The Rejected Luna Queen

Aurora's POV

It was deep into the night and everywhere was as silent as a graveyard. I sought sleep but it was nowhere to be found. I lay still for a moment, with my eyes shut, trying desperately to sleep, all to no avail. Then I turned to the right and the left, and still, I couldn't sleep.

I was restless. My mind couldn't be rid of what I heard earlier behind Dylan's door.

It kept playing over and over in my head and as much as I tried my hardest to get it off, I simply couldn't.

I knew that things weren't so smooth between Dylan and Alpha Bane. I mean, how could it? Dylan had just lost out on the opportunity to be the Alpha by losing to his brother so it was only natural that they weren't on good terms.

I too was also an object of quarrel, between the pair and as much as I didn't want that, there was nothing I could do about it. Yet, it wasn't enough reason for such kind of an atrocity. It was something that I couldn't fathom.

In all my dealings with Dylan, I never perceived him to be that kind of a person. How could he be planning to take the life of his brother? What sort of beast does that? I was perplexed and left to throw questions to the ceiling above me with no answers in return. How could he have done this? To think that I was just about to give him food to endear him to me.

My mind went back to the day when I was called by Alpha Bane to his chambers. I remembered how he warned me sternly about his brother and how I vehemently refused to believe him, to the extent of talking back at him in a rather rude manner. I could see how so wrong I was and how right he was about his brother. I should have hearkened to his words, but all I had was regret.

Now, I had to bear the burden of bearing the biggest secret of all; the knowledge of what was to come and I didn't know what to do with it either. At first, I felt it was going to be better to simply lie on my bed and do nothing since I was in no place to talk about it. However, it wasn't so easy. Knowing that someone was going to die and refusing to act on it was an act only super easy to people without a heart. I did have one.noveldrama

I sprang up suddenly from my bed, much to the annoyance of Rose, my wolf, who didn't seem pleased with my actions.

"Stay put, Aurora. You'll get yourself killed," she advised. "He wouldn't even believe you if you told him."

There was truth in what she said but I wasn't willing to listen to that. If saving a life was going to cost me my life, then so be it. I put on my slippers and began walking toward my door, intent on sneaking into Alpha Bane's chambers.

On getting to the door, I remembered that wearing slippers wasn't the best way to stay unnoticed so I took them off and left the room.

I moved slowly, as stealthily as I could, tiptoeing all the way and praying to the goddess in my heart to not be found. As I walked, Rose kept telling me to get back to my room in different ways.

"Get back to your room this instant, Aurora! Why are you being so stubborn?"

"Please, Aurora, this isn't worth it at all. Let's just stop here and return. I have a bad feeling about this."

In my heart, I knew that I was doing the right thing. It was true that I might not have been Alpha Bane's real mate, and I was only a lowly maid who didn't deserve an audience with the Alpha, but he didn't deserve to die that way; no one deserved that. I had to tell him what I heard. Whether he was going to choose to believe it or not, was dependent on him.

I tiptoed from my room to the big Castle, coursing through the hallway which led to Alpha Bane's room. Usually, it was a short walk but because I had to be so slow, it looked like a journey of a thousand miles.

In a few minutes, I was almost there. I paused a bit, took a deep breath, and continued walking, thankful that I was almost there. Then I heard a voice; a very familiar voice that stopped me in my tracks and got me rooted in the same spot.

It was Sophia. Somehow, she appeared from nowhere and I didn't know what else to do or what to even say to her.

"What exactly are you doing here, witch?"

Princess Sophia's POV

I was very shocked to see Aurora loitering about on the Castle premises. Of all places that she could have gone to, it had to be close to Alpha Bane's chambers. I smelt something fishy and I wasn't about to let it slide for any reason.

"What exactly are you doing here, Aurora?" I asked again, as she just stood still, without saying a word further confirming my suspicion that indeed, she was up to something.

She finally turned around, left with no choice as she must have known what awaited her if she dared to defy me. "I... I—"

"Cat got your tongue?" I asked her as impatience got the better of me. I needed answers very quickly too and was in no mood for any sort of games.

"I was having a bad night, unable to get some sleep, so I thought I needed to clear my head," she explained with shaky lips. She wasn't such a good liar. "I thought I'd feel better if I just walked around, ma'am."

I raised my right brow in doubt as I didn't believe a word that she had said. I knew she was lying. There was no way truth could have proceeded from the mouth of a desperate maid like her. I knew what she had planned and I was keen to make sure that she failed.

"I think you've walked around long enough then," I said to her, taking a few steps toward her. "You must think that I'm stupid but I'm not. You're the stupid one for thinking that way. I know what you're here for and I must warn you to be very careful. Leave here this instant and return to your chambers before I get more livid than I already am."

As she turned around and walked back, I realized that I wasn't done berating her so I thought it wise to add a few more words for good measure.

"This has to be the first time that I'll ever see you wandering about, especially in this part of the Castle. If I ever see you here, I'll make sure you pay dearly for it," I threatened her, scowling to show the seriousness in my words. "You're nothing but a mere slave and you should be grateful to be one of the maids in this Royal Castle. I wonder why Alpha Bane insisted on bringing in a lowlife like you to this place. Move away from here and never return, you ugly witch!"