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Within a short span of time, the whole world had come to know about their King Azazel, getting a soulmate. Meaning that the Queen will be shown to the whole world very soon.

People in each and every corner of the world prayed for the new Queen to be a benevolent one, so that the tyrant could be kept in check.

And when they came to know that their new Queen was the personification of an Angel, thanks to all the rumors starting from the palace, pupils have cried tears of joy.

Almost everywhere, people were going to pilgrimage to pray for the well-being of the earth after the arrival of their Queen.

Aiyana, when saw pupil crying for Azazel to marry his mate in the news, had blushed so deeply that even a rose would be bland in comparison to her.

What were they saying? Marriage...!!

She flopped on her bed and started beating her hands and legs on the mattress in shyness and embarrassment. Her heart felt like a fluttering butterfly which could just fly away in any moment from now.

Thank heavens Azazel wasn't there in the room. Or else he would have smirked and teased her until she would have almost died in shyness.

He had gone away to collect flowers for her. One of the trick Zane had taught him to impress Aiyana, which had actually worked very well.

He would always greet Aiyana with a bunch of flowers personally set by him and with sweet kisses showering on her face every morning. It would make both of their heart flutter in unconditional love and happiness.

Yes. Love. Aiyana had long ago realized that she loved her mates with all her heart.

But she never had the guts to confess it. She tried several times, but each and ever time, she had just blushed and shied away making Azazel and Azron question it's reason.

But still she saw it in their eyes. Azazel's eyes would gleam with mischief and he would be giving her a wolfish smirk each and every time she tried to confess to them.

And when she would stop midway or back away completely, he would just laugh and tease her.

And if she glared at him in anger, he would just make an innocent face and stare at her questioning as if he knew nothing.

He knew!

She knew that he knew!

How could he enjoy teasing her so much??? Wehhh?!!!

She hadn't stopped him while he confessed his love to her. Why was he distracting her at her time?! Not fair! Cheating!!!

Aiyana pouted in complain.

Well, it was after some hours. Aiyana and Azron in his beast form were having fun.

Azron. Who had just recently revealed his pair of dark wings to Aiyana was now flying around the whole garden while his mate Aiyana had sat riding on his back.

It was so much fun! !!

They would fly high in the skies, racing and spinning while laughing without any limits. He would sometimes even take a straight flight into the sky and then drop himself from the high height, letting the gravity do its wonder on them while she screamed and yelped in the sweet rush.

As Aiyana had thought, she wasn't scared of heights at all. She even enjoyed it.

They continued their ride for some hours before she had totally exhausted herself and then they had taken a nap in the surprisingly sunny afternoon in the ending of winter.

Aiyana, who had slept within the warm and furry wings of Azron, had woken up from her nap due to Azron suddenly transforming into Azazel.

Still half-awake, she started to rub her eyes and then unclearly glanced at Azazel. Only to see him staring at a point in the distance with a cold expression.

She followed his stare and what she saw, rather whom she saw, made her gasp in surprise.

It was her brother!!

Seeing her brother after so many days, Aiyana's eyes had teared. And in a moment of joy, she forgot everything that had transpired between them and dashed away straight into his arms.

Her emotional brother had caught her figure in his arms and hugged her tight to his chest. Both siblings were crying in delight and he was repeatedly kissing her head while crying.

Until this moment, she never realized how much she had missed her brother.

When after many minutes of their reunion had passed, she had come out of his arms while wiping away her tears with her fists while her brother also wiped his.

She glanced back to see Zane and many other palace members staring at them in shock.

She glanced back in search of her mates, only to see Azazel standing a few feet behind her looking at them with deep emotions.

After spending so much time with her mates, she was able to discern many expressions of them. And currently, Azazel's amethyst eyes had a stoned hostility in them.

She was about to go near him by instinct when a hand suddenly clasped hers. It was her brother's. She questioningly glanced at him, which he ignored, and started dragging her with him.

As if in reflex, she shook her hands out of his grasp and stood her ground. She stared at him with caution.

Ajax turned around to rebuke her but closed his mouth in time. He gave a discreet glare to Ajax, which was not so discreet actually, and signed to Aiyana.

'I'm taking you home. Come'

Saying this he tried to hold her hands again. But this time, she completely backed away from him.

Aiyana inhaled. And signed to her brother.

'Why did you come here brother?' she asked.

Ajax seemed surprised for a moment, not expecting the ever complying Aiyana to ever question him. Still he replied.

'Of course, I came here to take you home. Do you know how worried all after you had dissappeared? We searched for you so much!! Thank heavens I guessed that you might be here in this palace. I have finally found you! Now come come. Hurry! Let's leave! "

His desperate and expecting eyes were somehow creeping her out.

She stared silently at him for a moment. Before replying

'This is my home, brother. I am not going anywhere.' she signed to him while giving him a serious face.

'What? What are you talking about?'

Ajax signed exasperated.

'Azazel is my mate brother. And I want to stay with him, here.'

Aiyana explained further shocking Ajax with her reply.

'What the hell are you talking about Aiyana? Do you have any idea what you are saying?? You want to live here? Here?!! At this death house filled with monsters??? Are you insane?

And what mate are you talking about?? That man is nothing but a killer!! A killer I tell you! '

Her brother signed angrily. Rage and mockter clearly expressed in his hand movements.

When Aiyana heard her brother insulting her mate, a flash of anger went through her now brown stone like eyes. Shocking her brother.

'Monsters?' she scoffed.

