The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 34

Alpha Bane's POV

I stood in the middle of the strange room that my guard led me to with the witch who lived there by my right and the guard by my left hand. My head was full of so many things that I had never imagined could be possible in my whole life. If I wasn't so sure about what went on around me, I'd have sworn it was a dream.

My mouth went open and refused to close as I was shocked to the marrow by all that the witch had said to me. Yet, I believed her completely. I knew all that she said to me was true.

"Sophia isn't who you think she is," she had told me as soon as I got there before she went on to say several things about her that both I and the guard found very surprising.

"She's not the Princess. She has fooled you all," the witch revealed, further exposing the lies that we had thought to be the truth for such a long time.

"How sure are you about all that you said to me?" I asked the witch, just to be sure that she wasn't making things up.

"I wouldn't say it if I wasn't sure," she replied. "The goddess forbids us from telling lies."

"So what do we do?" I asked, to no one in particular, as I hoped that either the witch or the guard might have a better idea because I didn't.

I thought it was going to be a bit too harsh to order her execution. Besides, it was certainly going to cause a quarrel and probably a war between my Pack and the Silver Moon Pack. Not that I feared such, as the Silver Moon Pack was no match for us in any way. Yet, it was always better to have peace than to fight wars. You can never tell who's going to die.

I also didn't think that I could allow her to remain in the Pack because it'll be proof that I was a weak leader and people could easily override me. I had to find a way to handle the incident without making any party aggrieved except the offender and I didn't know how to.

"Maybe, she could be punished for what she did," the guard suggested but I wasn't buying that. Mere punishment was never enough for that sort of crime.

"I think I know what to do," I said to them. "I'll…"

As I tried to say something else to her, one guard ran into the room, breathing hard, as he stopped right in front of me.

"What is it?" I asked, curious to find out why he had to run that fast.

"My Alpha," he began, pointing toward the door. "It's the Princess. Her parents, the Alpha and Luna of Silver Moon Pack are here in this land."

"Are you being serious?" I couldn't believe what I had just heard.

"Yes, my Alpha. They're in the dungeon already with the Princess."

I was livid. How could they have gotten the information so quickly? I wondered who it was that leaked such sensitive information to them. If it had travelled that far, there was a huge chance that we'd become a laughingstock to neighbouring Packs. How pathetic!

After a few minutes, I thought it was probably for the best. If they were here, then I could simply share the secret with them. It was already so heavy in my chest and I wanted so badly to let it all out.

"Wait for me in the throne room," I said to the witch before tapping my guard on the shoulder to indicate that we were to leave together. "I'll be there in a jiffy."

We both left the room, my guard and I, and headed straight to the dungeon in a hurry. As we walked, I couldn't help but imagine how the meeting was going to happen. I thought about the different hurtful things that I wanted to say to Sophia and I just couldn't wait.