The Rejected Luna Queen

Alpha Bane's POVnoveldrama

I sat on my bed and thought deeply about what happened earlier. As I reached deep into my thoughts, I realised that contrary to what we all previously thought, Aurora didn't have scars on her face at all. She also wasn't ugly at all as others have said that she was. She was a lovely girl with a beautiful soul. It was amazing how I hadn't seen her in that light all this while.

Yet, I still didn't believe her words. Perhaps it wasn't because they weren't true. Maybe, I just didn't want to believe it. I mean, she was the daughter of a common maid. How could someone like that be my destined mate? Even the goddess would forbid that. An Alpha cannot be mated with a maid. I had never heard about that before in all my life. It just couldn't have been true in my case.

But there was something that got me thinking a lot. Her scent was different. It was strong; much stronger than that of Sophia whom I felt was my destined mate. Her scent was just so pure. It was so tangible that I could even dare to touch it with my fingers. It smelled so real and that only made me more curious. "If she is no mate of mine, how then is her scent so alluring?" I asked myself.

I stood from my bed, eager to get to the root of the matter but clueless about exactly how I was supposed to do that. I slapped my face a few times, as I tried to dig deep to find a suitable idea but none was forthcoming. Then I remembered just what to do.

"Mark!" I screamed at the top of my voice. I didn't need to do that but I did so anyway. Mark was my Beta and I could have simply reached out to him through my mind link. Instead, I chose the path of the vocal cords.

"Yes, my Alpha," he answered, getting to my room as quickly as he could.

We were close friends. We had been that way since we were younger. Yet, Mark never dishonoured me for any reason. He barely even addressed me by my first name, even though I had told him that he could.

"I need a favour from you, Mark. Think you can be of help to me?" I asked with a smile on my face.

"Anytime, my Alpha," was his answer. "I'm always at your service, dear friend."

"Sit."

I walked back to my bed, with Mark walking closely behind me as we both sat to talk. From the way he looked at me, I could tell that he had an idea about what it was that I wanted to talk to him about.

"It's the new maid, isn't it?" He finally said, confirming my thoughts.

"Yes, it is," I affirmed. "I need to find out something important about her and I need you to do that for me."

"What exactly would you have me do?"

"I need you to investigate the lady. Find out all that you can about her and let me know. Don't leave any details behind. There's something strange about her. I haven't said this to anyone else and I wouldn't want it to be heard from anyone else. It's her scent. She smells like sweet cinnamon and I can't hold it in once she's around. It overwhelms me. Like she's..."

"Your mate?"

"Yes, Mark, but I have a mate already; the Princess. Is it possible to have two mates?"

Mark narrowed his eyes as he too was puzzled by my situation. "I've never heard of anything like that all my life, but we both know that there's always a first time."

I didn't want to believe that he thought it was possible. It was just absurd. The goddess couldn't have been so cruel to make two women have to battle for one man. If that were to be the case, there might have been a need for both women to fight for the position of Luna and the loser was sure to feel sad and betrayed. It made no sense to me at all.

"If I told the Princess what I thought, she might not take it lightly. So I have decided to keep it away from her until I'm certain that what I think is the truth. Please be thorough in your findings. Leave no stone unturned. Be as discreet as possible too. I wouldn't want to hear rumours that I'm stalking a maid through my Beta."

"Sure thing, my Alpha. I'll get to it immediately. You can use the mind-link when you want to call me in future," he laughed. I'd have also laughed but I was in no such mood. I was faced with a serious situation and I needed a serious face to match it.

"I'll have that in mind. That doesn't mean I'll do it though." With that, he turned around and left the room while I stood and stretched a bit.

The thought of Aurora and Dylan being together still irked me badly. I paced around the room, fuming so hard. I could say for sure that I was jealous; more jealous than I felt previously.

I was supposed to be so upset about how she spoke to me but somehow, it got me even more endeared to her as I had never seen that side of her before. Yet, I knew I couldn't allow that to happen again. I had to do something to make sure of that.

I wished that there was something I could do to halt their relationship, but I didn't see the possibility. I was also convinced that Dylan got close to her for a reason. He had always been so selfish and manipulative and it was only going to be a matter of time before he'd show his true colour.

Getting to my bathroom to have a shower, a thought struck me so hard and for the first time that day...

I smiled.