Chapter 102
Damon
I didn’t know when those words slipped out of my mouth, but it was too late to take them back.
Regrets started to prick me as I faced the two women who shook in fear before me.
I cursed slightly under my breath, hissing as guilt and anger overwhelmed me.
I looked away from Aurora, avoiding her gaze.
I wasn’t going to allow those innocent eyes to fool me this time.
Despite how hard I tried to fight the urge, my eyes found hers, and our gaze locked for some seconds.
The silver-grey eyes shimmered softly as tears started to gather in them.
Getting lost in her gaze, several emotions washed over them.
They say the eyes are the window to one’s soul.
But all I saw was a broken soul.
Those innocent eyes held pain, betrayal, and other emotions I’d never seen.
I could see how she fought hard against tears and how she tried to pretend to be strong, but it was useless.
The more she feigned as if she had moved on, the more I felt the memories of our past relationship crashing into her.
The weight was so much that she didn’t know when a year began to slip from her eyelid, but she was quick to blink back.
Silence ensued as I stood rooted to a spot, watching the girl I was once in love with.
I was overtaken by my emotions but I maintained a hard expression.
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The pattern of my breathing turned harsh when I remembered catching her in bed with another guy.
To even think that she even moaned his name instead of mine and got pregnant for the low-life bastard!
How dare she!
Instead of accepting that she was unfaithful, she kept insisting that she was framed.
It angered me that even knowing the truth, didn’t stop her from trying to defend her dirty actions.
Pathetic liar.
I hated lies and it was a miracle that she was still alive.
I didn’t know why her tongue was still in her mouth, but I found it hard to inflict pain on her.
Worst of all, I couldn’t bear it when someone else was hurting her.
I didn’t know why her pain caused me pain and why her happiness prompted mine.
The day she left the castle, I vowed to kill her if she dared to step foot close to the premises, but here I was protecting her from Rosa.
Though Rosa was my mistress and her status was higher than Aurora’s status, she had the right to punish her.
At the same time, I was livid that Rosa laid her hands on her.
A burning sensation swept within me and it fueled my urge to tear Rosa to pieces for hurting Aurora.
Aurora belonged to me, dead or alive. I am her master and she is my property.
Wait…what the fuck am I even saying?
Aurora ceased to be my property the moment she opened her legs for that bastard and got banned from my castle.
“Are you sure?”
I turned sharply to look for the voice that blurted those words out.
My eyes scanned Jasper and Rosa’s faces.
Confusion crashed upon me like a wave as I tried to figure out who spilled the words.
The voice was strangely familiar, but it didn’t belong to Jasper and Rosa.
Maybe it was my imagination.
Since my brothers were back, I’ve been hearing a faint voice in my head.
I was sure it wasn’t my imagination and the thought filled me with worry.
Could it be my wolf?
I wasn’t sure. My wolf kept mute the day Ivy died. It insisted that Rosa knew about Ivy’s death and he blamed me endlessly for ignoring his warning until it resulted in the death of our mate.
He stated that he would only return when my brothers and I found our second-chance mate.
But second-chance mates are rare. It only happens when the Moon goddess takes pity and provides a mate after the death or loss of the previous mate.
Since Ivy didn’t reject me before she died, having a second-chance mate would be a hard nut to crack.
All I wanted was an heir, I didn’t need a mate. Ivy was my only mate.
I blinked my eyes hard, tearing them reluctantly from Aurora before pinning them on Rosa.
Anger blinded me as my eyes turned red.
“Don’t you dare hurt her whether in my presence or my absence. Am I clear?” I used my Alpha tone, enjoying the cloud of fear that enveloped her.
From the corner of my eyes, I could see a small smile planted on Aurora’s face before she heaved a sigh of relief. My blood quickened and my breath turned erratic when I saw her fingers massaging her reddened neck.
It took everything in me not to rip Rosa’s heart.
Overtaken by rage, I grabbed Rosa by her neck, slamming her back against the wall and watching her gasp for breath.
My teeth gritted in fury as I tightened my grip against her neck, pulling her up and watching her legs shake beneath her frantically as she struggled to catch her breath.
“My King, you are hurting her. You are hurting your Mistress!” Jasper screamed frantically, but it fell on deaf ears.
I wasn’t done with her.
As if it were not enough, I dug my long nails inside her skin, allowing her blood to spill on my hand, but I wasn’t satisfied.
The dark side of me kicked in and consumed me immediately, allowing me to think irrationally.
I wanted to test her limb from limb. I wanted to teach her a lesson that she would never forget in her next life.
I wanted to make her a scapegoat for those who still wanted to mess with Aurora.
Soon, her pulse weakened and her heartbeat started to decline. Her eyes began to roll into their sockets and the vein around her head became protruding.
That’s what you get for hurting Aurora!