Chapter 10

Aurora's POV

Here I am, I couldn't explain the emotions I felt when I saw Rose outside. Its not something you can explain it's something you have to feel to understand. Still I'll try and explain, I feel happy because she is finally coming into herself, I feel proud because that's my baby girl, I feel sad because I know she's not my baby, I feel anger at Arthur from hiding this from me and finally I feel scared because I know what is in store for the princess I have raised as my own. I still can't believe that Arthur kept it from me, I know he had a valid reason but I still can't help but feel betrayed. If I knew then... What am I thinking I couldn't and wouldn't change the love I feel for Rose, she is my daughter regardless of everything and for the safety of my daughter, I have to hide the truth from her and that pains me but I have to do it. 'Dammit why couldn't he just have told us' my wolf, Arinna, said and I completely agree with her but all I got was a letter. A letter. I remember it like it happened yesterday

Flashback

Its the day after Arthur's death and I haven't felt so alone. Losing your mate is the worse pain in the world. I want to get up and help the kids but every time I try a pain like no other rips through me and I lay back down again. There's a knock on the door and the kids have already gone so, who could it be. I push myself up and feel the pain so I stay put for a moment or two or until the person knocked again " I'm coming!" I yelled cursing as I slowly went to the door I didn't even bother to see how I looked in the mirror but I knew it was horrible and yet...I couldn't care less. I open the door and see Arthur's best human friend " Oh hello John, what brings you here?" I ask bit I think I know the answer " You know why I'm here Aurora, I came here for confirmation but judging by your state, I'm guessing its true" he said but I didn't say anything, I heard my wolf ' We can't do this now, we need time ' she said but this time I had to disagree with her ' We have two children that we need to take care of, Arthur wouldn't want us to sit in the room and leaving the children alone' I say. I know she wants to mourn for the loss of our mate longer but I can't afford to. I'll leave her to mourn for the both of us. " Aurora?" John says and I realise that we are still standing at the front door " Oh I'm sorry, please come in" I say moving away from the door and leading him to the lounge " It's okay, I can't imagine what you are going through, he said " I mean losing your life partner isn't an easy thing " he says sympathetic and I agree, its not. We sit across from one another " Okay so you know why I'm here, I was Arthur's executor and I came to give you some thing." He said and I think its the look in my face that says how confused I looked " Yes, normally, there would be a written Will, but all that Arthur left was a key and a verbal message he said to tell you that he will always fulfil every wish of yours, even after death" John said and I was about to ask him how in the world am I suppose to know what that means but then I think I know so I just thank him and see him out. Then I go to my laptop an put in the search box "Every Wish Bank" and there it was an amazing looking bank just a few hours from here ' He was very sly' Arinna says with a smile which causes me to smile 'He was indeed' I reply and block her off to get ready. I hopped in the shower and washed my bed hair and did a quick wash. I wanted to be back before the kids because if I'm not they will get worried and considering the way I have been acting its understandable. I put on a pair of black leggings and one of Arthur's white T-shirts and left my wet hair flowing down my back grabbed my keys and I was flying out of the room and jumping in my car which was Porsche Panamera, and sped down the road as I follow the directions of my GPS. I arrive there at noon and get out of my car walking to one of the tellers. " Hello, I'm the wife of a Arthur Steele. I believe he has a safety deposit box here" I say hoping that I'm right about this. " We will need identification please " the teller says after typing in something in his computer and I breath a sigh of relief that I was in the right place and hand over my ID for verification. " Okay, can you please follow me ma'am " he says and leads me to the safety deposit room " The key please? " he asks and I hand it over, he opens a certain box and puts it on the table in the middle of the room " I'll leave you to it ma'am " he says and leaves the room. I brace myself and cause if he hid this from me it has to be for a good reason and I am a lot scared to open this box. 'Just open the thing, even I'm curious and you're not making it any better' Arrina says and I roll my eyes subconsciously at her and she returned it. Still her attitude brought me some strength to open the box and in it was a ward of cash and a velvet box and four passports and finally a letter. With shaky hands I look through all the contents and I was surprised cause the passports were something we didn't get because Arthur said it was a waste of time and because of that we didn't take jobs outside of driving distance of Colorado and the velvet box contained a beautiful neckless that had two saffires one of which contained a white rose and the other was in the the bud of the rose. But the thing that scared me was the letter. Still I opened it and read through it. What I found in there was shocking to the core. I take the box. Working in a robotic state replaying the words of that letter not believing it but then I starting thinking about the things I do know. The weird calls, the odd working hours, the secrets, the files that I found on his desk. I'm sitting in the car after thanking the teller in the same trance-like state I feel my wolf itching to get out and I'm going to let her, just not here. So I drive and drive and finally find an area where I know people don't travel. So I get out of the car turning off the gas but not bothering to take out the keys and then I run. I feel the tears I have been holding back for so long running wild. I start talking off my clothes as it gives me something to do but I don't care about them. Finally I'm done and the moment I am, my wolf takes over and I become a big chocolate brown wolf.

