The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 19

Alpha Bane's POV

I sat on my bed and thought deeply about what happened earlier. As I reached deep into my thoughts, I realised that contrary to what we all previously thought, Aurora didn't have scars on her face at all. She also wasn't ugly at all as others have said that she was. She was a lovely girl with a beautiful soul. It was amazing how I hadn't seen her in that light all this while.

Yet, I still didn't believe her words. Perhaps it wasn't because they weren't true. Maybe, I just didn't want to believe it. I mean, she was the daughter of a common maid. How could someone like that be my destined mate? Even the goddess would forbid that. An Alpha cannot be mated with a maid. I had never heard about that before in all my life. It just couldn't have been true in my case.

But there was something that got me thinking a lot. Her scent was different. It was strong; much stronger than that of Sophia whom I felt was my destined mate. Her scent was just so pure. It was so tangible that I could even dare to touch it with my fingers. It smelled so real and that only made me more curious. "If she is no mate of mine, how then is her scent so alluring?" I asked myself.

I stood from my bed, eager to get to the root of the matter but clueless about exactly how I was supposed to do that. I slapped my face a few times, as I tried to dig deep to find a suitable idea but none was forthcoming. Then I remembered just what to do.

"Mark!" I screamed at the top of my voice. I didn't need to do that but I did so anyway. Mark was my Beta and I could have simply reached out to him through my mind link. Instead, I chose the path of the vocal cords.

"Yes, my Alpha," he answered, getting to my room as quickly as he could.

We were close friends. We had been that way since we were younger. Yet, Mark never dishonoured me for any reason. He barely even addressed me by my first name, even though I had told him that he could.

"I need a favour from you, Mark. Think you can be of help to me?" I asked with a smile on my face.

"Anytime, my Alpha," was his answer. "I'm always at your service, dear friend."

"Sit."

I walked back to my bed, with Mark walking closely behind me as we both sat to talk. From the way he looked at me, I could tell that he had an idea about what it was that I wanted to talk to him about.

"It's the new maid, isn't it?" He finally said, confirming my thoughts.

"Yes, it is," I affirmed. "I need to find out something important about her and I need you to do that for me."