’Did the thought of Marge hurting the girls trigger to sohow wake up? Why on earth is it so easy when you are not trying?’ Aurora thought on the verge of pulling her own hair out. Now there was a possibility that if she witnessed sothing bad she might wake up. Like the experience, she had in the cave where she ran away. ’I might’ve missed my chance to wake up completely when I ran away.’
’Why did it always have to be sothing bad?’ Aurora wondered. It would be nice if for once it was sothing good instead of what felt like nightmares. Why couldn’t she have to find the end of a rainbow to get back her mories or just do a good deed?
"Aurora?" Mari asked when ti passed but Aurora only stared off into a distance and didn’t respond to her.
"Oh. It’s sothing I will tell you about in the future. Right now, I am not certain about the things happening around . Like you, this is a learning experience for ." Aurora was still trying to process the fact that she almost hung soone and didn’t find this to be a good mont to focus and explain her life to them. She didn’t even understand the things happening in her life.
"Okay. It was cool to see what you did today. I bet everyone will think twice about ssing with you. If only you could see how their expressions changed when you almost hung Marge." Mari was glad Aurora had shown everyone attending the trial that they shouldn’t ss with her so easily. Many of them would have tried to bully Aurora in the future and now there would be fewer people to worry about. They only had to worry about the few fools who still wanted Aurora gone.
"You were cool but there’ll be a lot of people who won’t like what you did when word spreads around. Good thing you have Vincent there to fend them away from you. That was your first ti being surrounded by werewolves like that, how was it?" Jane asked.
"I felt nervous which was expected but the more I was there it felt normal. The nervousness went away and I felt comfortable. I think I handled it well outside of the ending. I hope I didn’t put Vincent in too much trouble. I need to apologize to him for what happened. And regardless of how that woman seed, if we ever cross again I must apologize for almost ending her life."
"To be honest, Marge won’t care about your apology after you embarrassed her in front of all of those people but if it will make you feel better then go ahead. Vincent had inford us of your connection to Artemis but I didn’t think you had power like that. What else could you do?" Derek wondered as she didn’t need to be protected so much. She could clearly defend herself.
"I’m not sure. I think this power ca back to first because of how much ti I spent in the garden. I have to go back trying to unlock what else I can do. Will Vincent really be alright?" Aurora was concerned about how things were going for him. Was there a possibility she put him in trouble?
"That brute will be fine. A Lot of people don’t like him, like for example, but they can’t just ss with our alpha. Yes, they’ll start plotting on him and you because of the embarrassnt today and maybe soone will die in the future-What the hell honey!" Derek yelled when Jane kicked him in the knee. "A little more to the right and our marriage would have problems. Why are you so violent?"
"Why can’t you read the room? You could have stopped with nobody ssing with the alpha when it is clear Aurora is worried for him. Did I marry a fool?"
Derek rubbed his knee to bring so life back into it. "Of course not. I graduated at the top of my year group."
"Your husband is lazy, not foolish Jane," Mari chuckled, wholeheartedly enjoying the couple’s bickering. She didn’t quite understand how the two got married when they were opposites.
"Exactly," Derek agreed with Mari, making Jane roll her eyes. "We’re here. Why did the ride to Vincent’s ho feel so far away today?"
Derek opened the door he was seated by when the carriage stopped and stepped outside to help Jane and everyone else get out safely. Not surprisingly, there were a few people who hadn’t gone to the trial gathering around now that Vincent’s carriage had returned ho. "Seriously, how is Vincent supposed to sneak anywhere when it’s so easy to recognize his carriage? Why did he have to be the only person with an all-black carriage?"
"It’s his favorite color. Take his hand sweetie," Jane told Abigail as they stepped out the carriage door.
"Probably because it’s the sa color of his soul. Dark and empty."
"You’re taking a lot of jabs at Vincent now that he isn’t here Derek. When he returns, he’s not going to be in the mood to hear these jabs. However, it would make happy to see you tell him one to his face. Go ahead," Jane pushed for it.
"You want to get killed, don’t you? I always knew you to want dead so you can get divorced. Sha on you. Listen," Derek got down to Abigials’ level to tell her, "Don’t end up in a marriage like this. In fact, I’ll ward off people who remind of my wife."
Abigail giggled along with her sister Tara. Jane on the other hand found that to be amusing since he was the one that chased after her while she tried to avoid him at first. "Need I remind you how our relationship started? You practically stalked . I’ll protect them from anyone who reminds of my husband."
"I think they need protection from both of you. Co on, let’s get the two of you inside to get sothing to eat while the adults continue to bicker. Mari, can you run ahead and tell Abel to prepare so treats and juice?" Aurora asked having both little girls on each side of her as she walked up to the house ignoring the stares from the people who ca to look for Vincent.
"Yes," Mari replied, running inside to do as she was told. These days Vincent’s ho was becoming much livelier than how it was when Mari first started working here. It was about ti the house regained the warmth it was missing. As she entered the ho, she scread at the sight before her.
"What is it, Mari? Vincent?" Aurora asked, puzzled, to see him here. How could he have gotten ho before them when the others said they left him to have a conversation with everyone else at the trial? "Do you have so sort of ability to teleport? How did you return before us?"
Checking his body, Aurora saw the glass of what she presud to be liquor, the lit cigar in his hand, and how large his claws were. "What happened Vincent? Did sothing happen to you because of ?"
"This has nothing to do with you. Just so family drama and I need to cool myself down." He could feel his body raging at the thought of shifting into his other form but Vincent was against it. If he shifted right now, Vincent was certain he’d end the day with blood on his hands.
"A drink and smoking, who was it that irritated you back there? Marge, Graham, or both?" Derek asked as he knew Vincent only smoked when he was losing control of himself. Although Vincent could sotis have a temper, he kept it under control to avoid triggering his transformation. Being the leader and having people upset you on a daily basis wasn’t the best position to be in where you had to resist snapping sotis.
"My uncle. I’ll be upstairs. Not a good sight for children to be around soone smoking and drinking," Vincent got up from his seat to start walking upstairs before anyone wanted to stop him. He needed a mont of silence to get his emotions in order before he could stop drinking and talk to everyone calmly.
"Jane," Aurora handed the girls off to Jane then followed after Vincent to check up on him. She felt guilty for what happened today even though Vincent claid it had nothing to do with her. She went up to the second floor and caught Vincent in ti to see that he was going into his bedroom.
Aurora walked up to his door and knocked first before entering his bedroom. When she opened the door and stepped inside looking for Vincent, she was startled by him pulling her hand, as he was standing beside her without her realizing, and pushing her back against his door closing it in the process. "Vincent," she gasped at his actions. Maybe it was how dark his room was with the curtains blocking the light but she swore his eyes were glowing.
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