The Alpha Claimed Me Deeply novel Chapter 47

47

(Aurora’s pov)

“Stand down Christopher.” Beta Samuel snarls, his eyes glowing blue. Chris shakes his head, as if to shake the command of his superior out his head and then growls.

“Stand down!” Beta Samuel roared, taking a step forward but Lily scurried in the middle of the wolves, her hands out to stop them.

“Stop it. Both of you! We don’t have time to fight. God knows how Xavier is judging by the state Aurora is in now.” Lily urges, her eyes pleading for the wolves to calm down their rage.

But a growl comes out of Beta Samuel’s chest and rumbles. Lily takes a cautious step toward Chris, yet keeps her posture straight and unafraid. A traitor admirable but in this situation should be treaded lightly.

“Beta Samuel, my brother has trusted your judgment for years and trusts you enough to keep you by his side. Please, trust me when I say, bringing Aurora to him would be beneficial and the right thing to do. Please.” Her tone had pitched to one of a plea.

I grow guilty. Here she was trying her best to get me to Xavier and all I can do is stay there and accept the pain, yet do nothing about it

It’s not like I didn’t want to. I did in fact want to go to him but Sarah’s words held me still. He either has to reject me or accept me for the pain to stop.

What if he chooses to reject me?

Would the pain be more excruciating than this?

Can I even bear his rejection?

“Aurora,” Sarah whispers, kneeling beside me and gripping my arm. “Can you bear the pain a little longer?” She asked.

I only nod, an electrifying pain zapping through my limbs and nearly tearing out a scream from my throat.

I knew I couldn’t bear the pain. I knew I might be a crumbling mess soon Well, more than I was already.

But Goddess, I didn’t want anyone to witness how much pain this was.

I gritted my teeth, my skin feeling moistened with my own sweat. I could very well taste it as it dripped down my forehead, down m y brow, to my nose, to the bow of my lips until crawling into my mouth until I tasted the saltiness of it.

It was my only serving distraction from the pain I was currently feeling.

“Just hold on a little longer Aurora. I know you can do it.” Sarah whispers.

I pulled in some air. “Xavier,” I whispered.

How can a simple bond be entwined so deeply into our souls that we get pain from not being close enough?

“Beta

“It’s still a no Lily. From the moment she stepped foot into the territory everything has gone wrong. The girl is clearly served to be a trick for Alpha Xavier. She has no purpose with him. No future. If this bond is what I think it is, then I am certain it’s not the real thing

“Do you hear yourself right now Samuel!? You sound completely insane. How can this bond be fake? A fake bond will not have her feeling this kind of pain! She’s my brother’s mate. His to claim. She’s his!” Lily snapped, the mark of impatience weighing on her tongue as it lashed out at Beta Samuel who refused to give up.

“And she will be our Luna.” Sarah joins, squeezing my arm reassuringly.

But Beta Samuel was hell bent on defying their pleading and only roared in frustration. “Alpha Xavier is the only one who will give me instructions and tell me what to do. You may be his sister, but you’re not my alpha.”

” With or without your help, I will bring her to my brother. You can

Suddenly Lily stops and everywhere grows quiet. Sarah’s hand around my arm squeezes more firmly as she whispers. “Everything will be okay now Aurora.”

She leaves my side, scurrying to her feet and struts over to Lily. “You sense him don’t you?” She whispers but I somehow heard her through the ringing of my ears.

I hurl in some air, my stomach turning until I feel nauseated. I wanted Xavier but was afraid to face him knowing he had the power to either reject me or accept me.

Lily looks ahead, her gaze wide as she whispers. “His beast. Reckon. He’s coming.”

Chris who stood protectively beside Lily, eyes grow foggy and in seconds shifts into his human form. The sound of his bones breaking and reforming had my teeth gritting as it sounded to sharp in my ears.

My fingers dug into the dirt, my pulse racing as I gasped for air.

“Eli has wamed that Reckon has taken over and he’s almost here,” Chris grumbles

I lift my head to face the wolves noticing a bright red Lily who kept her gaze respectfully on the back of Chris’s head.

I myself move my gaze away not wanting to see too much of the three naked wolves. They were used to being like this with each other but to others, it was quite frankly embarrassing.

* Is he uncontrollable? Wild?” Beta Samuel’s question was directed at Chris.

“Eli didn’t say. Only said he’s too fast to catch up to.” Chris responded with an edge in his voice.

Suddenly there’s a sound of paws hitting the earth and wild animals scurrying away as if in fright.

“He’s here,” Lily whispers in astonishment.

“Stay behind me Lily.” Chris utters.

“It annoys me that you men think I can’t protect myself. I assure you

Her words die out.

I pull in some air into my lungs, my gaze lifting when I heard the sound of a twig snapping. But as soon as my eyes fall on him, everything, the pain altogether stops suddenly.

“Xavier?” I whispered unsure if this was an illusion as I stagger to my feet unsteadily.

My body has a kind of delicious buzz, a tingling that I felt in my bones as he pins me down hotly. It’s like we were the only two people here. There was no sound except for my breathing and his snarling,

But as I continued to look into his red eyes, I saw something raw and terrifying. This wasn’t Xavier. But his beast.

“Xavier wait!” I heard a yell. I was sure it was Lily but wasn’t quite certain. For all I knew, this was yet another hallucination

I stay still, my heart pounding in fear as he reaches beside me, his big hand clamping around the back of my neck, holding me firmly there so I’d not shift much.

I draw in a gasp, my eyes staying on the sight of his wild eyes. It was truly his beast.

I bit my bottom lip when his head dips to my neck. I hear him breathe in my scent and I shivered despite fearing him this way.

Without thinking much into it, I press my body closer to him, enjoying the hard planes of his body. I cared little of those knew were around us. All I seem to focus on right now is Xavier.

This wasn’t a hallucination. He was really here.

He was real