Chapter 72
Damon
I wanted to let out a deafening growl.
I wanted to punch the wall hard until my fist bled profusely.
I wanted to grab Ray by the neck and rip his throat out while I watched in satisfaction how his blood would gush out of his veins and stain my claws.
I couldn’t think straight, I couldn’t speak. The fear of breaking down before Rosa got to me.
The last thing I wanted was to let my guard down before her.
Aside from Jasper, no one has seen me hurt and I preferred it that way.
I felt a strange blockage in my throat, making me clear my throat so as not to make my voice appear shaky before her.
I was the Alpha King and I was tough.
Nothing could give me an emotional breakdown…maybe this one could.
How could I blindly believe Aurora and the doctor?
How could I be fooled the second time?
I felt so stupid, so used. I let Aurora’s naivety and innocence blind me.
Of course, she would want to get back at me for separating her from her family.
“Turns out I was right after all,” her voice broke my thoughts, making me glance at her.
I dipped my hands into my leather jacket’s pocket, clenching my fist hard enough to draw blood as I channeled all my frustrations there.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
Despite seeing the evidence, I found it difficult to gulp the bitter truth.
“Aurora is cheating and she is planning an elopement with Ray tomorrow. This is because she knows you trust her and that she is bound to you forever. But by the time you are back from the meeting tomorrow, you will have been long gone,” Rosa explained, emphasizing every word.
Her words hit me hard, causing me to stagger.
It was like a strike on my face as I felt pain radiate all over me.
Why, Aurora?
Though the evidence was convincing, I didn’t want to believe her. I didn’t want to believe that my sweet little Aurora was a trickster and a cheat.
I was so stupid for letting her use me all along.
Get yourself together, Damon. I told myself, composing myself before Rosa who held the picture over my face in a way that I would miss the images on it.
“Get that thing out of my face!” I slapped the picture away, allowing it to drop to the ground.
“I know this is hard for you to bear, my King, but you have to know that she is just using you to pass the time. She is a hypocrite. Before I got shut in the dungeon, I always heard her plans with a guard. She would do anything for freedom. There was a time I caught her seducing a guard because she wanted to run away from the castle. She misses her parents and she would do anything to go back to them,”
“But she is now my property, doesn’t she get it? She belongs to me!” I gritted in frustration.
“Her heart belongs to Ray. She is in love with him.”
I shot a suspicious look at Rosa, creasing my brows. “How did you get to know all this information?”
“I will do anything to protect you, my King. If it will hurt you, then I won’t hesitate to let you know,” she blurted, flashing a brief smile at me.
“This doesn’t make sense to me,” I shook my head negatively, trying to digest all that she had said. “She gives me her body and she feels something for me.”
“It’s all a lie. She was just pleasing you so that you wouldn’t suspect a thing. The breeder’s announcement ruined her plans. She was supposed to have eloped before you told her that she would become your breeder because she was already pregnant.”
“The news about becoming your breeder was discomforting so she decided to stay a bit longer then flee when you are least suspecting.” Her voice dropped as she pouted her lips. “But my heart belongs to you. You, my King, own my body and my soul. I would never betray you. I’m sorry I deceived you, but I did it to protect your image.”
I wanted to shut the mouth of your mockers. I was tired of hearing that you were a king without an heir. I was desperate and I didn’t think well. About planning to get rid of Aurora, it was because I was also desperate. She wanted to hurt you badly so I wanted to eliminate her before she did something stupid. I don’t want to see you hurt. She is a snake, a pretender, she is the bad guy, not me. Please, my King, I beg for your forgiveness,” she cried, dropping to the ground and wrapping her hands on my foot.
I was frozen for a few seconds. I didn’t know how to react to the news.
I was certain that Rosa wasn’t lying this time. The bedroom scene with Aurora was enough evidence to believe Rosa’s words.
Aurora was definitely cheating.
If she weren’t, she wouldn’t have been carried away to moan Ray’s name instead of mine.
It proved that I wasn’t the only man she had sex with. Ray also comes at night after I leave.
That bastard was sharing my property with me!
I would feed him with his balls.
“Do you know when the next elopement will be?” I asked, running my hands through my dark hair in anger.
I couldn’t wait to rip their heads off.
“Tomorrow when you go to the meeting in the other pack. She will leave in the dead of the night. I would suggest that you stay back, but don’t tell her.”
I nodded slowly in agreement as different thoughts ran freely in my head.
For the first time, I was on Rosa’s side.
Maybe she wasn’t as bad as I thought. She only had my interest at hand.
“Now that we are on the same page, I want you to check in on her tomorrow morning. You told her you would be gone by 5 am, but check on her by 7 am in her room,”
“Why?”
“Because seeing is believing. If the picture hasn’t convinced you, a live movie would play before your eyes. I’m sure that would be enough to convince you that Aurora is not who she claims to be.”
Silence settled between us as I was in a pensive mood.
Aurora was busted. She would be shocked to see that I knew all her hidden plans.
I won’t hesitate to teach her a lesson that she will never forget in a hurry.
I will make her pay for deceiving me.
She will curse the day she met me.