Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Confession

Aurora’s POV

I walk towards my home, where I can already see my mom in the kitchen, cooking something while humming a song. I walk up to her and hug her from behind.

“Maaa….” I call her in a babyish voice, my voice breaking in the end as I burst into tears.

Maa panics and gets me to sit on the dining table. I cover my face with both hands and start sobbing loudly. She caresses my head and hugs me silently.

She knows me well. She knows that after I am calm enough I will tell her everything. We don’t keep secrets between us at all. I had also told her about Christian as soon as I found out about it.

She is very understanding and my greatest supporter.

She is my pillar.

I curl up on the chair and hug her belly tightly. Clutching her dress, I cry some more.

“Why me?? What did I do to get a soulmate in my life? Getting a soulmate is a blessing, but why do I feel that it’s a curse? If I had to get an impossible soulmate, then why did I even get one?”

She continues caressing my head and just lets me cry out my emotions.

I know this is not going to help me at all and I should have accepted my fate by now. But after what happened in that cave… after what I experienced there… his touch, his kisses, his smell…

How am I supposed to give up?

How am I supposed to stop craving him more?

How am I supposed to stay away from him?

And the most important thing… how will I face his anger and hate when he finds my identity?

Will I be able to bear the pain of rejection?

I skip dinner and cry myself to sleep.

I don’t know how I am going to live from now on or after everything is out. Still, I force myself to get ready and go to college—not before masking my scent.

For some reason, I am not allowed to tell my identity to anyone. Even the whole witch clan doesn’t know about my existence, and whoever does has sworn to never say a word about me being a witch or anything related to my powers.

But this doesn’t stop me from living my own life or doing whatever I want.

I feel that I am powerful and can at least save myself from danger. That is why I go to the cave to calm myself down and also to practice my powers and strengthen myself—physically, magically, in witchcraft, and mentally.

Yet my mental peace is in danger due to Christian.

I had made the decision long back when I met Christian that I was giving up on my soulmate, but I didn’t want to give up on my studies or my career.

It’s a difficult choice and a very difficult thing to do.

But I can’t let him destroy my life.

I have to be self-sufficient.

My life is already a mess. I don’t want my career to be a mess too.

Entering my college, I walk straight to my first class and sit down, opening my notes. I try to study, but thoughts of Christian still linger in my mind.

I am sitting in the library in the most inconspicuous corner I could find, burying my head in books.

I couldn’t focus in classes, so I gave up and came here. With much more effort, I was finally able to read a bit of my textbook when I feel a tap on my shoulder and a takeaway coffee cup placed in front of me.

I raise my head, feeling irritated that someone dared to disturb me when it was so difficult for me to concentrate.

But what meets my eyes is Christian’s shirt-covered chest, the usual top two buttons undone, and him smiling gently at me.

I foolishly blink at him, not knowing what to do or say.

Ignoring my flabbergasted expression, he sits beside me and peeks into my book.

“Oh! You are reading about the Mythic land? I was thinking what got my ladylove so engrossed in. So it is this mythical history lesson. Well, it’s very interesting—and totally myth. No one has ever seen it or entered it. It’s just a story.”

He winks at me.

But I am entirely focused on that one word he said.

Ladylove.

Fast forward much?

But this is the paranormal world. Things happen very fast here.

I end up blushing, my cheeks turning red, and I let my hair cover my face to hide it.

“Aww, you are blushing? You look so cute,” he whispers in my ear.

“Um… um… why are you… I mean… why are you here?” I ask, stammering.

He just shakes his head and smiles, saying he missed me. Then he takes the book from my hand and starts reading it.

He places one of his hands behind my chair, almost wrapping me in a hug.

I can feel the warmth emanating from his body and his cologne wafting around me.

“Aurora! Did you get all of this?” Christian asks me again.

He thinks I wasn’t focusing and didn’t understand—which is only half true.

I understood everything he taught.

But I was also daydreaming about him.

For the last two hours he has been teaching me the whole Mythic land chapter. There was a different gleam in his eyes when he was talking about it.

He told me about the Mythic Falls. It is believed to be the gateway to the Mythic land.

The Mythic Falls are hidden, and no one knows where they are or what they look like.

It requires selfless and pure love as the key to enter the Mythic land through the falls.

Only a couple can enter this mythical land.

