and branding her ours.''


    He growls, refusing to see reason.


    The smell of Aurora is now so strong that I know for certain she is but a few feet away. My heart races.


    Reckon growls, picking up speed.


    He forces me to turn into my human form while still holding the reigns of my body.


    ''Reckon wait!'' I growled as we


    emerge out of the trees and my eyes fall on Aurora.


    She''s flushed and her breathing is rather rough. Her beautiful eyes lift and fall on me and she gasped. "


    Xavier?" She breathes out, staggering to her feet.


    Reckon growls,pletely ignoring everyone around, his gaze only focused on her. The pulse on her


    neck. The sound of the blood rushing through her veins. The urge to mark her.


    ''Reckon stop!'' I barked, seeing the terrified gleam in her pretty eyes. But Reckon doesn''t listen to me,


    his intention clear.


    He was going to im her.


    " Xavier wait!" Lily yells as Reckon grabs a hold of Aurora behind her neck, his head dipping to her


    neck as he breathes in her intoxicating scent. Even I couldn''t stop him now,


    because I also find myself in a trance by the feel of her in my arms, her body pressing to mine


    deliciously, and the mouth-watering scent of her.


    My canines emerge out of my gums painfully as all I saw was red. I arch her neck, my other arm


    coming around her to keep her there. And without another thought, sank my teeth into the tender flesh.


    Pure bliss.


    Aurora arches her back, gasping out my name in wonder and surprise, her fingers digging into my back


    as I sank my teeth in deeper until I knew I was branding her.


    ''Mine!'' Reckon growls in my head proudly.


    I shuddered and I can also feel her shudder in my arms. This wasn''t how I''d want us to im her if I


    had the chance. But it was now toote. She was mine. And now, she would share my burdens.


    Aurora moans, arching more into me as I retract my canines and then lick the blood off her shoulder,


    sealing the mark.


    But all too soon, the bliss stops and a coursing burning pain emerges on my tongue, swirling down my


    throat and then my organs. It was like someone poured acid down my throat.


    I staggered away from her, my eyes wide as I looked down at her in rm. What the hell-


    I gasped, my handing around my throat as I felt it closing up. My blood felt like it was boiling.


    "Alpha!" Samuel growled.


    "Oh my God!" Sarah screeches. "Brother!" Lily screamed.


    Bones crack and the sound of Eli''s voice roars. " Xavier!"


    I could not seem to answer as I watch Aurora''s panicked face as I fall to my knees.


    Was this how death feels like?


    Her face was thest thing I saw before my body gave way and felt my face smash into the dirt.


    Darkness creeps into my being as I felt my blood boil even more. The pain too much to bear.