The Rejected Luna Queen

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.

On getting to the dungeon, we opened the door and walked in to see the Alpha and Luna of the Silver Moon Pack, standing beside their daughter. They turned around on hearing our footsteps and immediately froze on seeing me.

"Good day," they greeted but I was in no mood for such things. I walked past them like they weren't there and headed straight to Sophia. Then I saw Mrs Scott, Sophia's maid and real mother and it changed everything.

I wondered what that traitor was doing in my Pack. She couldn't even let the Royal family do their thing and how could she? It was personal to her too. I walked straight to her and stopped very close to her, staring into her eyes with one thing in mind.

"You're Sophia's mother, aren't you?" I asked, much to the shock of everyone else as they gasped audibly.

I turned around to see Sophia who looked so tattered and wretched. I wanted to see how she'd react. She looked so shocked and I wondered if it was because she wasn't aware of the truth or because she didn't think I'd find out.

I smirked at her and turned back to the snake, waiting for her to answer the question.

Princess Sophia's POV

I couldn't believe my ears. If there was ever a word greater than shock, it was exactly the way that I felt.

All of a sudden, I began to panic as confusion got the better of me. I turned around to Mrs Scott, Aurora's mother and my personal maid waiting to see what she was going to say.

She said nothing. She remained mute and just kept looking at Alpha Bane who stared daggers at her. I couldn't understand why she would behave that way. I wondered if there was any truth in what Alpha Bane was saying.

"I asked you a question, woman," Alpha Bane said to her, narrowing his brows this

time. "Are you the mother of Princess Sophia, the serial cheat?"

The question seemed to get her infuriated. Her eyes turned red and tears gathered in her eyes waiting for that extra push to flow down her cheeks. Yet, in the midst of all that, she remained mute.

Then I looked at her hands and saw that they shook in a tremulous manner. She was panicking and I could see it. Somehow, it made me very uneasy. If she panicked this much, it must have meant that there was truth in what Alpha Bane was saying. That was what I thought. I began to see what the future possibly held in store for me. I was a princess on the verge of becoming a servant's daughter.

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

I looked up, just to make sure I heard correctly. I did. She denied Alpha Bane's claims right in front of everyone.

"I have only one daughter," she continued. "Her name is Aurora and not Princess Sophia. Your claims are very false and I'll plead that you stop saying such things."

I exhaled in relief and turned to my parents but before I could let out a smile, Bane clapped his hands twice.noveldrama

"You're a liar!" He screamed at her, almost looking as though he wanted to hit her. "Aurora, the maid, is not your child and you know this quite well. Why won't you just tell the truth, woman? For how long would you keep lying and deceiving everyone? You're a snake! Admit it! Say it, woman, you're Sophia's mother."

As he spoke those words, I could see the anger in his eyes. I turned around to see that just like mine, everyone's eyes were on him.