•••••Aurora's POV•••••
It's been few days since I came here and I haven't heard anything from anyone.
Daily some guards come to taunt me scare me and then leave me.
I'm given bread and water only once a day.I also found the name of the old man.
His name is Michael and he's a witch.
We've gotten close a lot last few days.
He's a 53 years old witch and is sentenced to a lifetime in prison because he's been found selling love potion and compulsion potion in black market because he urgently needed to collect money for his daughter's tuition fee for college as she's human-like his mate and can't get admission in witch school so that's why she took admissions in the human world.
I also found that love and compulsion potion can cause a huge problem if it gets in the hands of the wrong people.
When I asked what happened to his family so he said he doesn't know anything as he's been here for more than decades.
He's been a good companion as he told me about some things about his kind and other species.
Except for Michael I've also been accompanied by a mice who seems to roam freely around us caged people in the dungeons.
He mostly comes across when our bread and water are being served.
When I first saw him I left a piece of bread for him and surprisingly he didn't fear me and ate it hurriedly.
Since after that he's always accompanied by a couple of more mice.
•••••In the Castle•••••
•••••Third Person POV•••••
" What do you plan to do with Stephen's mate?" Astraea asked Leonidas who was busy thinking about the proposal of making another safe house near the school in the middle of all the packs around the northern border to lessen the casualties if packs ever get attacked by rogues in near future.
" Hmm" he replied before studying the proposal.
" Leonidas, are you even listening?" Astraea sighed.
Leonidas turned his head towards his and spoke " She's going to get executed if he doesn't turn himself up and begs for forgiveness before the end of the week. She'll be executed in front of the whole kingdom to set an example of what will happen if anyone dares to disobey the royal orders or practices any illegal activity because I won't tolerate anything like this under my reign" he informed before turning back to continue his work.
"You can't do this. This will cause a ruckus in the kingdom " Astraea said worriedly as she knew that her brother is not being fair.
" Are you questioning my decision?" Leonidas asked calmly yet in a cold voice.
" No, I'm not but What about the council? Do you think they are going to sit silently and watch this" she asked loudly?
Suddenly Leonidas jaw clenched in anger and irritation as he never likes anyone talking to him in loud voice, not even his sister.
" I don't fear council" he angrily spat looking directly into his sister's eyes and noticed them widen in fear as she realized her mistake.
"I.....I "
"You can leave now" Leonidas ordered not giving her any chance to say anything before he turned to focus on the files in front of him.
Astraea sighed before she walked out of the room tiredly hoping that somehow his brother will change his decision.
Even after few days when no one from the court heard from Alpha Stephen then-new royal order was announced in the kingdom that if Alpha Stephen didn't turn himself and begged for forgiveness before daybreak of the day after yesterday then his mate will be beheaded in front of the whole kingdom.
This news of beheading soon spread throughout the kingdom life a wildfire making a shiver of fear run through almost everyone.
Some agreed and were happy with the king's decision and respected it while some people thought that this is wrong because this is the worst punishment any wolf can get but they couldn't voice out their opinions without the fear of angering the king.
They knew better to keep their mouth shut.
•••••In the dungeon•••••
As a child, Aurora had always been scared of darkness because as a child she used to felt that darkness holds all the monsters and if get any closer to it then those monsters will catch her.
But now she happily and willingly embraces darkness as they provide her solace because she knew that she'll be safe here.
She did not have anyone except other than Michael to talk to but after some days she even stopped trying to talk to him as she started to feel strength less and later found that the cut on her head that she got from guard had started to get infected.
She was just a mere weak human who had no reason or motivation to be alive.
She had given up on living a long time which didn't help her case.
Due to an infection in her head, she laid unconscious for the most time and by the time she used to wake up all her bread were always eaten by the mice.
It's been 3 days since she last ate anything.
She's been surviving on dirty water all these days.
After gulping water she slowly laid back on the cold filthy floor in her ripped and dirty maroon dress which once used to be pretty and now is covered with dried mud and her blood, knowing soon the darkness will embrace her.
Soon she heard the sound of footsteps and slowly opened her eyes.
Sudden she felt her heartbeat increased as she could feel that something bad is going to happen.
The calmness in the air seemed like the calm before the storm.
Soon she heard footsteps coming to come at half in front of her cell.
She didn't bother to make an effort to acknowledge the presence of that person as was well aware of her fate.
She knew she is going to die sooner or later but she hoped her miseries to come to an end sooner as she felt too tired to even open her eyes.
She felt like someone is sucking the life out of her.
She only just wanted to rest knowing she won't have to face this again.
" You're being executed tomorrow at daybreak. Do you have anything to say? " the minister asked loudly impatiently snapping Aurora out of her thoughts.
Lifting her head she slowly nodded her head in no.
Yeah, she knew that she was going to die and she felt relieved to hear it.
She didn't feel any fear as she thought she'll feel or felt when she was sold to Alpha.
She felt relieved.
