Aurora's Alpha

CHAPTER 25

Rory POV

After cleaning myself up in the guest bathroom I decide to fix Killian a full spread of foods unsure on how his health has been affected after our... intimate moment 2 hours ago.

Walking into the main room I notice almost everything has been cleaned up making the space feel emptier due to most items having to be discarded, unfixable.

Walking into the kitchen I try think what I could make depending on the contents of the refrigerator. Looking around I smile slightly coming to the conclusion I can make pancakes from scratch so I begin the process

After 20 minutes I smile down at the two stacks of pancakes on separate plates accompanied by fruits and syrups Killian can choose to add himself.

Leaving them on the counter I fiddle with my thumbs as I walk back to Killian's room and bravely knock on his door

"What do you want Aurora?" Killian's tone comes off cold

"I made us lunch, if you'd like me to bring it to you in bed I can, if your not feeling upto-" The door swings open, Killian stood in its place. He stares right into my eyes, his brows only slightly tense making it easy to tell he's still not thrilled with me. "It's pancakes" I continue.

Without a word Killian slithers past me and toward the kitchen, taking a seat at the counter and I follow sitting opposite him.

"This looks great thank you" Killian mumbles but it seems he only said it out of politeness. I can tell he's holding back on me.

"No problem, my pleasure" I say quickly but hesitate on the word 'pleasure' my mind reeling back to what happened earlier today. Killian clears his throat clearly picking up on my fumbling words.

I watch Killian cut up his pancakes into small squares adding strawberries slices on the top before plunging his fork into them and lifting it into his mouth and chewing. Not once does he look anywhere but his plate. I know he can sense my staring but decides to ignore and just focus on the food.

Biting the bullet I ask "do you want to talk about it?"

"About what?" He knows exactly what about he's just avoiding it all together

"About any of it" we haven't even brought up the topic of us being 'mates' yet. We have a lot of communication to get through.

"Well you pick the topic and we'll see if I want to talk about it" Killian raises his eyes to meet mine and places his fork down.

My mind stops as I think about what part I want to discuss first, I had hoped he would have taken the lead on this.

I need to get one thing off my chest

"First off I want to be clear when I say I apologise with my full chest that I caused your heart attack but I won't say sorry for the actions that lead to it" as I say it I realise I maybe should have eased into this topic but if I don't say it now I won't later on.

"I don't want to discuss this topic" Killian states tense. I observe his fingers reach for the dinner knife and squeeze in frustration.

"We don't need to discuss it but I'm just saying, I was hurt that you lied to me so I retaliated and yes it was maybe childish of me but I have had issues with trust in the past and hiding that we're soulmates has definitely hindered my trust in you"