The Rejected Luna Queen

Alpha Bane's POV

Turning around and facing her squarely, I thought about something that I hadn't considered for a while. She didn't know me as she ought to. There were several parts of me that she wasn't aware of and I felt she needed to be.

"You know, Aurora, there's something I'd love to say to you," I began, gazing intently into her eyes. "We're very much alike in more ways than you know."noveldrama

She narrowed her brows a bit and I got the signal that she didn't believe me. I expected that. I was an Alpha after all and she was a servant; my servant. Things were supposed to be very easy for someone of my status.

"When I was just a little kid, things weren't this way," I continued, drawing even closer to her and holding her hands so subtly. I saw how keenly she looked at me and it made me more comfortable to open up. "I grew up knowing exactly what suffering meant as I was victimised in my father's house. My dad married my mom first before we learned that he got entangled with Dylan's mother. It was after the news became open that things began to get worse. He'd treat me and my mother like we didn't exist, as if Dylan and his mom were the only ones he had."

I paused a bit to take a deep breath. It was my way of not letting myself drown in my emotions. The thoughts of my childhood were beginning to get to me. They were memories that I never wanted to remember for any reason.

"The worst happened when Dylan's mother was made Luna, instead of my mother. It was the most heartbreaking thing that my mother had ever faced. Yet, she stayed. Despite the different pieces of advice that she was given, she wanted so much to be with my father because she loved him so much. She had to face the consequences; she and her son, which happened to be me..."

Before I could say one more word, she reached out to me and began to caress my cheeks, shoulders and my hands so gently. I thought she felt pity for me and I usually didn't like that, except on this occasion, it came from her and it felt so good that I didn't want it to stop.

I shut my eyes in ecstasy as she ran her hands all over my body. It was like a dreamland in reality.

"See, Aurora, I can't deny the fact that I do have feelings for you," I confessed, causing her to draw back a little to maintain eye contact. "I've always had feelings for you. The only problem was that I couldn't get myself to trust you or believe what you told me about being my one true mate."

"And why's that?" She asked.

"Well, after all that my mother went through at the hands of my father, just so she could be with him, you can understand my concerns and doubts, right?" I asked her. "I do know that Princess Sophia is my mate. She's the daughter of an Alpha too and it makes much sense that we're fated to be together. Mates of people in the royal family are usually people of high calibre. Besides, I've also marked her."

I felt so bad as the words came out of my mouth. I didn't want to sound that way but I had no choice. I had to tell her the truth. She deserved to know everything.

"I do have a feeling that something is wrong with my relationship with the Princess," I continued, bowing my head a bit. "I know this in my heart. Yet, I cannot abandon her. That'll make me just like my father or even worse. I just can't..."

I looked up at Aurora after I was done talking to her to see what her reaction was.

Aurora's POV

My hands immediately dropped from Alpha Bane's shoulders as soon as I heard his words and I covered my face with my palm for a few seconds, thinking hard about what he had just said to me as I didn't know exactly how I was supposed to take it.

My heart was broken into several pieces and it didn't look amendable. It was the least I expected from Alpha Bane. I couldn't get myself to believe that after all the chemistry I felt between us, this was going to be the outcome. I had thought that we could have a chance to be together, no matter how bleak it looked. I guess I was wrong.

He kept staring at me, probably hoping to hear me say something. I wasn't in that mood and I didn't even know what exactly I was supposed to say. Not that I didn't want to, but I just couldn't. If I tried to, I may have ended up crying instead of talking. It was a crushing blow dealt to me straight to my heart and all I could do was sob on the inside.

If I could cry without looking stupid, I'd have done that. I was overwhelmed by my emotions and I wanted so much, to just cry and let it all out. It was Rose, who kept telling me to hold back my tears. "Have yourself some dignity," she advised repeatedly, each time I tried to break out in tears.

As bad as I felt, I knew I had to settle for the obvious. It was clear that I had to do that. I didn't see any other way around it and as much as I'd have preferred it to happen some other way, it simply wasn't to be. It was time to move on, knowing that Alpha Bane was never going to be mine. He was Princess Sophia's mate and I was certain it would remain that way.

"Won't you say something to me?" Alpha Bane asked, reaching out to hold my hands.

I took my hands away in sheer disappointment. I didn't want to have any form of contact with him at that point. Then I felt a tear try to sneak out of me and I immediately sniffed it in. I didn't want him to know that I felt bad. I didn't want to come out as desperate.

"I do understand where you're coming from," I finally said to him. "Really... I do. No one will feel happy to be left by a loved one for someone else. I don't wish the same for Princess Sophia. Yet, I have just one request to make amidst all that's going on and I hope it's one that you can grant me, my Alpha."

"What is your request, Aurora?" He asked in a very low tone.

"I'd love to be allowed to go back to my Pack as soon as we leave here," I revealed, still fighting back the tears. "That way I wouldn't have to see you anymore and for any reason at all."

"Why would you want that?" He asked, baring his palms.

"It's quite simple. Why do I need to leave this Pack? I have no idea what exactly

I'm doing in this Pack. Please, you have to let me go."