Chapter 46: Rejecting A Wolf

As Aurora began to wake up, the throbbing ache in her head was no longer so easy to ignore.

A groan escaped her lips as she rolled to the side and gagged.

"Woah!" Nick exclaimed. He saw her waking up and waiting patiently but seeing her gag made him panic. "I don't want clean up vomit!"

He moved quickly and grabbed a small solid trash bin by the desk, and rushed to help Aurora sit up before placing the bin in her hands.

Aurora merely glanced at Nick before she began puking. Her eyes watered as vomit spewed out of her mouth and nose.

Her throat and nose burned while tears welled up in her eyes. When she finished puking, Nick hurriedly conjured a spell and made the trash bin disappear in a puff of smoke.

While Aurora dug her nails into the scalp of her head in an attempt to soothe her throbbing head.

"God," She mumbled, "I feel awful." that was really understating what she truly felt.

"Yeah, listen, do you want me to help you to the bathroom?" Nick's nose flared, though he got rid of the bin. The smell of vomit was floating around in the air.

"Yeah, help me." She nodded, agreeing to his offer. Nick stepped forward and helped Aurora get down off the bed and supported her to the bathroom before leaving.

Aurora stood in front of the sink and looked in the mirror. Imagines kept flashing through her mind making her headache worse. It was frustrating, but she had no way to vent so she stripped off her clothes and entered the shower with the wall as her support.

Turning on the facet, she slid down. Sitting on the floor of the shower while the water sprayed from above, wetting her, from head to toe.

It helped because she found the longer she sat there. The better she felt, the clear the imagines got. It was only when Nick knocked on the bathroom door, did Aurora reluctantly come out.

She patted herself dry, taking care not to stare at her naked body in the mirror. She didn't want to see the effects of what he had done to her.

It may have seemed like Aurora was fine, but honestly, she wasn't. Was she angry? Yes, did she want to kill Alaric? Yes, but that couldn't undo what was already done.

Alaric broke her that night. Ever since then, she'd been out of it. Snapping back and forth from reality. Yesterday she didn't know what happened, she blacked out and then woke up feeling horrendous. Sighing, she wrapped a towel around her wet hair and walked out.

Nick was pacing back and forth in the room with a worried expression. Aurora stopped at the door and watched him silently.

'He's going to give me something important.'Aurora just knew he was going to give her something. Maybe it was because of why she blacked out, she felt a sense of foreboding creeping up.

"The council has entered our borders." Nick finally noticed her standing there, and he told her immediately after he saw her.

"Don't you have something for me?" Aurora was shocked as she opened her mouth and the words just came out. Nick silently took out a tiny ziplock bag with two blood-red pills and walked over to her grabbing her left hand.

"What are you doing?" Aurora struggled but his strength was greater than hers and he kept his grip firm.

He turned her palm to face upwards and placed the tiny ziplock bag on it. Closing his eyes he muttered a few words and the bag disappeared.

"It'll only show itself to you when you are near Jace physically. One for you and one for him. As it dissolves it will take effect." Nick explained while Aurora's glossed over.

This time when she pulled her hand out of his grip, he didn't restrain her. Aurora reached and tugged the towel that wrapped her hair down.

"You should get ready, they know what's going on in this pack. As soon as they focus on me. Leave." Nick stared at Aurora's hazy eyes and pursed his lips.

"Alright," he answered and her eyes became clear again. A deep frown inched into her face but as she gripped the wet towel she said nothing.

Only walking past Nick to go by the window where she stood silently.

"Do you know what's happening to me?" she asked. "These headaches, and gaps in my memory."

"I think it's a side effect," Nick answered.

"A side effect of what?" She asked turning her head to meet his gaze.

"Your visions." He simply uttered. She went silent again not speaking for an entire minute before muttering.

"Vision of the past or the future? I don't know it's too confusing."She muttered. "Then you tell me what I said, maybe it will help me make sense of this."

Nick then proceed to give her a short version of what occurred. While Aurora silently listened.

"Dismal future, a devastating past. Doesn't matter now, it'll finally be over." She said in a tone of wonderment as she looked out the window. The cars could be seen driving toward the house."That other me, you're keeping her promise right?"

"Yes, " Nick answered. He looked at the young woman in front of him sadly. If given a choice, he would gladly save her from the fate she had

"I wish to be buried on a hill, where the sunsets look beautiful. I think Jace wouldn't mind that either. So if you can, bury us please," Aurora turned her head and smiled at Nick.

Her smile looked so pained it hurt his heart, to know that there was only one way out of the hand she had been dealt by fate. To choose death over suffering was salvation.

Nick closed his eyes, he couldn't bare to look at her, even now he weighed the pros and cons of defying her wishes and taking her with them. But even with the weight of the pack resting on his shoulders, Nick didn't believe for a second he could survive while protecting them from the council's constant pursuit.

"Goodbye, Nick," Aurora saw that he closed his eyes and moved toward the door before calling out her goodbyes.

Nick opened his eyes and wanted to call out to her, to stop her but he had to worry about his mate and son, not some girl he barely knew.

So he stopped himself and nodded in her direction not trusting himself to talk. She saw this and nodded, moving she went out the door and walked down the corridor, and made her way downstairs as she almost made it to the front door she heard his voice.

"Where are you going?" Tom's voice sounded from behind her. A heavy frown marred his handsome face. Aurora turned to look at him and smiled.

"Sacrifices for the pack, the only thing I can do for them as their half-assed luna." She smiled at Tom. "If only I met you first, then I would have been your mate."

"Stop!" Tom rushed towards her, "Don't open that door!"

It was too late she already opened the door and was standing out in the open. Outside, the group that consisted of Astrada, Aiden, and the enforcers was outside of the cars. They were making their way to the house.

Aiden's eyes met his sister's, shocked by how she looked he stopped walking instantly.

She looked haggard, her already skinny body was even more ghastly. Her cheeks seemed to but hollowed out, and her eyes looked empty.

"Aurora!" Tom grabbed her and tugged her behind him glaring at the convoy in front of him.

"Well, if it isn't my brother-in-law, you should have told us you had Aurora, this would have saved us a few weeks of trouble." Astrada smiled and stopped walking. "I'd like it if you cooperate."

"And if I don't?" Tom snarled at Astrada. The person he hated the most was mated to the despicable woman. Of course, he hated her too.

"Then I'll use force," Astrada snapped her fingers and two enforcers who stood at the left and right of Aiden quickly caught him with their hands and kicked him in his knee making him kneel with his arms stretched backward, making him grunt in pain. "Your choice,"