Aurora's Alpha

CHAPTER 29

Rory POV

The meeting is adjourned but the five women continue to stand in their place. A man comes over to Killian and i as we stand from our seats, he's holding a clipboard and pen and focuses his eyes on the objects instead of raising them to look at killian. He clears his throat before stating:

"Prince Carter, you are now officially scheduled to meet Holly at 5pm for your arranged date" he only briefly flicks his eyes over to the red head in the line up who casually moves her fingers in a seductive casual wave toward Killian" it makes my stomach turn so I look back to the man in front of us. "Each date will take place at the same time each night for five nights and will continue if you wish to extend to another date"

"Unlikely" Killian mumbles.

I look at him to see his head tilted forward, his chin almost touching his chest and eyes shut as if he doesn't want to face this situation at all.

"Right well..." the man sighs "someone will collect you from your chambers at 4:50pm, I wish you the best of luck" and with that he walks away leaving Killian and I - and the five women still stood in place watching us.

I look at Killian as he heavily exhales through his nose.

"Are you alright?" I whisper leaning closer to him.

"No" he says sternly turning his face to me "how can you be?" He whispers back

"What?" I understand the question but need a further explanation.

"How can you be alright with this?" He sneers still in a whisper.

"I'm not" I shake my head. A rumble comes out of his chest as he grabs my arm but thankfully gentle enough to not cause me pain, just enough to guide me away from prying eyes.

We cross to the other side of the room though I doubt it matters where we are, the female wolves could hear us anywhere.

"If your not alright with it then I can't understand why your making -" Killian stops as his attention turns to them "could you make yourself scarce please" he says to them. They each nod and walk out the door, some watch me as they leave others watch Killian. He turns back to me saying "why are you making me do this?" He scowls.

"I..." I sigh and look away collecting my thoughts and feelings together so that I can understand my own words before putting them out into the world. "I just don't think it's a big deal" it's true. I hope it's harmless and a large part of me is scared he'll find better qualities in one of them and I'll just be a funny memory him and his true Queen laugh about one day reminiscing about their great love story while sat on their thrones. But I truly hope the best for him even if that means sacrificing myself.

"Not a big deal?" He scoffs. He looks hurt and I try to figure out what about my nonchalant comment caused the pain but I come up blank. "Not a big fucking deal..."

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you" I try to backtrack

"You just said the future of my Queen and kingdom isn't a big fucking deal" he glared.

"I didn't mean it like that" I spit back becoming angry that he's twisting the meaning of my words.

"It sounded like it" he accuses