Love Wins Over Lust novel Chapter 2

Aurora was crying the whole flight. The moments she shared with Liam flashed through her memory lane increasing the heartache. She couldn't forget the words he said about her.

The man she loved with all her heart was nothing but a lying bastard. He manipulated her to marry him and why, for money, her father's business.

Aurora had no idea what she was going to tell her father. She knew he would be angry and will try to ruin Liam but her heart hammered over the thought of Liam getting hurt.

Aurora wiped her tears and reminded herself that the lying bastard deserved that. She gulped the lump in her throat and fastened her seatbelt as the flight was about to land.

She couldn't wait to go to her father and wrap herself in his strong arms. Her father would make the heartache go away. He would take away all her pain and suffering like he used to do when she was young.

She stood up to leave, as it landed. When she was about to descend the stairs, she turned on her cell phone. There were tens of missed calls from Thomas and Liam. She blocked Liam's number first and then dialled Thomas.

She was a little confused seeing these many calls from Thomas because he never called her this many times. That's not his style but her father's.

Dad might have asked him to call me.

Thinking that she waited for Thomas to accept her call. He did the third ring but today his voice was not right. There was something different in his voice, she couldn't point it out. Something was off about him today.

"God damn it, Aurora, next time inform someone before doing something like this, you scared me, honey."

He used the endearment he used to use when Aurora was a child. The tears once again perked in her throat. "Uncle!" She choked but cleared her throat. She couldn't tell him this. Not like this!

"Aurora, tell me where are you?"

She was descending the stairs while talking to him. "Listen to me, Aurora. Don't step out of the Airport, I am about to reach there, alright, honey. Don't come out."

"Uncle, what happened, I can come on my own…"

"For God sake, Aurora do as you are told to do for once at least."

She gasped. Thomas had never scolded her, not even when she was a child. "Okay." She agreed and ended the call. When she reached inside two giants came to her. She had never seen them before, "please come with us, Miss Kings."

Aurora frowned. "Who are you?" She felt something fishy and was about to scream for help to the nearby security when the men shook their heads.

"We are Liam Knight's men and we are here to protect you."

She greeted her jaw in anger. The bastard was trying to kidnap her now. She stepped forward and glared into their eyes. "If you don't want me to scream bloody murder here, get the fuck away from me. I don't want anything from your boss, do you understand me?"

The men nodded. "As you say, madam," they stepped back to show that they were leaving but stayed nearby just in case they were needed.

Thomas reached the airport with an army of soldiers. Nothing was safe in Churchill at this moment, his friend was fighting a battle with life and death and his niece was in danger. He couldn't risk an attack on himself right now, he was the only one left for his niece till Ethan gets fine. His heart fastened at the thought of what if something happened to Ethan? How would Aurora survive? Would he be able to cope in this world without his friend?

He once again failed his God-Sister, Savannah. He promised to take care of her family after her and failed. He couldn't sniff the trap of Juan. He failed as the counsellor of Ethan. He didn't sense that someone else was going to attack them. One thing was sure, Thomas was going to find this masked man and kill him brutally for his actions.

Thomas called Aurora and she came to him running. "Uncle, take me away from here please."

His body stiffened. "What happened, honey? Have you sensed something wrong here?"

Aurora shook her head. "No, I just want to meet dad. Please take me to him, Uncle. I need him."

Once again, Thomas went stiff, his heartfelt cold hearing Aurora. "Honey…" he started but couldn't tell her. How was the girl able to handle the news? He still recalled the shock she went through when Savannah died. Her first word when she gets conscious again was, Momma. Ethan was everything for her, she wouldn't be able to handle the news but he needed to tell her.

"Let's get you out of here first."

Once they were in his car, Aurora frowned when she saw many cars following them. "Uncle...what is all this? What is happening here, tell me please!"

Thomas gritted his jaw and kept driving. He needed to be at the hospital as soon as possible. Aurora was safe with him, once Liam will be here she would go back to Vancouver, till he gets the situation under control, treating her with kids gloves was not an option anymore.

"Uncle stop the car and tell me, please!" She begged him. Aurora was scared, there was something wrong, definitely wrong and she feared that Ky has something to do with her father. Her suspicion turned into reality when he stopped the car at the hospital. "Where is Dad, Thomas?" She demanded.

Her heart quickened in anxiety. She knew it was related to her father. "Tell me, where is my dad?" She yelled this time making Thomas sigh in frustration.

"I will tell you everything but first we need to get out of here, Aurora. It's not safe to be here. Come with me," he took her to the private wing where Ethan was being treated. Aurora's heart hammered against her ribcage with every step she took.

"Uncle please tell me, where is dad? He is fine, right?" She whispered in a frightened tone.

Thomas rested both her shoulders and made her look in his eyes once they reached outside the ICU. "Aurora, your father had been shot, he is serious amd doctors had asked for a heart transplant. The doctor has asked us to be prepared for everything."

Aurora was numb. She forgot how to breathe and kept staring at Thomas in shock. Her father could die? She could lose him just like she lost her mother.

Thomas jerked Aurora to get some reaction. She went numb in his hold and was staring at him without blinking. "Aurora, Honey. Say something."

She inhaled a sharp breath, her eyes widened and a single tear rolled down her cheek. "Dad!" She whispered painfully.

"Aurora…"