The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 149

NINE

Aurora's POV

Some Months Later

"Ah…"

"Take it easy, my daughter," my mother said to me, holding me by the shoulder as I shut my eyes in pain

My stomach was heavily protruding as I was already eight months gone. I struggled to get up to do things because of the immense pain that I felt, each time I tried it but I just had to do it.

My mother wouldn't let me lie down all the time. She told me that it was very bad for a pregnant woman to do nothing. She said it would make me weak and make childbearing more difficult for me. As much as I didn't quite believe that fully, I knew that being idle wasn't the best thing for anyone to do.

We continued our walk down the garden and I felt a bit better after standing in the same spot for a few minutes. She held my hand, just to make sure that I was safe and I loved that so much.

As we walked, I recounted all that went on in the Pack. It felt too good to be true. I never imagined that we'd stay so long without any sign whatsoever of a war. I had spent so much of my life dreading an impending war that looked like it was never going to happen.

There was peace in the land and everyone went about their business very happily. Somehow, it made me a bit concerned as I imagined that we had also begun to let our guards down in the process which wasn't good at all.

But after a few months, I too resigned to the fact that no war was going to happen. Alpha Bane himself, also gave up and began to talk to me about the doubts that he had about the prophecies of the witch and I could do nothing to convince him otherwise since there was peace. If I hadn't seen some of her prophecies come true, I might have doubted her too.

"How do you feel, my child, knowing that you're about to give birth to a beautiful baby?" My mother asked, very delighted.

"I feel great. I can't wait. Although the pain that I've felt these past few days has been so much, it's all gonna be worth it. I need to hold my boy in my hands…"

"Boy?" She laughed. "I see you've already attributed a gender to the child without setting your eyes on it yet."

"Well, he kicks a lot," I explained. "I think that's more of a guy thing."

We both laughed and kept chatting. It was one of my favourite things about being in the Pack; having a chat with my mother. It always had this soothing effect on me that nothing else could give me.

As we talked, some of the maids joined us. Anna joined us too, as we let everyone speak freely as we conversed.

All of a sudden I spotted Dylan's mother walking by and she was a shadow of herself. From the first day that I set my eyes on her, what stood out apart from her glaring eyes that seemed to bring fear into my soul was her elegant sense of dressing.