The Rejected Luna Queen

Aurora's POV

I yawned aloud as I felt the rays of the sun warming up to me in my bed and slightly caressing my eyes. I raised my right hand and shielded my eyes with it as I gently stood, doing my best to maintain some composure.

My head was a bit hazy as I could still recall all that happened the night before, only stopping at the time I smiled hard after getting a beautiful thought. I guess that was when I fell asleep.

I gathered some strength and managed to pick myself up from the bed. Then I headed toward the bathroom to have a bath. Before getting there, I decided to have a look at the time so I looked at the clock which hung by the side of my bed and it was already a few minutes past 7.

"Damn it!" I screamed aloud as I rushed into the bathroom and turned on the shower. I had somewhere to go and I needed to leave very early.noveldrama

It was only after I had turned it on that I remembered that I still had my nightwear on. How stupid was I! I stepped away from the stream of water and turned off the shower. Then I tossed my nightwear to the bed and went in to have my bath.

In about ten minutes, I was done having my bath and I rushed out of the bathroom and quickly went to my wardrobe to get my clothes. I always loved it when I stepped out of the bathroom naked. It was more like a ritual to me. I never liked taking clothes with me to the bathroom to change; not even underwear.

I put on a black gown which was given to me by my mother. It was the only gift that I had ever received from her on one of my birthdays. On that day, it came to me as a shock as she never remembered to wish me a happy birthday for any reason. Not only because she didn't care about saying it, but she also couldn't even remember the day as I always had to remind her, even though it always changed nothing.

Wearing the dress brought back memories; good memories of what I always craved, even though it never happened, nor will it ever. I combed my hair and went to the mirror to have a final look at myself and everything was set.

I opened my door and looked to the right and then, to the left to see if there was anyone around but there wasn't. I didn't want to be seen by anyone as the plan I had required a lot of stealth. If I were to be found, I was certain that I'd never be allowed to go that far without any company.

After considering all that Dylan had done for me, I thought it wise to do something for him. I wanted to do something special for him to make him feel as special as he was to me and what better could I have done except what I knew how to do best?

Cook.

It came with its troubles. I couldn't cook for him with the foodstuffs that were available at the castle. I'd be stoned for stealing and also given further

punishment. That wasn't part of the plan. I needed to buy some foodstuffs to make the food.

Thankfully, I had saved up some good cash so I quickly took the money from beneath my pillow where I hid it and off I went.

As I walked down the corridor, I kept tiptoeing and hoping that no one would spot me. Little did I know that there was a huge stone right in front of me and as I turned around to see if anyone was watching whilst still moving forward, I dashed my right foot hard against the stone, almost drawing a cry from my lips.

I held the scream in, as much as I could, knowing what fate awaited me if I was caught trying to leave the Castle. It may have been assumed that I wanted to escape from the Alpha and given how our last meeting went, I wasn't certain that I was going to get a favourable judgement from Alpha Bane.

Ignoring the pain, I managed to keep walking until I left the building, coming out in the open and admiring the brilliant sunlight. There was no one in sight, much to my surprise and it dawned on me that it was a divine arrangement; well, at least, I thought so.

I walked as fast as I could, panting all the way, and in about thirty minutes, I began to hear the loud voices of children who danced around with huge smiles on their faces.

"Buy two apples and get one for free!"

"An orange today, and a mate tomorrow. Your choice!"

The women who sold in the market used the different strategies known to them to try to get the customers to buy from them. They stared at me in delight. They had found a fish to catch.

I walked around, trying to locate the things I needed to buy and when I found them, I took my time to select the best of them. If I was going to do something for Alpha Dylan, I swore that it was certainly going to be worth it.

After coursing around the market for hours, I finally got all that I needed and all that was left was just to prepare the delicacy. As I began to head back home, it dawned on me that it was quite unfair to form an opinion about someone without getting to know the person and his side of the story.

I had thought that Alpha Dylan was a cruel man. As soon as I noticed that Alpha Bane was my mate, I concluded in my heart that his brother had to be the bad one. I was wrong. Indeed, he was quite the opposite of what I assumed he was. Bane too. People were never really what they seemed. Well, except for me. I looked like a wretched servant and that was exactly who I was.

I had no friends at all and I had always craved one. In Alpha Dylan, I had someone who gave me the slightest hint that I could have a chance of being friends with someone. Nothing appealed to me more than that. It was something I wanted and I was going to do all that I could to make him my friend.

"Perhaps, after enjoying my lovely delicacy, he'd get more endeared to me and we will finally be very good friends," I said to myself as I kept on walking.

Halfway through the journey, I decided against going back home. I needed to spend some time alone. It had been so long since I had a good time. I lacked a lot of fun because no one else wanted to play with me. I decided to be my playmate.

Instead of going to the Castle, I turned to my right and headed to the forest so I could have some good alone time. As soon as I got there, I plucked a few leaves and threw them up in the air, as I tried to see how many I could catch. Then, I ran around the place, dancing cheerfully till dusk.