The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 132

Alpha Bane's POV

The Next Day

Standing from my bed very early in the morning, I raised both hands and yawned aloud. I was barely able to get some sleep as I had so many things running through my mind so I was still very tired.

Yet, I had to be somewhere. Part of the things that filled up my mind was uncertainty about what Ivan said to me. I couldn't quite believe that he had said all that he knew. I felt he was holding something back and I knew just how to get it out of him.

Slowly, I crept out of the bed, fixing my gaze on Aurora to make sure she wouldn't notice. I had told her that I'll leave the house the previous night but I didn't tell her where. I didn't want her to ask me either because I knew she'd want to be there with me which would ruin the entire plan.

I opened my drawer and took out my small knife, staring at it for a few seconds before putting it into my back pocket. "I hope I won't get to use you," I whispered to the knife.

Taking a final look at Aurora who was still fast asleep, I tiptoed out of the room and gently shut the door. Then, I heaved a sigh of relief at the success of my first line of action, hoping that the rest of the plan was going to be that successful.

I took slow, calculated steps on my way to the dungeon, thinking about the different ways that I was going to make Ivan speak. The easiest of them was to simply ask him to speak and watch him do so. Yet, I knew it was probably not going to work that way. I knew that some type of force might have to be employed by me once again if I wanted to get what I wanted. I didn't want that.

Aurora was so mad the last time. If I had to do the same thing the day after I just apologised to her, it wasn't going to look good. It would all but prove that whatever the witch had said to her was through, although it wasn't. Giving her that impression wasn't the smartest thing to do.

Yet, I had to get the job done. I needed answers. Without those answers, it was quite likely that our enemies were going to succeed. The lives of everyone in my entire Pack and hers depended on those answers.

I got to Ivan's cell and kicked the door open. He gasped in surprise and turned around to face me.

"Happy to see me?" I asked, with a wicked smile on my face; the type that suggested that I wasn't done inflicting pain on him.

He didn't say anything. He just kept looking at me with a pitiable face but I did not pity him. He deserved none. All that he deserved was suffering, pain and death.

"Today, I'm here to get the answers that you failed to give me the last time," I began. "I think you must have forgotten to spill a few things and I can pardon you for that. I mean, with all that beating, one is bound to forget a few things. I'm guessing you're ready to talk to me now, aren't you?"

I walked slowly toward him, very pleased with what I saw. He was a bloodied mess, just as I expected him to be.

After getting him thrown into the dungeon, I instructed the guards to beat him up mercilessly and starve him so that he could learn a lesson. With the way he looked, I felt they must have taken it a step further, much to their credit. They must have enjoyed it more than I expected.

"You still won't say anything to me, Ivan?" I asked again, seeing that he stayed mute. "I came here for answers and I'm not going to leave here without it…"

"Then, you might as well, sit beside me in this cell. We'd make lovely roommates, don't you think?" He smirked.

I felt like smacking his face at that moment but I took a deep breath and held myself back. I had a plan and I needed to stick to it.

"You'd tell me why you did what you did and you'd tell me the truth this time," I barked, hoping to intimidate him. "Who knows if you even did what you said you did? I mean, men can do so many stupid things just because of a woman."

"Stupid things?" He asked, laughing. "You mean like not being able to punish your victim because a woman walked in? Did she tell you not to hit me anymore, Bane? Is that why you can't seem to let your hands fly?"

"Watch your words," I warned.