The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 17

Aurora's POV

Days passed in the Pack and I continued doing what I loved to do the most; cooking. Yet, it didn't feel as good as I thought it would.

Getting to a new Pack, I expected a certain kind of treatment from the maids in the Pack. I certainly didn't expect to be treated like I used to be, in my Pack. Since they barely knew me, I assumed that they were going to be nicer.

How wrong I was! From the first day that I set my feet in the kitchen, it was clear that they didn't like me at all. From the way they looked at me like I was some kind of alien, to the way they hissed whenever I passed, they made it clear that I wasn't welcome there.

I saw the way they smiled at each other; how they always shared a laugh and were super helpful to one another and I wondered why mine was so different. They wouldn't even respond to my greeting at all, no matter how much I greeted them. They had such a disgusting attitude that I could barely stand them. Yet, I did all in my power to get on their good side. But it only made things even worse. Not even one of the maids was on my side.

I took a small knife and began to cut the vegetables which I had already washed a few minutes before that. I needed to be fast as the Alpha required vegetable sauce and he didn't like being kept waiting for any reason.

"Ugly duckling!" One of the maids screamed in my ears, while the other maids laughed so hard. I pretended to not hear her and focused on what I was doing. Then she walked straight to me, probably angry that I didn't respond to her taunting.

"You did hear me, didn't you, duckling?" She asked again, this time, pulling my hair with her right hand, as she attempted to somehow yank it off my head.

"Won't you say something?" Another maid asked and before I could know what was going on, I was surrounded by about five maids.

Pushing off the lady who held onto my hair, I dropped the knife that I held in my hands to avoid the temptation I felt to use it on one of them. Yet, I wouldn't speak to them. I just stared at them, wondering why they all felt the urge to bully me.

"How dare you?" One of the maids asked disdainfully, seeing that I pushed the other one away. She grabbed me by the neck and slapped me hard across my left cheek.

I felt like shouting but I didn't want to give them that satisfaction. Rose leapt and growled within me but I did all I could to keep her in check. "Don't hit me again," I said to the maid but the words had barely left my mouth when another slap landed on my cheeks.

"Let her be," a voice called out from behind the maids, causing them all to draw back.