The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 35

Alpha Bane's POV

The shock on everyone's face was expected. It was the same way that I felt when I heard the news from the witch. I didn't understand why the stupid woman wouldn't tell the truth despite all I'd said to her. She was just a chronic, unrepentant liar and I was certain it was only a matter of time before I'd have her put to shame.

I knew that even in a thousand years, there was very little chance that she would admit to what she had done because she was going to risk a lot. There was a lot for both her and her daughter to lose.

The Luna might have her executed if she found out that she had the guts to switch her child with the Luna's. It was a crime punishable by death; for her and her daughter if she had a hand in it also.

The Alpha and Luna would have felt so horrible knowing that their child had lived so many years as a maid while they had had to take care of the child of a maid as if she was theirs. Such betrayal was hardly ever going to be forgiven and I was certain that Mrs Scott knew it.

I repeated the question and when she didn't say anything else, I knew it was time to try something new; something that will make her have no choice but to reveal whatever it was, that she was hiding.

"If you're not the mother of the Princess, why did you come to visit her since you're nothing but an ordinary maid to her?" I asked, hoping to break her.

"Well…I– I am the maid of the Princess," she stammered, probably unsure about exactly what she had to say to not get into trouble. "I just wanted to check up on her. Ever since she left, things haven't been as good as they used to be. I admit that I've missed her, but that's simply because she's friendly. Nothing else."

She slightly bent her head and I waited for her to raise it again. Then, I smirked at her and coughed twice before saying all that was on my mind.

"You can't keep lying, especially when the truth is so glaring," I began to say to her in the presence of everyone else. " I didn't just hear all about what happened between you, the Princess and Aurora. I have found the witch that helped you do it."

"What witch?"

"The witch who helped you with the scent and mask replication," I replied, doing well to keep my eyes focused on her so that I'll see all of her reactions. "You tricked me and of course, everyone else into believing that Sophia was my mate and I was foolish enough to believe it."

I paused a bit to observe the environment and then I continued.

"Ever since I first noticed that Sophia was my mate, I had always been very suspicious about the whole thing and when Aurora told me that she was my one true mate, I knew there was some truth in what she had said, even though I fought so hard not to believe her at all. Until Dylan…"

"Uhm…"

"Don't say a word, woman! I'm not done," I rudely interrupted her. "It was only until this serial cheat, Sophia, had sex with my brother, Dylan that I came to know some part of the truth. Her scent changed that day and I could sense it so strongly. That was how I was led straight to her room, where I found out that she was committing the atrocity."

"Please, you should stop, Alpha Bane," Mrs Scott pleaded, probably hearing enough but I had more to say.

"I inquired from a witch, my guard and I and that was when we learned that there was a kind of dark magic which could make someone change his or her scent but at a very big cost. I was told that the cost was that the person would lose his or her wolf. "