The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 170

Aurora's POV

Soon enough, the joyous voices that filled the banquet hall became so low and people began to file out of the hall, one after the other.

Some of them left with their eyes still clear while the others staggered as they walked away from the hall, almost colliding with the others and the door in front of them.

They didn't care. Sincerely, no one did. It was very normal for wolves to indulge in wine more than they should and it only meant one thing. They were going to find some women to lay with to make their gladness complete. Poor women!

I looked around to see if I could find Alpha Bane who was just next to me not so long ago but I couldn't. I had no clue where he had gone when he left my side and why he did that without informing me.

Thanks, Dexter was still on the chair where I left him and I didn't think much about Alpha Bane's absence. I just picked up my son and smiled at him as I began to play with him.

"Would you love to go to the field?" I asked him and he nodded happily.

"Let's go then," I said to him and held him by the hand as we walked away from the banquet hall which was already empty, except for a few maids and guards who stayed behind for our sake.

We went to the field and the sweet smell of the grasses filled our nostrils. "I love the smell of these grasses, mother. Can I eat them?"

"No, you can't, my son," I said with a smile, knowing he was only asking the question innocently out of ignorance. "But you could just enjoy the scent without having to put it in your mouth. Have this."

I handed a flower to him and he put it in his nose and shut his eyes. "Do you love it?" I asked.

"Yes, momma. I love it so much. It smells so nice. Can I have it?" He asked, holding onto the flower very tightly.

"Yes, you can," I said to him. "On one condition though. You won't put it inside your mouth. Do we have an agreement?"

"Hey, mother," he squealed, inadvertently letting the flower fall from his hands. "There's a full moon rising from the sky. I love it!"

When I looked up and saw that he was right, I was very shocked because it had been such a long time since I last saw one. Ever since the tragedies that befell the Pack, the full moon had refused to show up no matter how hard the people begged and prayed for it.

It was so bad that some rituals were carried out, just for the full moon to be seen but it didn't work. One witch gave instructions to Alpha Bane's father and he carried out all that he was asked to. Yet, nothing happened. Bane had no idea that his father did that though as he did well to not inform him, not knowing how he was going to react.

Dexter laughed aloud, basking in the euphoria of seeing the full moon. I wonder why he was so excited. Sophia might have probably talked to him about it somehow as he couldn't take his eyes off it.

"I've always wanted to see the full moon," he joked. "Finally I've seen it. I can tell stories to people about it. I will…"

He kept talking but I paid little attention to him as I continued to gaze at the sky in awe of what was before me. I smiled, wishing that I could somehow touch the moon. I had heard several stories about the wolf who lived there and watched us from above at the command of the goddess. Although I was older, I didn't quite believe that it was a lie even when countless others did. Perhaps, I was still a child in my mind.