'What monsters are you speaking of dear br-o-ther? Them? The one who had taken care of me when i was busy gathering the shattering pieces of my soul?? No brother, No! They are not monsters. Not at all. The real monsters are the people in your supposed 'home' that you speak of. The one who had no guilt and remorse even after making my life a living hell. Hah! They wouldn't even blink an eye if someone had raped me in front of their eyes. That's how much blackened their heart is!! The monsters you have called friends for your whole life!!'

At the end of her signing, she was breathing heavily in anger as her choked up emotions revealed themselves, which she wanted to keep at bay, but couldn't any longer after reminiscing about that day when those people had left her to die.

Ajax eyes were wide in surprise at her outburst. When he went to hold her, she slapped away his hands making his heart clench in pain. He started to explain.

'I know Aiyana. And I am sorry. They told me. They told me everything that they had done towards you. But believe me, they did not do it on purpose! They were just frustrated and jealous of you. That's why they took it all out on you. I know it was wrong of them. And I am sorry. I am really really sorry from them and also for not protecting you from them. I know it was my responsibility to take care of you and I have neglected it. Please forgive me. And please forgive them. They are dying Aiyana! They have realized their mistakes Aiyana! If you could just come back into the pack you would see how sorry they are f-'

When Ajax had desperately tried to explain his circumstances, rather his friends circumstances, Aiyana suddenly cut him off.

' As expected, you are as selfish as always.'

Aiyana signed slowly while staring at the ground.

'What?'

Aiyana raised her eyes and then signed at him again. This time, with no restrictions. Her final thread had finally snapped.

'I said that you are selfish. Ajax'

Ajax was left speechless. Selfish?

.

.

.

And did she just call him by his name?

'I was so stupid. So incredibly stupid.'

Tears gathered in her hardened eyes.

'Like a fool, I believed your every command. I gave you my everything. Love, respect, even my happiness!! I sacrificed my own happiness just to make you happy!! Just to see a single smile on your face! Why? Because you had raised me? Why do I have to sacrifice my everything each and every time just because you had raised me?!!

Why?!! I ask you why??!!!

Why do I have to be bullied?!!

Why do I have to remain silent?!

Why do I have to endure?!

Why do I have to remain hidden??!

Why do I have to get slandered?!!

Why do I have to get raped?!!!!

Why?!!! Just why?!!!!

Just because I was deaf and needed special requirements??!

What is my fault that I was a deaf person?! What was my fault?!!!

And what wrong had I ever committed against your friends?!!! Huh??! What wrong??! Nothing!! I have done nothing towards them!! And maybe that was my mistake!! I should have done something!! Something so terrible to them so that they wouldn't dare lay any harm on me! But I didn't. I-I couldn't. I hadn't had it in me to hurt others. I was-I was weak... So weak.

There was no one beside me. Absolutely no one. I was just an empty shell of endurance, pain and sacrifice. Even you, my own blood related brother, left me alone to rot.

Now, finally. Finally when I had grazed love and happiness, you want to take it away from me? No!! I won't sacrifice myself for you this time!! Never!!

An what? Forgive them?!! Hah! I will never forgive them!! '

'I hope they rot in hell for every single deed they had done towards me.'

Her last sentence was signed with a deadly look in her eyes, while her whole body shaked and quaked with sobs.

Suddenly a strong pair of arms encircled her waist and pulled her to their chest before she could collapse on the ground. Azazel. Her mates.

He rubbed her back, while Azron tried to make comforting sound vibrations to calm her.

They had left her alone for this matter. They knew, that unless she takes out every single ounce of anger from her heart, she would never stop suffering in her thoughts and dreams. So this was important.

On the other hand, Ajax remained shocked after understanding her speech.

Selfish? He? He had raised her. How did he ever-

Then he remembered. Her eyes. The looks she gave him. The stares filled with fear. And him spending the nights partying and enjoying.

From what age were all of this happening? How long had his sister suffered? How long had he remained ignorant? How could he do this? How???!

He had promised!!

He had promised to take care of her!!

How could he treat her so selfishly?!!!

Even an animal would never treat its sibling the same way he did.

With these thoughts in mind, he suddenly collapsed on the ground on his knees and kept shaking in utter horrible realization and despair.

Aiyana stood up once again catching his attention and wiped away her tears with her fists.

'I have chosen my destiny. My home is here. Beside my mates. Inform it to my well wishers in the pack. You know who they are.'

'And for you. Remember, from this moment, you are not my brother anymore.'

Ajax gasped. He hurriedly grabbed her arms. Begging her to take her words back.

'No. Please no Aiyana. Don't say that! I am sorry! I am so sorry!! I love you, Aiyana. I love you so much!!' he sobbed begging desperately.

Aiyana looked at him. And reminisced her time with her brother once again in her mind. From her first walk to all the way to her present. She did not know how many countless times she had done this in her whole lifetime.

'The moment you left me alone to suffer, just to enjoy your life and the second you diverted your eyes ignoring my pained cries, you were no longer my brother.'

'And not to forget, you knew they were bullying me didn't you?' She gave him a pained smile.

She signed further.

'I saw you brother. I saw how you had turned yourself away from me, ignoring my vanquishing soul and just prioritized the shine of your own life. And I had never forgotten that memory.'

Yes. It was true. Now she has to accept it.

'Lastly, all the best to living in the world of darkness. I have spent nearly my whole life in it. Feel free to feel what I had felt. Thousands, no, lack times better than you.'

With that, Aiyana had been carried away by her mates to the safety of their room.

While Ajax had cried in the same spot until no tears were left for him to shed.

She was right.

What he had done to her whole life, was an unforgivable sin.

He had built his sparkly world on the steps of her destruction. It was supposed to fall apart one day or another.

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