The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 67

Aurora's POV

I sat on my bed, as the maids in my room tidied up the place. It was night already and somehow, I felt a bit sleepy but I had to wait for them to get done.

Earlier on, when they began to sweep the place, I had picked up a rag to clean the windows, but they wouldn't let me.

"You should not be found cleaning," one of them said as they all began to plead with me not to do any work. "The Alpha wouldn't be pleased to hear that his daughter was cleaning up her room when the maids were around. That is our job, my Princess. We love to do it, especially for you."

Knowing that there was no way that I was going to win, I just took the rag and walked to my seat. Then I used it to clean my seat before sitting on it, just so it'll be that I did something. I wasn't used to doing nothing. It was a part of me to always get busy.

Before that night, I had always made sure that everything or almost was always done before the arrival of the maids. When they came, I usually asked them to leave since there was no need to be there seeing that I had already done all the work. It seemed to displease them a lot and it made me feel somewhat. I did hope that they'd be happy to see that their jobs have already been done and there was no need to do anything else. They weren't.

They had told my mother about it, and she instructed them to go to my room earlier at night. She also told me to do my best to see that I allow the maids to do the jobs that they should do as it was going to make things a lot easier. After a few protests here and there, I finally decided that I was going to let that happen, but not outrightly though. Sometimes, I just couldn't help it.

"We're done, Princess," one of the maids said, after they were done packing up the plates that I used to have dinner and also catering for my needs that night. "Is there anything else that you'd like us to do for you?"

"No, there isn't. I'm all good, thank you.",

They looked at me and smiled a little, before turning to leave the room. It seemed to me that they were surprised that I had thanked them for doing their work. They probably never received such from the others, but I wasn't everyone else. I was Princess Aurora. I knew how tedious it was to do their jobs because I'd been there. I had to appreciate them because it wasn't an easy task at all.

Once they shut the door, I stood and carried my chair to the place where my mirror was, positioning it opposite it and sitting down there, facing the mirror. I began to recount the time that I had spent there in the palace. I had been there for several days, yet, I just didn't seem to be able to adjust. I couldn't get used to how the people were treating me, probably because not so long ago, I was with those same people and they didn't treat me nicely at all. All of a sudden, they all treated me so special.

Not wanting to overthink stuff, I quickly stood and went to the bed to get some good rest. I lay on my bed, facing the ceiling as I suddenly remembered Alpha Bane.

I didn't have the time for that and so I did my best to shake my head so that I could remove the thought of my head but I just couldn't. It kept on coming back to me over and over again. It was very obvious that I missed him; something I didn't want to admit.

"You just can't deny it, Aurora," said Rose from within me. "You do miss him a lot."

"No, I don't," I denied, trying to fool even myself.