The Rejected Luna Queen

Princess Sophia's POV

The deed was done and all that was left was the dance of victory. I walked with poise toward Mrs Scott's room with my maid behind me, hoping to have an important conversation with her.

"You seem so happy today, ma'am." I turned around for a moment and saw the smile on her face. It was good to know that she was happy to see me happy.

"That's because I am. We're always happy when things work in our favour, aren't we?" I asked with a chuckle.

"Yes, ma'am."

We arrived in Mrs Scott's room and knocked on her door. "I'm right here."

She opened up the door and I quickly threw myself at her, holding her so tightly with so much gladness in my heart. "I'm so happy to see you," she said to me.

"Same here," I replied, although I didn't think it needed to be said. The way I held her and refused to let go was proof enough.

"Eh... Could you help me tidy the room? You could help me with my royal blue handbag on your way back here, okay?" I asked my maid, finally letting go of Mrs Scott, albeit reluctantly.

I needed my maid to leave the room. We had crucial matters to discuss that she wasn't supposed to be a part of.

"Yes, ma'am."

As she left, we walked to the centre of the room and she stared hard into my eyes. "I sent a man to get rid of that stupid chef. The man I sent is very trustworthy. He's very good at his job and he made sure that it can never be traced."

"What if he talks in the future?" Mrs Scott asked, a look of fear on her face.

"Then he'll only be implicating himself because he doesn't even know that I was the one who ordered the execution. I went through an anonymous route." Holding her hands, I continued. "There's no need to be afraid. I have everything under control."

She let out a smile of satisfaction and I was so glad to see that. She had been nothing short of supportive of me and I couldn't thank her enough. All thanks to her, I was able to find out what that evil woman was planning against me. I had sworn to eliminate anyone who tried to bring Alex and me down. I would never let anyone come between us; not after everything that I'd don't get to where I was. The stupid chef just had to die. She sounded like a threat to me and I couldn't let her roam freely.

"Thank you so much for all you do for me, Mrs Scott," I thanked her. She was more than my maid. I saw her as a friend. "My love for you knows no bounds and it'll surely be rewarded."

I took out a bundle of money from my bag and offered it to her. But she drew me close instead and hugged me so tightly.

Aurora's POV

As I got to my mom's room, I noticed that there was someone inside so I approached more stealthily. I looked through the peephole in the door and I was left open-mouthed. I couldn't believe what I just saw. Indeed, my heart was shattered.

I saw the princess offer some money to my mom and I saw them share a warm embrace. That was the annoying part. I never knew my mom was able to show such emotions. I had always thought she was incapable of that and could I be blamed? If a woman could not show affection to her child, how could she be able to show it to others? I saw it with my own eyes.

That wasn't all. There was still more insult to be added to the injury. I saw them both banter and laugh as they talked. They embraced at intervals like it was a competition of some sort. They looked so happy together.

This was the same woman who had never hugged me or smiled at me that way since I was born. If there was a word that was worse than hurt, I'd have used it to describe exactly how I felt. The more I saw them, the more my heart broke.

There was nothing that I hadn't done to get her to love me or even show me anything that resembled love. I'd done my best to be as obedient as possible, following her every instruction without complaints and making sure that I tried to strike up a conversation with her when an opportunity arose. It never earned me her love; just a few strikes to my face or any other part of my body that she deemed fit. The more I tried, the more she hated me.

I watched my mother closely and I could see that unlike what I had previously thought, she wasn't a woman devoid of love. I could see from how she related with Princess Sophia that it wasn't that she couldn't love, she just didn't love me at all. She gave all of her love to the princess and had nothing left for me.

"Mrs Elizabeth was right," Rose said to me as I felt her sadness. I just let out a sigh.

I noticed something strange. Whenever I was with my mother, I always sensed her wolf. She had a very powerful wolf whose presence could not be missed. It was no more there. Somehow, neither I nor my wolf could sense it.

It became much clearer to me that the chef was right all along. What I thought was just a fairy tale was the truth. The dark magic story was a reality and my mom had traded her wolf for Sophia's need to steal my mate. How cruel could she be!

I beat myself up inside for not believing the late chief maid. She was right all along. That must have been the reason why she was killed by these wicked people.

"Hey, Aurora, look out," Rose called out.

"Shhhh," be calm, I rebuked her. I need to know what exactly is going on.

"What exactly do you think you're doing here, Aurora?"

"Ah!" I exclaimed, covering my mouth with my right hand to prevent the people in

the room from hearing what I was saying. "Uhm..."

It was Princess Sophia's maid and she held a package in her left hand. I had to find something tangible to say or else I'd have been in trouble. I had paid the price for not paying attention to Rose once again.

"You can't talk now?" She asked as she scurried toward me. "I'm certain that sounds can still be made by those ugly lips of yours, can't they?"

"I- I just came here to get something from my mother's room," I lied, doing my best to avoid having eye contact with her so she wouldn't see my tears. "I'll be on my way now."

"You better be, you moron!"

I scurried away, teary-eyed as I mourned Mrs Elizabeth whom I lost.

Yet, it wasn't just that, that made me cry as I walked away, I was devastated to

know that my mother had never loved me.noveldrama