The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 44

Alpha Bane's POV

My vision was a bit hazy and my head still felt very heavy but I couldn't let the situation at hand linger so I arranged a meeting between Aurora and her parents.

It was clear that it was telling on Aurora as she couldn't quite embrace her new identity. As much as I knew the part I played in making it worse, I knew that the problem originated from that revelation. We were quite fine before then.

I garnered some strength and made my way to the throne room where the Alpha and Luna of the Silver Moon Pack already sat, waiting for my arrival and that of Aurora.

"Greetings," I said to them, walking slowly to my seat as they nodded in response before saying back to me in unison as if they had planned it before my arrival, "Greetings, Alpha Bane."

As I sat, I noticed a certain uneasiness between them and I knew something was off. It wasn't unexpected as it took a lot to get them to show up for the meeting.

Before sending the maid to call Aurora, I had met her parents in a bid to get them to have a chat so that they could reconcile but three times, my efforts ended in futility. They always had one reason or another why they couldn't make it to the meeting.

It was only after I made a case out of it that they agreed to meet with her. Even then, they didn't sound convincing. So it was no surprise to see that they were kind of nervous.

"You do have the time to talk to Aurora today, don't you? I'm sure you didn't think you came here just to talk to me," I said to them. I added the last line when I remembered that I hadn't specifically mentioned to them that Aurora would be arriving that instant.

"I don't think we're ready for that, Alpha Bane. Perhaps, later on, we'd be, but not at the moment," said the Luna as both of them nodded.

I was enraged by those words as I struggled to comprehend how a mother could shy away from having a candid conversation with her daughter whom she had only found out about. It seemed very strange to me and I wanted so badly to lash out at them.

"Why would you say something like that?" I asked with a very firm voice.

"Well, we're still in huge shock over everything that had happened concerning this and have been trying to process it all,* she explained. "It's like being hit by a very strong horse. I can't…"

"This is going to be very difficult," the Alpha King cut in. "We've known Sophia all our lives before this sudden twist of fate and it'll certainly take some time to grasp all that's happening."

As they talked, I began to understand where they were coming from and what they were driving at. There was a lot of sincerity in their voice as they spoke with a lot of genuine passion.

"As it stands," the Luna continued."We can't even tell if she's going to accept us after everything she must have gone through, either in our hands, in the hands of our daughter or the hands of the other maids in the palace.

I stared at them in pity as their words hit me hard. They were just confused and didn't know what to do, just like any parent could have been in that situation.

"I can't…"

The throne room door suddenly opened up as the Luna Queen still spoke and Aurora walked in with the maid behind her and bowed a little.

I couldn't help but admire her attire. It was simple, yet elegant. I gazed at her face and for the first time, I began to see that she was truly a beautiful woman. The minor facial scars on her face did nothing to remove that fact. How could I have been so blind?

I turned to my father to see that his mouth too was widened. They probably didn't know how angry I was at them so I kept a passively angry face.

"Why am I here?" I rudely asked, wanting so badly to get it over with. Their presence was beginning to irritate me and it made me uncomfortable.

"Why is everyone in the palace suddenly treating me so differently?" I turned to Alpha Bane and asked him before my parents could say a thing. I felt it was simply a mixture of pretence and hypocrisy as they didn't mean all that they did. It was probably an obligation that everyone had to fulfil and it made things even worse. At least, people were more honest with me before then.

There was silence everywhere and from the way he reacted, I could tell he wasn't expecting that question. I caught him off-guard and he needed some time to process my question.

Before he could answer, I noticed that he suddenly began to rub his head with a look that depicted pain even though he tried to suppress it. I could tell that there was something wrong with him but I resisted the urge to ask what it was. Instead, I waited patiently for him to answer what I had asked him.

"Princess Aurora," he began, staring intently at me as he seemed to have overcome the pain that he previously felt. "I apologise for any inconvenience caused during this period. You're being treated this way because you're of Royal blood and everyone is aware of it. It's an abomination for you to work as a servant in this Castle or anywhere else. That job is for maids."

I almost scoffed and laughed at his remarks. I opened my mouth, hoping to tell him that I'd been working as a servant all my life. Perhaps, he had forgotten that already, and I needed to remind him.

Before I could say a word, he began to speak to me instead and I had no choice but to listen to what he had to say.

"I'll let you talk with your parents now," he said, turning to his Beta and motioning to him to leave.

It was unfair. I felt like I had been set up by Alpha Bane and I didn't take it lightly. I stretched out my hand to protest but he and his Beta walked away, leaving me all alone with my parents.