The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 28

Alpha Bane's POV

Turning around and facing her squarely, I thought about something that I hadn't considered for a while. She didn't know me as she ought to. There were several parts of me that she wasn't aware of and I felt she needed to be.

"You know, Aurora, there's something I'd love to say to you," I began, gazing intently into her eyes. "We're very much alike in more ways than you know."

She narrowed her brows a bit and I got the signal that she didn't believe me. I expected that. I was an Alpha after all and she was a servant; my servant. Things were supposed to be very easy for someone of my status.

"When I was just a little kid, things weren't this way," I continued, drawing even closer to her and holding her hands so subtly. I saw how keenly she looked at me and it made me more comfortable to open up. "I grew up knowing exactly what suffering meant as I was victimised in my father's house. My dad married my mom first before we learned that he got entangled with Dylan's mother. It was after the news became open that things began to get worse. He'd treat me and my mother like we didn't exist, as if Dylan and his mom were the only ones he had."

I paused a bit to take a deep breath. It was my way of not letting myself drown in my emotions. The thoughts of my childhood were beginning to get to me. They were memories that I never wanted to remember for any reason.

"The worst happened when Dylan's mother was made Luna, instead of my mother. It was the most heartbreaking thing that my mother had ever faced. Yet, she stayed. Despite the different pieces of advice that she was given, she wanted so much to be with my father because she loved him so much. She had to face the consequences; she and her son, which happened to be me..."

Before I could say one more word, she reached out to me and began to caress my cheeks, shoulders and my hands so gently. I thought she felt pity for me and I usually didn't like that, except on this occasion, it came from her and it felt so good that I didn't want it to stop.

I shut my eyes in ecstasy as she ran her hands all over my body. It was like a dreamland in reality.

"See, Aurora, I can't deny the fact that I do have feelings for you," I confessed, causing her to draw back a little to maintain eye contact. "I've always had feelings for you. The only problem was that I couldn't get myself to trust you or believe what you told me about being my one true mate."

"And why's that?" She asked.

"Well, after all that my mother went through at the hands of my father, just so she could be with him, you can understand my concerns and doubts, right?" I asked her. "I do know that Princess Sophia is my mate. She's the daughter of an Alpha too and it makes much sense that we're fated to be together. Mates of people in the royal family are usually people of high calibre. Besides, I've also marked her."

I felt so bad as the words came out of my mouth. I didn't want to sound that way but I had no choice. I had to tell her the truth. She deserved to know everything.

"I do have a feeling that something is wrong with my relationship with the Princess," I continued, bowing my head a bit. "I know this in my heart. Yet, I cannot abandon her. That'll make me just like my father or even worse. I just can't…"

I looked up at Aurora after I was done talking to her to see what her reaction was.