The Rejected Luna Queen

Aurora's POV

Days passed in the Pack and I continued doing what I loved to do the most; cooking. Yet, it didn't feel as good as I thought it would.

Getting to a new Pack, I expected a certain kind of treatment from the maids in the Pack. I certainly didn't expect to be treated like I used to be, in my Pack. Since they barely knew me, I assumed that they were going to be nicer.

How wrong I was! From the first day that I set my feet in the kitchen, it was clear that they didn't like me at all. From the way they looked at me like I was some kind of alien, to the way they hissed whenever I passed, they made it clear that I wasn't welcome there.

I saw the way they smiled at each other; how they always shared a laugh and were super helpful to one another and I wondered why mine was so different. They wouldn't even respond to my greeting at all, no matter how much I greeted them. They had such a disgusting attitude that I could barely stand them. Yet, I did all in my power to get on their good side. But it only made things even worse. Not even one of the maids was on my side.

I took a small knife and began to cut the vegetables which I had already washed a few minutes before that. I needed to be fast as the Alpha required vegetable sauce and he didn't like being kept waiting for any reason.

"Ugly duckling!" One of the maids screamed in my ears, while the other maids laughed so hard. I pretended to not hear her and focused on what I was doing. Then she walked straight to me, probably angry that I didn't respond to her taunting.

"You did hear me, didn't you, duckling?" She asked again, this time, pulling my hair with her right hand, as she attempted to somehow yank it off my head.

"Won't you say something?" Another maid asked and before I could know what was going on, I was surrounded by about five maids.

Pushing off the lady who held onto my hair, I dropped the knife that I held in my hands to avoid the temptation I felt to use it on one of them. Yet, I wouldn't speak to them. I just stared at them, wondering why they all felt the urge to bully me.noveldrama

"How dare you?" One of the maids asked disdainfully, seeing that I pushed the other one away. She grabbed me by the neck and slapped me hard across my left cheek.

I felt like shouting but I didn't want to give them that satisfaction. Rose leapt and growled within me but I did all I could to keep her in check. "Don't hit me again," I said to the maid but the words had barely left my mouth when another slap landed on my cheeks.

"Let her be," a voice called out from behind the maids, causing them all to draw back.

I spotted a man whose face was very familiar approaching me. He pushed the last maid who still had her hands on me away, before drawing me closer to him.

It was no one else but Alpha Dylan; Alpha Bane's stepbrother. He was the least I expected to come to my rescue and I couldn't help but tremble at his presence.

Alpha Bane's POV

It was a brilliant morning and I barely had anything to do in my palace, so I thought it best to head over to the kitchen to see Aurora and check up on her as I always did.

As I got there, I looked through the kitchen door and saw that a few maids surrounded her and tried to bully her which subconsciously drew a huge frown from my face.

I decided in my heart that I wasn't going to let that happen. I was going to not just stop them but to sternly warn them that a repeat of such ugly behaviour will never go unpunished in the Pack. I had always instructed them to treat others with respect. They were only miserly maids, yet they felt a need to maltreat another maid. I wasn't going to have that at all.

Just as I tried to step in and ameliorate the situation, I noticed that there was someone else there. It was Dylan. He had gotten to the place first and I didn't know how. "What on Earth is he doing here?" I asked myself.

He stepped in and stopped the maids from causing any further harm to Aurora. I saw him push a maid aside, screaming at the maids at the top of his voice for such a thing to never repeat. He did all that I had in mind to do. There was nothing left, except staring at them.

Then, I saw him draw Aurora closer to himself, wrapping his arms around her in a hug. She hesitated a bit, as she seemed a bit scared, her trembling fingers a testament to that. But within a short time, she was bold enough to wrap her hands around him too, which drew a huge grin from Dylan's face. He must have enjoyed every moment of that.

I knew that I had no right to be pissed but I felt jealousy flow through me as they hugged. A surge of anger overwhelmed me and I couldn't explain the reason behind that. All I knew was that I wasn't happy that she and Dylan looked to have become a bit friendly.

After a few minutes, they let go of themselves and just stared deeply into each other's eyes. That was when I decided that I had seen enough. I turned around from behind the kitchen door where I watched them and angrily walked back to my room. All the time, I kept wondering if he only decided to get close to her because of me.