An Eternity With You

Chapter 15: Being watched (3)

Aurora was never a fool to not notice how much of a prisoner she was in her own home; she had just always ignored it because she thought her family had good intentions.

Now it was hard to just ignore the small things she now noticed, like Minnie also had maids watching her. It was something she believed only Rachel did. Now her mind wandered to who else had been watching her?

Her father? Samuel? Regina?

Aurora would like to think none of the others cared to watch her, but Minnie had surprised her, so what would stop the others from also doing it?

Aurora had to give Regina the benefit of the doubt over the others because Regina’s personality would have her asking Aurora whatever she wanted to know before paying a maid to watch her own sister.

"Why do Minnie and Rachel care to watch me? I always thought Rachel did it because she wanted to be informed about the child from her husband’s mistress. Is there another reason? Is it the same as Minnie?" Aurora softly said out loud to herself, trying to piece together everything.

If only she could figure out what connection she had to the wolf.

Aurora had never ventured away from home. She wasn’t well-travelled like her siblings, so how could she have met a wolf?

Should Regina or Samuel be the ones more likely to come across a wolf?

Surely anyone would remember meeting such a terrifying creature.

"But I also don’t remember a crowd calling me a witch, and it felt so real, like a memory. Am I missing a piece of my memory? That’s the only possibility, but when? I have too many questions I need the answer to, and the wolf might be the only person who would answer them."

Aurora did not want to trust a creature such as a wolf. She grew up in a world where they were endlessly told that Gods and other creatures were bad and that they were under the protection of the king.

As much as she was fascinated with the other creatures, she knew they were dangerous from the stories others were willing to share. Many of those stories were written by someone close to the king to keep his people scared of ever going close to that which was not human.

Instilling fear was the best way to keep the people of the Harlow kingdom under the king’s command and not seek out help from the very Gods they turned against.

However, not everything which was not human was evil, like the stories told. There were many humans more evil than those same creatures.

"I can’t keep worrying about when the wolf will show up in front of me because there’s nothing I can do to stop him. And I need him to answer my questions. I have to trust he won’t do anything to me and wait till the Harvest festival, where we will meet face to face."

Aurora rubbed her temple, soothing out a small aching feeling she felt growing. She looked up to the sky at the birds flying around without having to worry about what was happening down below. What a way to live. In another life, Aurora hoped she could somehow fly. fгeewebnovёl.com

"I’m jealous," Aurora muttered, reaching her hand up to the sky as if it would magically help her fly away to another place where there weren’t so many rules.

A place where she could roam free as she liked, but Aurora knew she would miss her family a lot.

She continued to look up at the birds and clouds floating by for nearly an hour, enjoying the little time she had away from others. Aurora made a bet that sooner or later, Minnie would call her name, as the two spies wouldn’t be able to find her. It was best to enjoy this peaceful moment while she could.

Aurora became so lost in imagining she was flying like a bird that she did not notice how much time was going by till she heard Minnie shouting her name.

"Aurora!"

"Coming!" Aurora immediately called back so Minnie would not come looking for her.

Aurora sat up as quickly as she could before Minnie would also come searching for her. It must be near noon for lunchtime, where she and Minnie sometimes chat about things happening in their society over tea and pastries. This was how Aurora knew more of what was happening to the people she often heard her family mentioning.

Aurora left her secret spot and found Minnie standing with her hands on her hips at the edge of the garden.

"I don’t mind you being in the garden, dear, but when it’s hard for me to find you, it becomes a problem. I don’t like you being in there all day with no one having a clue how to find you."

"Spend less time in the garden and more in a book learning how to become even more of a lady," Minnie scolded the young woman as she exited the garden. She took in Aurora’s appearance, which resembled a hooligan.

"I’m sorry, Minne. I lost track of the time."

Aurora found it amusing that Minnie told her to get a book and learn to become more of a lady.

The girls were learning to become ladies to prepare for getting married and running their own households. Aurora had only heard marriage talk from Regina and Samuel. How would anyone even consider loving her if they had no idea she existed?

There was never a plan to help her find a partner because they wanted to keep her here, hidden away forever.