COERCED TO BE HIS

At midnight, the howling wind was so strong that it swirled around making weird sound. The air swayed the curtains and a stranger wind penetrated through the window. Aurora sprang up in the bed. She just had a nightmare and it was a frightening one.

“Anyone out there?” Her teensy-weensy voice couldn't be heard. She removed the duvet and climbed down the bed. She wore a pair of flip flop slippers. “What could that be?” She mumbled to herself as she made the way toward the windows and shuttered the windows.

She headed back to the bed, just about to get on it she heard a strange voice in her head. “Aurora. Aurora, come to me” The voice echoed her name. The sclera in her eyes dilated blinding the dark spots at the center. She looked at the door abruptly. She walked out of the room leisurely following the echoed sound. The bodyguards were fast asleep, none of them noticed when she walked through the back door.

Aurora made her way deep inside the woods. On a normal day her parent had warned her never to cross the forbidden lane but she just did. She wasn't in her right sense though. As she got closer the voice also got louder in her head.

A dying old woman was resting her head on the tree. Blood gushed out from the wounded part in her stomach, she was at the verge of death. She sensed someone was around. Perhaps her spell worked as she wanted but when she saw Aurora her eyes fell in disappointment.

“Why would my spell lure out a werewolf?” She was perplexed, thinking she might had casted a wrong spell or missed a word.

Aurora kneeled in front her. She couldn't do anything or talk because of the spell.

“I don't want to hurt you Aurora,but you're the one my spell choose. I should do it.” She was going to die but the hatred in her heart that was burning with rage wanted a revenge. She needed a soul, the one that would avenge her when she died but she was perplexed when the spell lured Aurora, a wolf girl to her.

She cut her palm and Aurora's hand then held her hand in hers. She casted the enchant spell with her last strength. Light surrounded them, wind swirled around the woods as all her power pierced Aurora's heart. She slumped to the ground. The witched groaned in pain as Aurora also fell unconscious.

The witch body vanished in a puff of smoke.

The next day, Miranda stalked inside the room to wake Aurora. She lifted the duvet but she wasn't under it. She checked the bathroom and her dressing room but she wasn't in. She dashed to her parent's room.

“Ma'am, Aurora is missing.” She announced nervously.

“What? Again?” Mrs Hammond gasped as she turned to look at her husband.

“She might be playing around. Check her favorite place.” Mr Hammond assumed as he was preparing to go out.

“Sire, she's not anywhere around the mansion. I had the maids to check out but they couldn't find her.” Said Nadine, her nanny. He dropped the jacket he was holding.

“Aurora?”

“Hammond, my daughter.” Mrs Hammond panicked.

“Useless, how could you not find her? Did I employ you for nothing. Send all the bodyguards out to look for my daughter if a strand of hair went missing I will not spare any of you.” Miranda rushed out to inform the guards. “Nothing must happen to my daughter. You know she's a frightened rabbit when her mother isn't around. Find me my daughter.” She yelled at everyone.

“Calm down honey. They're going to find our daughter.” She paced around the room impatiently.

“Nadine, what time did you leave her room last night?”

“Immediately I was sure she's asleep. I checked on her at midnight and she was inside. I don't know how she was able to leave the mansion without the guard's notice.” Nadine replied. She was a bit nervous.

“Let's go.”

“I'm coming with you.” Mrs Hammond followed them out.

They waited impatiently for all guards to return with Aurora but none of them found her. It was twilight when the last bodyguard arrived with Aurora.

“Oh my goodness. My daughter.” Mrs Hammond wept when she saw them. They rushed to them. “She's still in her nightdress. She must have sleepwalked into the woods." They all headed inside. The guard laid her on the bed and covered her with duvet.

“Call the doctor now.” Nadine told Miranda.

“Her body is cold.” Mr Hammond examined her body but it was cold as ice and paler than usual.

“I found her lying on the ground in the woods. She walked through the forbidden lane sir.” the guard reported.

“She must have sleepwalked. But her body is cold and she's not, she's not b-breathing.” Her mother stuttered frighteningly.

“She'll be fine. Aurora, wake up sweetie. You're home now baby.” Her father shook her body vigorously.

Aurora. Aurora.. Please don't do this to me. Where are those useless fools? I swear to God I won't spare any of you.” He seethed.

Her father never left her side. He waited till the doctor arrived. When the doctor examined her, he found nothing wrong with her.

“Nothing is wrong with her.” He declared the result.

“Tell me why my daughter isn't waking up. You said nothing is wrong with her so why is she unconscious?”