The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 27

Alpha Bane's POV

As I opened my eyes, I looked to my right and I saw that Aurora fell from the cliff with me. I looked down to see the fate that awaited us and luckily, it was a lake; a huge lake, but nothing that I couldn't handle. I just hoped in my heart that we weren't going to land on a rock or pile of stones.

We landed with a huge thud inside the lake and luckily for us, there were only a few stones there. I looked across to see Aurora who was struggling to hold her own in the waters. I almost laughed at her for not knowing how to swim but there were more serious issues. She was drowning.

I swam to her and lifted her out of the water, before dragging her to the shore. She coughed profusely as we got to the land and I gently lowered her head onto the floor when she got a bit stable.

I wasn't hurt. I just had a little scratch on my left hand so I was glad. It wasn't the same for Aurora. She had some bruises on her legs and her right hand, although they were quite minor.

As I stared at her, I kept thinking so hard about how she got here. She wasn't supposed to be here for any reason. No maid should have gotten involved with what happened to me.

Mmmm!!

Aurora coughed out water from her lungs and it was then I remembered what I was supposed to have done from the start.

Placing my hands on her stomach, I pressed them down at intervals until she was done spitting out water from her mouth.

She regained some strength and tried to get up but it proved too hard for her as she looked to be in pain.

I looked around to find something that might have been of help and thanks to the goddess, I saw a tiny green plant, very close to the lake and I knew exactly what to do.

I had known about the plant for a very long time but the name was something I wasn't familiar with. My mother used to use it to treat my wounds whenever I had an injury. It was finally time for me to use it on someone else.

I stood and walked to the plant, plucking a few leaves from it and returning to Aurora. Then, I took some time to squeeze the leaves, before applying them to the wounds, drawing a little cry from her. It may have hurt so much but it was exactly what she needed.

"How did you get here, Aurora? Why did you come here?" I asked, fixing my gaze on her and still tending to her wounds, but she said nothing.

Then I noticed something off. It was as if a spark was ignited whenever our hands got in contact with each other. I looked into her eyes and she did the same which made me yearn to kiss her lips.

I bent low in an attempt to kiss her and she didn't resist. She looked eager to do the same but I felt it might have been wrong to take advantage of her in that situation so I kissed her forehead about three times instead as she wrapped her hands around me, breathing in very heavily as she held me.

"Do you feel better now?" I asked Aurora as she sat up and tried to get up. I stood and helped her stand to her feet, holding onto her until I was certain she could stand on her own.

"Yeah, I guess so," she said to me, coughing one more time. "I feel much better. Thank you, my Alpha."

"You'll tell me why you came here, won't you?"

"Not now, please. Once I regain some strength, I'll do that."

We walked slowly, moving our eyes around to see if we could locate a safe place somewhere where we could rest as we could not go back to the Pack just yet. Aurora didn't look strong enough for that kind of trip and it was also possible that those men lay in wait for us, just in case we didn't survive.