The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 119

Alpha Bane's POV

The Next Day

"That was so careless! How could they have let that happen?" My father raged, tapping the floor with his feet in annoyance. "How is it possible that all the guards were present, yet she was carted away so easily? There was no form of violence. Nothing. They just came into the Pack at night, picked her up and left the Pack without any interruption? There's something that we're not being told.

I agreed. There was something strange about all that happened. It didn't seem normal at all. As he said, I felt that there was something deeper than what we saw on the surface. I just couldn't place my hands on it.

I turned around to Aurora and there was a look on her face that also suggested that she had her concerns too. She wore a squint and looked to be lost in thoughts. All three of us were so lost in all that was happening as we sat in the throne room, with each one of us, pausing at intervals to scratch our heads.

"You're right, father. I think there's more to this than meets the eye," I affirmed. "How were they able to get into the cell? It had a lock and a key. I strongly think that they had someone on the inside working for them. The Alpha King and Queen have to look into the matter from this point of view. Any successful attack with very little effort involves so much effort behind the scenes. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they had more than one person doing their bidding and if that's the case, the place isn't safe at all for anyone, especially those in the royal family."

"You're right," Aurora concurred. "If the guards woke up to see that she was gone, there had to be a reason for that. What if they were giving sleeping portions? That's possible, isn't it?"

"They should be smarter than that. Guards should always be cautious of their drinks," I countered.

"What if it wasn't in the form of drinks?" She asked, forcing me to think deeply. "What if they were working with a maid who put those portions in their food so that the guards will be fast asleep and they can do whatever they want?"

"What about the key to the cell?"

"They could have either also had a guard working with them who helped them open the door, or simply searched the pockets of the guards working close to the dungeon to get the keys and open the door."

She made a lot of sense and I wondered why I didn't think about it that way. That was even more reason for me to have her by my side as soon as possible. She was smart as she was beautiful.

Just then, a thought came to my mind and my eyes dimmed. "I know who must have orchestrated this kidnap," I suddenly voiced out to everyone's surprise.

"Who are you talking about?" Aurora and my dad asked in unison.

I held Aurora tightly by the wrist and faced my father. Then I cleared my throat to speak. "I think Dylan is behind all of this. I mean, there's no better explanation for all that's happening. It just has to be him.

"How do you know that?" Asked my father, who stared at me in disbelief. He must have wondered how his son was able to pull off something like that from a place of hiding but I didn't. I knew what Dylan was capable of and I did not doubt that it was he who did it.

"I have a very strong intuition that Dylan is behind all of this. I can't quite explain how but I'm certain that it's him. My intuition is never wrong and I'm even more sure of it this time."

I turned to Aurora to see what her reaction was but she seemed indifferent. She looked to have a lot of things on her mind and I couldn't blame her one bit for that.