The Rejected Luna Queen

Aurora's POV

The next morning

I walked into the throne room, early in the morning, wearing a frown as I would have rather been in my room. Alpha Bane and my parents were already seated there as they awaited my arrival.

It was my parents who summoned me through one of the guards. He had mentioned something like they were to leave the Pack for some reason but I didn't pay enough attention to hear what it was that they were going to do.

As much as I had seen the throne room for quite a long time, I remained fascinated by the elegance it oozed. The golden chairs were only found in the Blue Moon Pack as no other Pack had the luxury of owning them. Yet, it wasn't just their chairs and the magnificent throne which stood several inches above the ground with a well-designed structure that looked like a staircase that allowed the Alpha to climb on it and sit; the tables in the room were also made of pure gold except for the small stool which was always in front of the Alpha's throne which had a top made of silver and the legs of gold.

I couldn't tell what the walls were made of but they looked a bit shiny and stony at the same time. It looked like it was made of glass and a bit of stone but I couldn't explain how. There were rumours that some parts of the Castle walls were made of diamond but that was just an exaggeration. I had heard someone mention something like a luxurious lime plaster. I felt it was the finishing used for the walls.

"Welcome, Aurora," Alpha Bane said to me as I forced a smile out of my face and nodded in response. I still didn't want to say a word to him but I had to act normal in front of my parents who I also didn't want to talk to.

I looked around the room in search of Sophia but she was nowhere to be found. That was quite strange, given that they had already embraced her as part of the family.noveldrama

"Our child, we called you here to let you know that we'll be heading back to our Pack for a very urgent meeting but in the next two days, we promise to be back," said my mother as she walked up to me.

She paused on getting to where I was and stroked my face with her right hand and I did enjoy the moment. I felt loved after so many years of never having it and deep down, it felt so strange.

I had been so deprived of love that it became a part of me. I thought at some point that I was simply undeserving of it and with all that kept happening with Mrs Scott, Sophia and Alpha Bane, who was supposed to be my mate; I had no reason to not think that way.

"Honey, I do hope... Well, I and your father hope that by the time we're back, you'd have been able to decide on whether you'd be going back to our Pack with us," she said, still stroking my face as she could probably tell that I loved it based on how I reacted.

I just nodded my head, saying nothing as I stared blankly at both her and my father who had moved a bit closer to me. I didn't know how to behave around them. I didn't know what was appropriate and what was not and I certainly didn't know how to feel around them. Things were still awkward. Everything was new to me and I was scared of giving my all, only to find myself shattered once again like I was so used to.

She embraced me and this time, I let her do it, even though I didn't wrap my hands around her. She broke the hold after a while and left and my father drew close to me and also embraced me.

After the formalities, my father looked at Alpha Bane and bared his hands. "Where's Sophia?" He asked.

"She's probably in her room," he answered, coming down to us from his seat.

"We should go meet her before we leave," my mom said as Alpha Bane nodded and began to lead us to her room.

We walked down the passageway till we got to her room and then we knocked on her door.

"Come in," she said and we all walked into the room and saw her lying on the bed. On seeing us, she immediately sat up to receive us and my mother drew close to her."Sophie, we're about to leave for a meeting in the Pack but we'll be back in two days. We're surely going to miss you, my love."

She stood from the bed and ran to my parents, embracing them as they held onto her too.

"I'm going to miss you both too," she said to them, still holding them for a while before releasing her hold.

All of a sudden, she looked to wipe something away from her cheeks and I looked closer to see that she was tearing up. She had feigned fake tears to convince them that she did care that they were leaving.

It seemed to work as the expression on their faces was that of concern but I wasn't one to be fooled by her antics. I could see through her bluff and knowing how pretentious Sophia was, it wasn't so difficult to spot.

I just rolled my eyes as I watched her hug my parents once again.

Alpha Bane's POV

I watched all that transpired between Aurora and her parents and all through, my eyes were on her alone. I had no idea if she knew that I was watching her but I just couldn't stop staring.

As we walked from the throne room to Sophia's room, u stopped at intervals to look back just to see her beautiful face. And just as soon as we got to the room, I stepped back a little for her and her parents to walk into the room first, since they were the ones who wanted to see Sophia. I watched Aurora walk and I wondered how I missed the elegance in her step. She was a sight to behold from any angle I looked at her.

I watched on as her parents hugged Sophia in what was a very emotional moment before they finally broke the embrace. Then, they both walked over to me with huge grins on their faces.

"Farewell, Alpha. Farewell Luna," I said to them both for lack of any other words to say.

"Thank you so much, Alpha Bane. Thank you for everything," the Luna said to me. "I can't express just how grateful we are for how you handled everything about this case."

"I didn't do it for you, "I bluntly responded. "I did all this because of Aurora."

Everywhere went so silent as all eyes got fixed on me. They all looked so shocked at my words and didn't expect me to say that but it was nothing but the truth and I refused to take it back. She was the reason why I did all that I did in the first place. No one else could have made me go through all of that except her.

I turned to Aurora hoping to see how she would react and just like I expected, she too, was surprised and her mouth was wide open.

A guard walked into the room, breaking the silence that was desperately waiting for someone to break. "Greetings, my Alpha," he said to me, before taking some time to greet Aurora's parents, Aurora and finally Sophia, one after the other. It must have been a huge chore for him.

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"The carriage is ready, my Alpha," he revealed, everything is ready, Sir." "Okay, we'll be going there now. Lead the way " I said to him, as he walked out of the room slowly, so we could follow him behind.

We all went outside, following his lead as he led us to where the carriage was. We paused and said our final goodbyes as the Alpha king and Luna Queen went into the carriage so that they could leave.

Mrs Scott was there too. She was all tied up at the back area of the carriage, with her face bowed as she was probably ashamed of herself. I wondered what the judgement on her was going to be given the gravity of her crime against the Royal family of the Silver Moon Pack. Death; a very slow, gruesome death was usually the punishment for such crimes. In some Packs, such an offender was forced to labour for so many years before being either executed or banished with one of the limbs taken off, but it remained to be seen if they were going to temper justice with mercy.

Only time could tell. It always did.