I arrived inside the ward, and t Aunt Penelope, who turned to .
The sight of her shocked because of the weapons in her hands.
She was supposed to be resting. She ought to be lying in bed.
But rather than that, she was sweating profoundly like soone who had run a marathon. Though I knew she had not run a marathon. She must have spent her ti practicing with the swords in her hands.
"Aunt Penelope!". I panicked, before snapping my fingers and making the swords in her hands appear in mine.
After that, I tossed them aside on the ground and hurried to et her.
It was after I stood in front of her that I said to her. More like, I kind of scolded her, saying, "Aunt Penelope, what are you doing instead of resting? You should be in bed rather than those swords".
"I am fine, my Alpha. You don’t have to worry about . I got bored lying down, so I had to do sothing". She said to , but that only made worry more about her, because I could tell why she was training.
"Do you want to rejoin the war?". This question slipped out of my mouth, and she grew silent.
Her silence proved my words and made my heart heavy. "You don’t have to rejoin the battle, Aunt Penelope. After what happened, seeing you on the battlefield is the last thing I ever wanted to see". I said to her and was heck serious about it.
The pain of how I thought I lost her.
The horror and the piercing feelings I felt deep within my heart. I don’t think I want to experience that again. I don’t want to experience such a thing again.
She smiled at , before placing her palm on the side of my cheek. She said to while looking into my eyes, "I am a warrior, Anastasia. I’m not a coward".
She continued to say to , "Yes, I lost Paloma. Yes, I might not be as strong as I used to be".
"Yes, I might die any ti in battle. But, sitting back and watching you and the others fighting on the frontline while I remain on the sidelines is worse than death for ". .
She concluded, and honestly, with the serious look in her eyes, I knew that she was beyond listening to any words that were coming out of my mouth about her sitting back.
I sighed in defeat and ran my fingers through my hair. "You are stubborn". I muttered, with my voice sounding hurt and heavy.
"I got that from my father". She said, forcing a smile on my face.
"Anyway, care to explain why he stubbornly wouldn’t allow Beta Damien to take you back to the mansion after you fell asleep on his face". She said to while staring at Nikolai this ti around.
Her question caused my eyes to widen in shock, because I didn’t expect the news of that to reach her so fast.
"How did you learn of that?". I asked her imdiately.
"Last ti. You took longer to return, so Beta Damien went to look for you. Only for him to return to the hospital and tell that he was threatened by the Lycan King, your mate, to leave you be, as you requested him to not stop moving". She said, indirectly throwing another bomb at my face.
’She already knows that he is my mate?! It must be Damien’s doing’. I thought and looked guilty while I stared at Aunt Penelope. I felt guilty simply because it was not from that she learned the truth, but from soone else.
"Aunt-". I wanted to say, but did not finish my words when Aunt Penelope left my side and went to Nikolai.
’What is she trying to do?’. Elektra asked , but I didn’t reply to her since I had no clue what Aunt Penelope was up to.
"To think that soone of your status would humble yourself in order to make my niece comfortable, that is sothing gracious of you". She said to him, and her words made sigh, because I thought she was going to straight out reject him.
But why would I be worried about that? Unless I truly... liked him?
I slightly shook my head at the thought of that, but the thoughts in my mind did not really disappear.
"I will keep on watching you. If my niece does accept you as her mate, I have nothing against it. But if you ever hurt her, you would have to go through a raging Aunt". She threatened , making stunned because of her boldness and the amount of courage she had for her to say such a thing to the Lycan King!
Wasn’t she afraid that he was going to hurt her?!
The atmosphere turned dark, causing to flinch as I fixed my gaze on Nikolai, since he was the cause of the changes.
"I will give you my word right now. I will never hurt her. But if anyone ever hurts her, I will destroy them and make sure that nothing is left of them". He said, and even though his voice sounded calm as he said that, I felt sothing crawl on my skin.
Not only that.
I heard a voice inside my head which said to this: ’With him in your life, your destiny is bound to chance’. The sudden strange feelings I felt gave the creeps, but I tried to compose myself despite that.
"Good". Aunt Penelope nodded at , before she returned her attention to . "Now would you please tell who the twins are? I am curious. Damien has refused to tell anything about them".
"He said it was best if you told about them yourself". She added.
At this point, I knew that I needed to tell her everything. But at the sa ti, I was a little bit scared that the news was going to shock her and affect her health.
"Aunt Penelope, please promise that you won’t freak out if I tell you the truth". I demanded.
"Freak out? Why so?". She asked as she refused her brows at in confusion.
"Just promise you won’t get shocked". I repeated, looking desperate.
She sighed. "Fine, I promise". She finally said the word I wanted to hear, and that gave the assured boost I wanted.
Upon taking a deep breath, my eyes turned serious as I said to her, "Those twins are my brothers. They are my father’s sons and Aunt Luciana’s sons. And yes, the Luciana I am talking about is my mother’s twin sister".
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