Aurora’s Life of Dreams

She Knows What To Say

Aurora’s POV

After talking with my mom I mindlinked Jett to let him know I was going back to our room, but that I needed some space.

“Are you okay, babe?”

“Yeah, mom just told me some things that I need to digest. Fill you in later?”

“Okay sweetness, let me know if you need me.”

As I was walking up the stairs I just kept thinking about everything that had happened in the last few months. My dream changing, finding out Jett is my mate, mom being attacked, facing Charlie, mom telling me I healed her, finding out my whole early childhood was literally a giant lie and now I know my dad is actually still alive and a freaking alpha! Oh and I’ll have magical powers if I decide to be an alpha to a pack I don’t even know. As I walked into our room, I thought I was going to puke. All of this, it was just too much. I went into our bathroom and started filling up the tub, nothing some bubbles couldn’t fix right?

I crawled in and started talking with Harmony

“You okay?”

“Yes.....no......I don’t know.”

“You know I bet Jenna would have told us the truth if she had lived to do it.”

“I know but that’s not all that’s running through my head and you know it.”

“Well I can feel your happiness about Jett, your sadness that mom was attacked, fear about Charlie, curiosity about your powers, and frustration, happiness and anger about your biological father being alive and not a psychopath. Sum it up?”

“Pretty much, okay I need to think about these things one at a time. As weird as it is to say I’m totally okay with the whole my mate being my ‘brother’, yes we grew up together but thinking back when Jett turned 16 our relationship changed. He wasn’t picking on me all the time or trying to instigate fights between Payton and I. He was super protective, making sure I was always taken care of, helping me with my homework, making my after school snacks for me. I always thought he just became a doting big brother but now I know it was the mate bond and I appreciate it so much more for that now. We got to be so close before I even knew and that makes my heart happy. I love him in so many ways that it’s hard to express but he is most definitely my best friend and the love of my life.”

“Okay, if our heart wasn’t one it would melt right now. I feel the same about Troy but hearing you say it aloud is the sweetest thing.”

“Next, yes my mom was attacked, but she is okay and she’s going to be okay. I think the sadness I’m feeling is that Maverick is dead. He didn’t do anything, if he could have stopped Kanaan I can tell he would have. I just think he deserved to live in solitude not dying at the hands of Charlie.”

“Which brings us to the next topic, why are you so afraid of him?”

“This guy killed a wolf ten times his size, he is probably going to do way worse to me and I don’t entirely understand why. Maverick said I’m the person who got his-“

“Only friend killed. Your father. You said they were close.”

“Yeah, but his death was certainly justifiable. He killed my mom, you know the woman that gave birth to me. How is it my fault he’s dead?”

“Because you told. Maybe he expected you to just leave the pack, it was certainly closer, but you didn’t. You went towards the pack and ran into the Luna. That’s the reason he was killed. No one would have known about your mom if you hadn’t told them.”

“Yeah that’s true I guess, but that doesn’t make him any less of a murderer. So he’s after me because I got his friend killed. So Charlie is this Reaper guy Maverick spoke of.”

“Definitely seems that way, your fear is dwindling of him. Knowledge is power. Just think if we get those powers we could kill him.”

“So I guess this is the last topic since powers and biological father are one in the same.”

“How do you feel about being an alpha by blood?”

“I mean it makes sense, mom and dad always said I had great leadership skills. Between problem solving, logic and my heart for people dad always said I have the heart of an alpha. Now I am one, just not of this pack. What would it mean if I even wanted to be the Chesapeake Alpha?”

“Well for starters you would have to get your father’s and elders permission, they have to grant it to you as a blessing. You’d have to go through the alpha mentoring like Jett did. Then you’d have to choose.”

“What do you mean choose?”

“Well, if you were the alpha of Chesapeake you could either lead that pack separately or you could petition the Elders to combine Chesapeake and Mount Fern and you and Jett could lead everyone together. If you choose to keep them separate you and Jett will have to be separated and possibly even reject one another.”

“Well that’s a bit extreme, obviously we would combine the packs. That would be the smartest and most logical route. What happens if I don’t want to be Alpha?”

“Well there will be challengers selected from all of the leadership and higher up families to fight for the position.”

I thought about everything for a moment then started to realize I needed someone’s opinion. Someone that got me completely...Hayley.

Hayley’s POV

Ian and I have been in absolute heaven since we found each other. Our mating ceremony was just two weeks away and I couldn’t be more excited. Although I was kind of lacking in the having people to be excited with department. April had gone off to visit a pack in New York for a few weeks to see if she’d want to transfer there in the fall since she’ll be going to Juilliard and honestly I wasn’t sure what was going on with Rory.

Since her meeting with her dad, I hadn’t really spoken with her or seen her at all. She never did tell me why she needed to stay with me, but who was I to question it. The girl let me stay at her house whenever I needed to get away from my mother. I tried to go by her house but she wasn’t there, I know her scent and it was super weak at home so I didn’t even bother knocking. I had been texting her the day our Luna got attacked, trying to be the supportive friend without being over bearing, but I never got a response.

I had been smelling her quite a bit at the pack house but I haven’t seen her which is weird. I decided to pull out my phone to call her when I received a text,

“RORY:

Hey so I’m a terrible friend and the worst maid of honor, but can we talk. I think we need each other.”

My response was simple “K.” She wasn’t going to just make this better, she had to work for it. A few minutes later I heard a tap on my door,

“Hay, look I know you’re mad at me, but can you please open the door? I think once you see me you’ll get why I’ve been kind of distant.”

I started to walk towards the door,

“Rory, there is nothing in the entire world that justifies-“ I cut myself off as my jaw hit the floor at the giant mark on her shoulder, “Holy cow, who did that?! That’s huge! It looks like the mark of a......of an alpha! Oh my God your mate is an ALPHA!?”

“Hayley, the last few days have been the craziest of my life and I really need to talk to you about it and I know you need help with your ceremony so can we please hang out and catch up?”

I hugged her tight, “of course b*tch! I’m sorry I was being so lame.”

“No I’m sorry, I should’ve been there for you. No matter what I had going on.”

“Okay we’re at peace, get your a** in here and tell me about this alpha!”

“Oh, he’s closer than you think.” I looked at her curiously as I let her in and closed the door.

We flipped through wedding magazines and circled different things we wanted in my ceremony while Rory spilled her guts about everything, from her dream to Jett to that Kanaan kid to her bio dad being a freaking alpha! She finished her thought about these “great powers” and looked at me for a response.

“Okay, remind me next time I say I want to be you that I definitely don’t! Your life is too much Ror, I don’t even know where to start. Cool and kinda weird about Jett, mating with your brother is definitely insane but not being biologically related is a huge plus.” She rolled her eyes at me, “glad to see you’re still yourself!” We both giggled. She seemed like her normal self just a little conflicted looking at the moment. “I’m happy for you and that your mom is okay, but I don’t think I’m the person you need to be talking to about your bio dad. The only person who would get having an alpha as a dad is your mate and as far as these ‘great powers’ they are really dealing you a shi**y deck. Maybe powers but great powers my a**.” She couldn’t contain her laughter, I hadn’t seen her laugh so hard since we were little girls. It was nice to see her filled with humor in that moment. Hating to kill the moment as she started to quiet down I had one final statement to make,

“And as for this Charlie guy, we tell your dad, we get everyone ready. Because that guy will not touch a hair on your head as long as I live.” We both smiled at each other, I’m so glad to have my best friend back.