The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 42

Aurora's POV

The next morning, I woke up from my bed, feeling a tad weak after a long sleep. I had fallen asleep in my thoughts and any time it happened, u always woke up feeling very drained.

All that I could think of were the events of the day before. I had wished that Alpha Bane wouldn't chase after me as I left the garden, yet as I recalled that he didn't, it made me feel somewhat. Deep down, I had expected him to do that. I wanted to have to escape from him and to get that feeling that he wanted me. I couldn't understand why he'd just let me leave that way.

It left me feeling so sad and empty. It reminded me that people never truly loved or wanted me. The chef was the only exception, and it saddened me so much that she was no more.

I began to doubt Alpha Bane's so-called feelings for me. I wondered if they were even real or if he made them up just to find another avenue to use me as much as he wanted to.

I felt like if he did love me, then he wouldn't have let me leave like that. He'd have tried to fight. It should have been me, trying to stop him from talking to me or reaching out to me. He should not have been the one to do that. Unless, of course, he didn't care about me and his love for me was a farce. Maybe it was. Perhaps, no one loved me.

As I remembered how hard he gripped me by my neck whilst staring right into my eyes, I felt even worse and was more convinced that he probably didn't love me as he said to me.

Everything that happened the previous day got me in a solemn mood. The words said, the events that happened, everything. Nevertheless, I had to move forward. I wasn't going to let myself be dragged down by anyone or anything.

I got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom to have my bath. I took my clothes off, stretched out my hand and tossed the clothes onto my bed. Then I put on the shower and let the water flow from the crown of my head, down to my feet. As it did, I assumed it was washing away my pain and sorrow and I prayed the same to the moon goddess, hoping she'd finally be able to hear me.

I got done having my bath and I quickly put on a yellow dress and walked straight to the servants' quarters. As I arrived, there were already so many maids there and they went about their duties with aplomb.

U noticed that the maids began to murmur as soon as they spotted me there. Then suddenly, everyone began to bow and greet me.

I didn't like that at all. It made me very uncomfortable and all of a sudden, I became very much uneasy. I felt there was simply no need for all of that. I've worked with them for quite a while so I expected them to act a bit differently.

I sharply left the servants' quarters and went straight to the kitchen where I used to prepare meals. It was like a home away from home because I spent more time in the kitchen than in my room and not just out of compulsion, although I always had to do it, but because I loved to cook.

However, I was met with many eyes as the maids left what they were doing and began to bow and greet. "Stop that, all of you!" I screamed at them, feeling increasingly more uncomfortable but they didn't.

"Ma'am, we were told to address you this way," one of the maids said to me very politely. "It's an order by the Alpha King himself and we dare not flaunt it."

Before I could step further into the kitchen, I saw a lady approaching me very quickly from inside the kitchen and I paused to wait for her. I was so keen on what she wanted to say to me.

"Good day, ma'am," she greeted, bowing a little. "I'm the new head Chef."

I was shocked. That was my position. It had been taken from me even without my knowledge. I got the message they were trying to pass. Everyone had begun to treat me like royalty.

It was true that my parents hadn't acknowledged me yet, but everyone here had been instructed to do that. Deep down, they had accepted that fact. I wondered how long it was going to take them to say it to me in person.

Raging, I didn't know exactly what to do. Seeing that I was still angry at Alpha Bane, I was unsure as to if I was supposed to confront him about the issue. Instead, u turned away from the kitchen and began to run back to my room, with tears in my eyes.