Chapter 6 - Rogue
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A year later
Ariana's POV
It has been a year since my parents' deaths. I do not remember much of that time because I was sick, as my brother told me. That is when he met with Cassie. She came to help me get better. Shortly after, my brother was named King.
“Please please please Cassie. Pretty please? “ I gave Cassie, my older brother's mate, my best pappy eyes. She looked at me and giggled. Lowering herself to my level, she pinched my cheek softly.
“Of course, my little princess, you are going to be my flower girl. There isn’t anybody better!”
“YES!” I screamed in victory and jumped, punching the air with my fist.
My brother Erik is finally getting married to his mate. Her name is Cassandra and she is amazing. The best thing is that she is a witch. Not a bad one like Lord Voldemort, but a good one like Cinderella's fairy Godmother. Cassie is beautiful. She is tall with a fit body, long brown hair, warm amber eyes, heart-shaped lips, a round face, and a small nose and she gave you a sense of serenity and calmness. I love being around her. She is always nice to me.
We are walking in a long hall looking for my brother.
“Can I have a pink dress, please? I love pink!” I said excitedly.
But before she could answer, my brother came from nowhere and lifted me as high as he could. I screamed in surprise and started giggling.
“There they are, my favorite girls in the world.” He said, looking at both of us. Cassie was laughing. Erik looked at her and he had stars in his eyes.
He lowered me to the ground and ruffled my hair. Looking at Cassie, he pulled her in his arms and kissed her on the lips.
“Gross!” They both stopped looking at me and started laughing.
“Just wait until you find your mate is a troublemaker!” Cassie said. My brother growled.
“What? She will not be dating or kissing anybody! My sister is very young. She will always be too young!” he said, sounding angry.
“Ioooyyy stop it. I will never get a mate! I don’t want a mate!” I said proudly.
“That's my girl! You will always be little and young and you will never lose your innocence.”
“Erik! What are you doing? Of course, she will find her mate and be very happy! The Moon Goddess has a mate for every werewolf! Or would you not want to meet me ?” She said, sounding funny.
I have never seen my brother panicking and angry at the same time.
“What? Why would you? What?” He growled again.
“Well?” She said, provoking him.
“You are the best thing that ever happened to me. You and Ariana are my family. You are the most important people to me in this world! I would die for you before I lose any of you!”
“So why do you want to deprive that of your sister?” He breathed out in surrender. Turning towards me, he said.
“You will find your mate someday, Rori, and you will be very happy. Hopefully, that day will be when you are in your 30s!” He muttered the last part.
”Erik!”
“Kidding babe! Just kidding!”
“hmmm,” she said, but she had an amused smile on her face.
Erik took my hand in his and with the other, he was hugging Cassie. We started walking down the hall.
“Erik, I will be the flower girl!” I said excitedly, jumping up and down. He looked at me smiling and nodding his head. “I just asked Cassie if I could wear a pink dress.” Looked at Cassie and awaited her answer.
“Rori, you should let Cassie decide the color of the dresses, OK? Be a good girl and listen and respect her decisions. I am sure you will look beautiful in any color, sweetie.”
My shoulders dropped and I felt my eyes filling with tears.
“Erik! Rori honey, you can have a pink dress and a flower crown and you will be the most beautiful flower girl that has ever been alright?” Cassie said.
“Cassie? Are you sure, sure?” She just smiled, caressed my cheek, and nodded her head.
“She said, It is fine Erik, can I?” He looked at Cassie and I think they were having a silent discussion through the mind link.
He was making a funny face. After a couple of minutes, he signed and looked at me.
“ Just don’t cause any trouble for Cassie, little munchkin, OK?”
“Yes sir” I saluted militarily. They both laughed at me.
We were so happy none of us knew what the night had planned for us.
“Erik, please I am sorry I don’t know what I did, but please big brother don’t send me away. I am really sorry Erik, please! You are all I have left Erik, please don’t! ”
I was crying heavily and Damian, my brother´s Bata, was trying to comfort me. We were at my brother's office. He was pacing back and forth in front of the big fireplace. The room was dark and only the light from the fireplace was illuminating the room. Damian had me in his arms, rocking me slowly.
“Shhhhh little princess, everything is going to be alright. He didn’t mean it, I am sure! Erik for Moon Goddess name. What are you doing? Trying to scare her to death?”
“I don’t want her here, Damian, and this is final !” He growled angrily. “I want her gone. I made the arrangements she is leaving tonight!”
“Erik, please, I am sorry. I don’t know what I did, but I am sorry. Please, I don’t want to leave this is my home. You are my big brother. You promised you were never going to leave me alone! You promised big brother.”
“Rori stop it! This is for the best!” he said coldly, not even sparing me a look. The tears were streaming from my eyes, my breath was hitched, and I couldn't speak clearly.
“Noooooo….ple..ase….I…don't w…. want to.”
“Shhhhhh. Rori calm dawn.” Damian said and kissed me on the top of my head. I turned so I could face him, my big brother. The face he had on I have never seen in my life. I could barely see his eyes because he was with his back to the fireplace, making his future dark. He wasn’t passing anymore, he was looking at us.
“Erik, is this about the dress? I am sorry I didn’t mean it. It could be whatever color Cassie wants. I am sorry I was such a troublemaker. I don’t even have to be the flower girl, I can just sit in a corner and watch the wedding `E` please. I am really very sorry. I can be a good girl, Erik, please!”
“NO!!! Enough! You are leaving today, Rori, and I don’t want to hear anything about it. You don’t understand this is for the best! Look at what happened today!” I was so scared of the anger in his voice that I hid my face on Damian's shoulder.
“Alpha …Erik, I have been your best friend from the day we were put in the same crib and I am telling you this is wrong! You are not thinking clearly and with everything that happened this past year. It's understandable. I can barely keep it together myself. But I am sure that you will regret it if you send her away. You are her only family now. Don’t make such a rushed decision!”
“Damian, you don’t understand this is for the best. I can’t protect her here and that is obvious from today's events. She will be sent away. Stripped from our family name and living in anonymity, I thought of everything.” Damian was silent for a moment and only after a couple of minutes did I hear his voice and it was angry.
"You are making her a rogue? Are you out of your mind? She is a Royal Erik! The last Luna of the Royal pack! You know what don't answer that it was rhetorical. I will take her. She has been through enough. I will take her away from you and this place. She deserves to be happy and loved and have a happy childhood. I am taking my brothers with me and starting fresh and ...."
He was stopped by my crying. When I heard what he said, I panicked. I started crying more and trying to get free from his hug. The door opened and a sad Cassie walked in and I stopped moving in the vision of her. She looked at me. Her eyes were red from crying and her face was really sad.
“Cassie, I am sorry. Please don’t send me away. I will be a good girl, please Cassie. I don’t want a pink dress anymore. I just want to be there to see you get married. Please, Cassie, help me. Don’t let him send me away please.” She started crying and ran close to me. Her hand came to my face and she capped my cheek softly.
“Baby girl, everything will be fine. You didn’t do anything wrong, Rori. We know that sweetie. Sleep baby girl …sleep.”
My eyes started to feel heavy and I stopped crying. I was fighting to keep my eyes open but I could still hear her voice in my head.
“Be strong, Ariana, don’t lose faith. You are so strong! I will always be by your side, I promise….. I am sorry I couldn’t do more….”
And then darkness. Darkness consumed me.
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