Hunting Aurora

Chapter 19

* Okay so originally I wasn't going to write another chapter. The idea was that readers would be left wondering if Aurora turned or didn't turn William. But I've been told by some readers I can't end it like that and it started nagging at me...so here's another chapter.*

~ Three days later ~

Aurora walks into the dusty lounge, the floorboards creaking under her feet. The room showing clear evidence that the house has not been occupied for years.

Aurora: "Never thought I'd ever be back here again" she states emotionless, her voice raspy from days of crying.

Shadow: "Well... it's still our home"

Aurora sighs. "It was our home...a long time ago. Why did you bring me here?"

Shadow doesn't answer straight away, he draws the curtains back...letting the light illuminate the room. The air almost white with dust particles as the sun's ray's hit them.

Shadow: "I meant what I said...I never stopped loving you"

Aurora spins around glaring at shadow "Seriously, you want to do this now?!"

Shadow shrugs his shoulders "I know you're hurting Aurora...I can't say that I understand it. You weren't together all that long. You can't possibly have fallen so deeply in love"

Aurora fold her arm infront of her chest. Shadow's comment clearly upsetting her. "Some people are just easier to love... What would you know about love anyway"

Shadow frowns "I know I made it hard for you, it couldn't have been easy when I abandoned you...it wasn't easy for me either. Do you honestly think it was a walk in the park to let you go...to turn my back on my pack, my family. I was in constant conflict...it was a daily battle for me. The only way to rationalize my thoughts was knowing the reason behind my choice was to protect you."

Aurora: "I really don't want to talk about this...you moved on, you have a family for goodness sake! Clearly it wasn't so hard for you as it was for me."

Shadow: "I thought if I occupied myself with a normal life, work...dating...starting a family...I thought that it would make me forget, but it didn't. At first I didn't love her, in fact I couldn't stand her...she's the complete opposite of you. As time passed I learned to care and pretending wasn't so bad anymore. But she can never replace you in my heart"

Aurora slaps Shadow across the face hard. It's unexpected and he can't help but make a growling sound. "You have no idea the pain you put me through...put your pack through, and now you want me to just forgive you while you do the exact same thing to the family you have been with for years now. You won't put that guilt on me, I spent years in sorrow and self pity over loosing you and I am not putting anyone else through that because you suddenly decided you want back."

Aurora wipes a tear from her cheek "I wasted too much of my time wallowing over you, I should have found closure a long time ago...all this time I blamed myself, I believed that I drove you away. You made it seem like I caused so much trouble and misery...constant drama...and you wanted to get away from it. I hated myself for what I put you through. Now...now I know the truth, and even though you did it because you thought it was the right thing to do, because you believed you were protecting us...you should have told me the truth. You could have spared us all years of heartache.

I loved you so much...I would have done anything for you. So much time has passed, things change, you changed...I changed. Too much have happened. We were great back than but we can't go back no matter how hard we try...it could never be what it was.

My heart is no longer yours to torture.

You have to go...I need to still speak to Gaia, they will be coming for me soon and I don't want you around when they do"