She watched the disappearing back of the man who just informed her of the news of her beheading as slowly her eyes dropped and she embraced the darkness once again...
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To be continued...
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Elvira 🤍CHAPTER 8 •••••In the palace••••• •••••Third Person POV•••••For the first time in many years, Astraea felt helpless.She knew what her brother was going to do was can cause chaos in the whole werewolf realm if this news got out of the capital which was meant to.It was the worst possible punishment a king could give to any wolf and on that girl was a just a mere human.She knew this can also cause the strain in the relationship of human and werewolf both world and can also lead to the war and peace truce they worked so hard on will be useless.King of the h
CHAPTER 9 •••••Aurora's POV•••••I felt myself being dragged somewhere.I could feel rough hands holding me in tightly.I tried hard to open my eyes but even my eyelids felt heavy to move.I didn't have any strength and even breathing felt hard.I just wanted it to stop.Suddenly I felt warmth spreading across my cold body and a gust of wind fanned across my body making me realise that we're somewhere outside.I tried hard to open my eyes to enjoy this moment one last time before I died but soon gave up.The murmur of people could be heard and I felt cold metals around my wrists.Both hands were handcuffed and soon my both hands were pinned to the sides with chains.
CHAPTER 10 •••••Third Person POV••••• Everyone in the kingdom was astonished to see their king losing his temper like that in front of everyone. As soon as thunderous growl left his lips everyone felt their wolf whimpering as they bowed down on their knees in submission not wanting to disrespect their king. They opened their eyes wide as they saw their king lifted the executioner with his hand in the air like he was nothing but a light feather. They watched in horror as the executioner's eyes popped out and soon his soul left his body and his body went limp. Leonidas threw the body of the executioner on the ground before he turned back. Everyone cowered in fear when they saw his glowing eyes and realised that king's the beast is in control now. The guards
CHAPTER 11 •••••{A Few Days Later}••••• •••••Aurora's POV••••• Where am I? Am I dead? If I'm dead then why I'm feeling tired and numb? I tried to open my eyes but couldn't. Suddenly I big warm hand enveloped my small ones as sparks shoot throughout my body as soon as our bare skin contacted and as I tried to open my eyes. I wanted to move my fingers and hold on to the warmth but I couldn't physically move. I tried hard but suddenly I felt another warm hand near my face as it removed the strand of hair from my face and tucked it behind my ear. I tried to snuggle against that warmth but it felt like my body is restricted. " MATE," A familiar voice said before I could
CHAPTER 12 •••••Aurora's POV •••••Soon the man from earlier came towards my side and put his arms around my knees and back before carefully picking me up.As he was about to put me back on the bed suddenly the door of the room was pushed open as someone barged into the room."WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?" A loud and angry voice boomed throughout the walls of the room.Hearing the familiar cold voice my body stiffened and i froze and I stopped breathing.Suddenly, Before I could blink I was harshly snatched in a hard and warm chest making me squeal in surprise and close my eyes in fear and my body filled with all those sparks I felt while I was unconscious." It's not what you think Leo" the man from earlier stated and I
CHAPTER 13 •••••Aurora's POV••••• Sadness took over my face after realizing that my mate never acknowledges me and probably never will because he and his pack made it very clear that they don't care about me whether I'm alive or dead when they decided to let The King took me as a prisoner. I also wish I had a mate like that too but I guess I'm not meant for epic love like that. Maybe I'm just a mistake. Maybe I was meant to be loveless. " Hey, are you hearing?" Astraea asked waving her hand in front of my face and I came back from my thought and nodded my head. "Maybe moon goddess made a mistake in my case" I murmured under my breath not wanting her to hear but she heard. " No moon goddess never make mistakes" I heard Astra
CHAPTER 14••••Third Person POV•••••••••[In The Council Room]•••••In the large council room stood a group of six men near their respective seats gracefully bowing their head in respect of their king Leonidas knight who just graced them with his presence.Leonidas nodded his head in acknowledgement and walked towards the head seat.As soon as Leonidas perched on his throne he lifted his hand and allowed everyone to relax on their seats."BEGIN" he ordered as he focused on the council members.From the right side, his commander straightened up and stood." You're highness, birdy ( Spies) informed me that Alpha Stephen has been seen near the forbidden area of the northern border along with a group of people who seemed to be wor
CHAPTER 15 •••••Third Person POV••••• " Uhhh ohhh" Little Elizabeth murmured before she turned towards his uncle with her big puppy eyes hoping he would save her from her mother's wrath. " ELIZABETH BLAIR BLACK, GET YOUR ASS RIGHT HERE. NOW!" Astraea demanded resting her hands on her waist. " But why mommy?" Little Elizabeth asked as she clung to Leonidas neck for her dear life knowing very well that her mother is going to whoop her ass she soon as she gets to her. " Why? Huh, Why? Don't test my patience young lady. Get here. Right now" Astraea ordered trying to control her fast-beating heart. On the other side, Leonidas carefully looked at the commotion between mother and daughter with amusement but didn't say anything. It was