What people need to understand is that the colour of your wolf determines your rank. Alphas are black, Betas are dark brown, gammas are a lighter brown and every rank lower than that get their colours by the value of their personality but it's never a pure colour because nobody only has one side. The Royal family's colours are a little different. Their colour is so strong it looks like a different colour. The Alpha Kings is a jet black coat, so black it looks blue. While the Queen Luna's is a white wolf with another colour attached to it. The previous Luna. Queen Eirene was a white and brown wolf. No wolf is ever a pure white wolf. Except....The Source.

I run and run as the words of that letter run through my head...' Rose is not our daughter' ' She is the daughter of our Queen Eirene and was sent to live with us for her own safety' ' Rose is the new Source and needs to be told this as soon as possible ' ' Our daughter died' and that's the part that set me off. I felt that there was something wrong but I brushed it off and look at where that got me all this put on me and just like that my sadness turned into anger. But that immediately turned into mourning because the person I'm suppose to be mad at is dead and it wasn't an accident ' There are people after us and if you got this letter than they got me and are close, you need to take the kids and leave to Alaska where you will find my sister. She will help you...' I know I should go and do that but I need a moment and I think I deserve it. I reach a cliff and howl. Then I hear Damien on a link 'Mom where are you' he says but I don't reply and hear him again 'mom I'm starting to get worried' still I don't reply and block him off and I continue running and running, it started getting late and my wolf has finally let go of all that anger and frustrations and I'm getting tired. I still run though and then after so long, its nighttime already, I collapse and shift on the floor, to tired to cry so I just lay there and look at the sky. I hear the dead leaves crunch and try and look up I just manage to make out a dark brown wolf with brown eyes and I know who it is " Damien " I croak out, my throat dry because I have been in my wolf form to long. He shifts and put on the clothes he brought with him and runs to my side " Mom?! Mom what's wrong!? " he says distressed and then the tears form and I say " Everything "

End of flashback

The next day I told the kids that we're moving but didn't tell them why. I decided to keep the truth from Rose for as long as I can, despite what Arthur said. The day after that I had a talk with Damien because I could see that he was going to ask for an explanation soon. I told him the necessities such as the fact that we were in danger. Damien already had his first shift and so Arthur and I already told him about our history so Damien knew that he is a wolf and that we came from the Blue Moon pack, now called the Blood Moon pack. So I disclosed the biggest lie first. The fact that Rose wasn't his sister but I didn't mention her being the Queen Luna. That night Damien and I comforted each other and I gave Damien the neckless that was in the deposit box to give it to its rightful owner...Rose

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What was in that letter that Arthur left Rose and do you think that Arthur was right in keeping this from his family.

How did you like Aurora's POV and will she tell Rose and Damien the entire truth or will she keep the truth from them