The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 66

Aurora's POV

I stood from the bed where I sat to think a bit about my life and decided that it was finally time for me to get about the Castle. It was still tough for me to adjust to the way that I was being treated by everyone in the Pack.

I stood and left the room, heading to the Servant's quarters where I used to stay so I could meet some of my old friends and do a little catching up. It was high time I did that. Besides, I missed them a lot.

As I got there, I saw a lot of them and I walked up to them to strike up a conversation.

"Good day, Princess."

"We're happy to have you here, Princess."

"Welcome back, Princess Aurora. I'm so happy to see you."

I kept hearing the word 'Princess' so much that I thought I'd go deaf if I heard it one more time. Everyone acted very weirdly. I mean, these were people that I used to talk to, endure beatings and share beautiful moments with. They all acted like it wasn't just me they were talking to; like they saw some sort of stranger that they hadn't seen before.

What marvelled me the most was that they all bowed as soon as they saw me which made it quite difficult for me to connect with them on a personal basis. Everything just seemed very strange to me and I didn't like that.

"Hey guys, enough of all of that," I pleaded with them. "You don't have to call me that, please. No matter what has happened or will happen, I'll still be the Aurora that you have always known

Even the maids who used to make fun of me; the ones that derived so much joy from mocking and humiliating me cowered before me. As I walked past them, I saw them tremble with so much fear. After all that they did to me, they must have thought that I'd come back to deal with them. I didn't have that time. I was just surprised that they could do that.

"Please, where's the new head maid?" I asked them.

It was previously Mrs Scott, but she was locked up in the dungeon, so I knew that there had to be someone else and I had to meet her. It was not proper for me not to get acquainted with the head maid of the Pack. She needed to meet with me too.

"She's in the kitchen, Princess. She had been there for a while," one of the maids answered and I just muttered a little "Thank you."

Just as I was about to leave so I could find the woman, I saw Sophia and two of her maids walking into the quarters. The second she saw me she immediately began to laugh and then she stopped abruptly to make a snide remark which hurt me so much.