bChapter /bb88 /b

Aurora’s PO.V

“I want to leave.” I told everyone at the dinner table, forcing the words past the lump forming in my throat.

Caleb and Caroline exchanged concerned nces for a second before turning to Jade. “Ask the front desk about Aurora’s vitors for today” Caled making my heart thrash against my ribcage.

“Cindy, Trisha, Laura and Mia.” Jade answered almost immediately, and it once again struck me just how big of a difference we had. Human band /bthe supernatural. It was a bridge that I couldn’t cross easily. They could just reach out with their minds and find out exactly what was happening die to have.

Any gift actually…a gift that could help Caleb get stronger. But instead, all I’ve been doing was dragging him down with me.

“What did they bsay /bto you?” Caroline ced a hand on my shoulder gently. “Did they itry /ito threaten yo-*

“No.” I cut her off before she could finish her sentence. “It wasn’t a threat…what they said made perfect sense.”

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“What made sense? That you should go back to your house, the most unsafe ce for you to be in right now?” Caleb’s voice was harsh and cold, something 1 had expected, but it took me by surprise nheless. “Does that make sense to youb? /bYou want to go back to the life you had before? Where your own fucking father-”

“Caleb.” Jade ced a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. Honestly, I wasn’t mad at what he just said. If I was in his ce band /bI had been the one to rescue him from a near–death experience, then I would be angry too. I didn’t me him for the outburst, I had expected it. But that didn’t mean that his words didn’t hurt…

Jade turned to face me then, his golden eyes worried. “Aurora, there is something that bI /bwant you to understand, Mia and her group, the four of them are usually harmless, but they can twist simple facts to make you believe in the worst. If it’s something they isaid /ito upset you, bor /bto make you feel insecure… you can tell us.b” /b

“Their words didn’t upset me or make me feel insecure, Jade. They made me realize the truth.” I spoke softly, keeping my eyes to my te so that I wouldn’t identally meet Caleb’s electric blue orbs and weaken my resolve. “The fact that I’m human…it’s causing gossip around the packb, /bisn’t it? People are doubting Caleb’s capability as the next Alpha because of me.”

When my words were met with silence, I looked up to find the three of them exchanging worried looks. My heart tightened with the force of bmy /bemotions, like an ice–cold hand had wrapped around the organ, refusing to let go.

Some part of me had still held hope that what Trisha and Mia had told me might have been out bof /bspite, because of what had happened with Shane…but as it turns out, not all of it was false.

“Aurora…that’s not something we have to deal with now.” Caroline tried to reassure me. “Caleb won’t be Alpha for ia /iwhile and no matter biwhat/i/b, we will support him. The pack doesn’t know you yet. Once they do, I’m sure they will ept you with open arms.”

“Your parents were disappointed that you didn’t turn out to be Caleb’s mate.” I told her instead. “Will they ever be okay with me and Caleb being together? And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! I’m human; I won’t live as long as any of you! Don’t you get it? If I left now…it’ll be easier for ball /bof us.”

i“/iEasier how?” Caleb snapped. “You’re my mate Aurorab, /band yes, just like you said, you’re human. bWhich /bmeans that byou /bhave no idea about the intensity iof /ithe mating bond or how it affects me when I’m not around you.”

bI /bsighed, fighting an internal battle not to give in. “What happens when the pack irejects /ime? What will happen to us then? biWhat /i/bwill happen to the bmating /bbond? Answer me truthfully.i” /i

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