It is said that whoever enters first has to go through a series of tests that the couple must overcome before reaching the actual Mythic land, which is made of the most precious Mythic dust.

This Mythic dust is so powerful that even a pinch can make anyone so powerful that no one can stop that person from becoming the most powerful being in the paranormal world.

Apart from that, the couple will be appointed as the new rulers and owners of the Mythic land, gaining unlimited powers and treasures.

There have been a few couples recorded to have succeeded in entering the Mythic land, but in the past 500 years no one has achieved it.

There are stories of people trying to find the Mythic Falls, but to no avail.

Nowadays we treat it as a historic mythical story and a part of our syllabus.

I nod my head, and we pack our stuff and walk out of the library.

Just before leaving, he leans close and whispers in my ear again.

“2 pm at the caves.”

His lips brush against my ear slightly, sending shivers down my whole body.

He walks away while I stand there dumbstruck.

What just happened?

Christian Black—the Alpha King of werewolves—just brought coffee for me, explained a whole lesson, flirted with me, and now told me to meet him at the caves.

What does this mean?

I try to clear my head and walk into the woods.

It’s 12:30 now.

Anyway, it was already my plan to go to the caves and meditate for a while, so I continue walking, trying to act as nonchalant as possible about the fact that Christian is going to meet me there again.

I have mixed feelings about this situation.

Well… I have mixed feelings about everything related to Christian.

I reach the cave using my magic. After thoroughly checking my surroundings, I dive into the water, create a bubble inside it, and sit within it.

Sitting cross-legged, I close my eyes and start meditating.

But what comes to my mind are images of Christian smiling, laughing, winking, and kissing me.

“God!!! Focus, Aurora!” I mutter to myself and start meditating again.

The next time I open my eyes, I have made up my mind about Christian.

I decide that I will enjoy all the time I have with my soulmate—until Christian’s birthday.

After he finds out the truth, I will hide myself, just as I discussed with my mom.

Because Christian might imprison me.

Or worse… kill me.

After coming to this decision, I burst the bubble and swim upwards—only to find Christian entering the cave.

Thank God. I came up at the right time.

Acting nonchalant again, I start swimming around.

I swim to the other end and am about to dive when I hear a splash behind me and feel a very warm body hugging me.

My back presses against Christian’s wide, rock-hard chest.

His arms wrap around my waist, his fingers resting just above my belly button.

He kisses my earlobe and I turn into putty in his arms.

His hands explore my body as his lips explore my neck.

I feel and hear his warm breath, and I close my eyes, lost in pleasure—when suddenly I feel him bite a certain spot on my neck.

The place where werewolves bite their mates and mark them forever.

Heat pools in my lower body.

He turns me around in his arms and, just like last time, he kisses me.

He kisses me hard, pressing my body against his as if he wants to meld me into him.

I wrap my arms around his neck and pull him closer, and he groans, kissing me even more passionately.

Surrounded by the cool water of the lake, our bodies entwined and lips locked in heated kisses, we lose track of time.

After a long while we finally come out of the water.

That’s when I shiver slightly, because I couldn’t use any spells so close to him. He still believes I am human and worries that I might catch a cold after spending so long in the water.

He brings me out and wraps me in his arms after wiping me down.

We sit there quietly, hugging each other.

Then Christian suddenly speaks.

“Aurora, look at me.”

I lift my head and meet his eyes.

We stare at each other for a moment, and I see emotions swirling in his gaze.

Fear grips my heart.

I know he is about to say something I don’t want to hear.

“Aurora, I think—no, I know—you are my mate. You are human and you might not understand, but I feel it. I will know for sure in ten days.

After ten days, on my twenty-first birthday, I will finally be able to make you mine.

Don’t tell me otherwise, Aurora. I have had many girls throwing themselves at me. I have seen many girls. But I have never felt what I feel with you.

Just wait… wait for ten more days and I will prove it.

And when that day finally comes, I will make you mine.

My Mate.

My Luna.

My Luna Queen.

Mine forever.”

With that, he kisses me again—perhaps to stop me from arguing.

Oh Christian…

What can I say?

You are absolutely correct.

But you are wrong about one thing.

I am not human.

What does this mean now?

Should I stay and wait for those ten days?

Or run away now?

Because I am falling deeper and deeper in love with him.