Chapter 43

Scarlett’s POV

Looking at Aiden sitting across from me on the plane I can’t help but think how fortunate I am, he has fought so hard for me, even though I haven’t always made it easy for him,

“How do you do it?” he looked up at me with a confused look on his face.

“Do what?”

“Fight for me, no matter how much I push you away you always find your way back to me, how do you do that? Where do you find the strength to fight for me every single time?” he took my hand in his, his hand seemed a bit hairier and his stubble was thicker, he must have gone through a lot these past few days.

“You are my strength; do you still not understand? I spent too much time without you and I’m not going to miss another second” he smiled, and my heart fluttered

“I can’t believe we were not caught, for an airport bathroom it was really quiet” I said trying to lighten the mood.

“Well, it was for private clients only, so it was pretty normal”

“Oh, really… it looks like I still have a lot to learn about such subtle differences marrying into to this family”

“I’m going to spoil you rotten so be prepared”

“Oh no trust me you have done enough; I feel pretty spoiled already” he chuckled in response

“Let’s just say you haven’t seen anything yet” he said winking at me,

“Okay then If you insist, so where are we going this time?”

“Well given that I’m to be Alpha soon, I need to make preparations for the succession ritual, so we are headed home for now” I nodded in response a bit disappointed at his words.

“You look upset, what’s wrong?” he asked looking worried

“Nothing it’s just that I went to Spain and Iceland, but I spent less than twenty-four hours in each country, and I couldn’t actually say I’ve been to either country, It’s silly…I’m being silly” I said brushing it off.

“Hey…I promise that after all this craziness is over we will travel the entire world together and I’ll make sure you see everything…deal” he said smiling at me,

“Deal” I responded squeezing his hand.

* * *

I walked down two steps,

“This room again, am I in Aiden’s house again?” I asked looking around, the room looked exactly the same, and I recognise it and yet at the same time I don’t recognise it, it was dark and everything looked black and white, that desk under the window looks familiar. I picked up the picture with the two boys standing with their arms around each other grinning from ear to ear, the boy on the left looked up at me,

“Remember Scar… remember me” I jumped and dropped the picture, I knelled down and picked up the broken frame, a hand grabbed me from behind and I turned around and I saw a sickly-looking Aiden.

“Save me Scar” I screamed dropping the frame and it shattered on the floor, and I woke up breathing heavily.

“What the hell was that?” I asked myself with my hands on my forehead.

“Scarlett, are you okay? I heard you scream” mom said rushing through the door,

“It’s nothing mom, it was just a bad dream, I’m okay” she sighed and looked at me her face full of worry.

“I don’t hear from you for days after you promised to call me every day, and when you finally come home you’re too jetlagged to talk and catch up and now you are having nightmares and telling me it’s nothing, do you realise how frustrated I am right now Scarlett?” she sat next to me and I could tell that she was frustrated,

“you have to give me something honey, because I don’t think you’re okay and I don’t believe you when you say you are okay, something is wrong, we use to talk about anything and everything, what’s wrong?, talk to me” she said wrapping her arms around me.

I feel bad that I haven’t been honest with her but what do I say?, where do I start?, the ball with the prince and princess where I found out that Aiden was promised to another, or the one when I was crying my eyes out on the pavement in Spain, or when the Alpha drugging me, or should I tell her about the king and queen…honestly where do I start?. I looked at her and took her hand

“I’m here now and I’m okay, I promise you that I’m okay, please let that be enough for now” I could tell that she didn’t agree but she squeezed my hand and nodded anyway.

“Okay honey, I will let it go for now, just as long as you promise me that you will tell me everything one day”

“Okay, I promise” I replied, and she kissed me on the head and walked out.

I fell back on the bed, that dream was really intense and why did Aiden look like that, he looked sick, his eyes had sunk into his head, he looked so skinny his flesh hung on his bones, he wasn’t the Aiden I know, I need to see him, I can’t wait till morning. I put on my sweatpants and a hoody with sneakers, and I sneaked out the window and started running.

When I got to the Grey House I went to Aiden's window and tapped on it.

“What’s wrong, are you okay?” he asked opening the window rubbing his eyes and looking at his watch,

“What time is it?” he said looking at me

“Scarlett what are you doing here?, it’s four am in the morning. Is everything okay?” he continued cupping my cheek, his face had no expression, nothing that told me that he was happy to see me.

“I had a bad dream and I just needed to see you to make sure you’re alright, I’m sorry I woke you… I will let you get back to sleep now” I said slowly walking away

“Scarlett wait…will I see you tonight”

“Sure…why, is there something you want to do?”

“There will be a full moon tonight so I thought we could look at it together, plus the entire Pack will be there” he said smiling at me.

“Careful Aid people might think you’re officially asking me out on a date or something” I said smirking back at him.

“I am” he said rubbing the back of his head and my cheeks flushed as I realised that he didn’t have a shirt on, how did I miss that, I thought to myself,

“Okay, see you then” I said nervously turning and walking home I had an uneasy feeling at the pit of my stomach for some reason, I’m glad he’s okay but still that was uncharacteristic of him, maybe he is just under a lot of stress with the ascension preparations, if not, knowing Aiden he would have walked me home and he is more spontaneous than that, he would have never told me his plans or asked me out like that, he loves surprising me, maybe he is finally considering my feelings,

“I don’t know, something is definitely off about him” I said to myself,

“Shake it off Scarlett, that dream must have spooked me more than I realised” I said laughing at how silly I was being.

“Scar find me…Scar please save me…Scar find me…Scar please save me…remember Scar…remember” the force of his cosmos pulling me in and making me weak, I fell to the ground, and everything went black.