The Rejected Luna Queen

Alpha Bane's POV

"This meal tastes so good," the Alpha King exclaimed as he took a spoon of the meal in front of him into his mouth.

I saw the way that he chewed so gladly with his eyes partially shut and I knew he loved it so much.

I did too. The meal was so delicious and I knew why, even though he didn't. Telling him why seemed like a nice idea to him.

"I agree," the Luna Queen affirmed, as she had a spoon too. "This food reminds me of a long time ago."

I turned to Aurora to see what her reaction was going to be. I wanted to know how proud she was of the reactions elicited by her parents.

Her face was a little bowed. She was probably feeling a tad shy and I could understand why. Her parents didn't know, but she had gone to the kitchen to make the food herself instead of the other maids. She wanted them to have a spectacular meal and she had succeeded. They were so in love with the meal.

Me too. I loved it so much. It was one of the best meals that I had ever tasted. But knowing how good Aurora could cook, it was no surprise to me that it turned out so good.

"That's what you get when you eat lunch courtesy of Aurora," I finally revealed, much to the shock of her parents.

"Aurora? You made this?" The Luna Queen asked as both she and her husband turned to Aurora.

She could only nod, with her face still bowed. I loved the way she looked when she was shy. There was a certain innocence in her visage.

"I thought it was going to be nice to make the food for you both, myself. I wanted to thank you for all that you've been doing for me so far; for all the love and care showed toward me..."noveldrama

"You don't have to do that, sweetie," her mother cut in. "We love you so much, Aurora. You're our child. There's no need to try to impress us or anything of that sort."

"She's right," the Alpha King affirmed, nodding in approval of his wife's words. "Yet, I must say that I appreciate this wonderful gesture of yours, my daughter. This is the best meal that we've had in a while and to find out that it was made by our daughter, only serves to make it even better. Thank you."

Aurora smiled a bit and nodded as everyone returned to their food. I cleared my voice and began to speak, "I intend to take Aurora with me to my Pack in the coming days.".

The Alpha King was already aware so I faced Aurora's mother immediately after making the statement to see what her reaction was going to be.

Taking Aurora's hands, I asked her, "Do I have your permission?"

She stopped eating her food immediately. It was like she was paused as she just stared at Aurora and me without saying a single word. The atmosphere was tense as I didn't know how she was going to take it.

All through my stay in the Pack before then, I noticed how much she loved Aurora. She always visited her in her room and the look on her face always told me she loved her daughter so much.

As she kept staring at us, I noticed the build-up of tears in her eyes. Aurora too. I heard her sniff and when I turned to her, she too had tears in her eyes.

I brought my palm to Aurora's face and wiped the tears that streamed down her cheeks. Then I kissed her on the right cheek to comfort her. It was a difficult ask for both her and her mother; one that I just had to make.

The Luna Queen wiped her eyes and seemed to calm herself a bit. "Do you want to go with him?" She asked Aurora who looked to be surprised to hear the question, further increasing the tension already built up in the atmosphere.

Everyone waited for what Aurora had to say.

Aurora's POV

"Do you want to go with him, Aurora?" My mother asked again after I'd stayed for

a while without giving her an answer.

"Yes," I said, sniffing.

It wasn't the easiest thing for me to say at that moment, nor was the decision so easy to make but it was something that I had to do.

"I want to go be with Alpha Bane since he's my mate and my place would always

be with him. We're already planning our future together, mom."

Alpha Bane chuckled on hearing those words and without any invitation whatsoever he lent his voice to the matter. "It's true," he affirmed. "We've also talked a lot about our wedding. You know, how it's going to be, who we need to invite; everything about our wedding generally. Aurora has..."

I quickly hit him on the hand and he got the message and kept mute. He was saying more than was needed and I didn't appreciate that.

He wasn't always that way. Indeed, h

I had never known him as a chatty person. It seemed to me like my presence in

his life brought out that part of him that I loved on certain occasions but not all.

Yet, it was better than the gloomy part of him. That part was no fun.

The room got silent as he kept shut and we both waited for my mother to say something.

"Well, as much as I'd have loved you to stay here instead, for now, I respect your decision and I'm with you every step of the way, my daughter. You have my blessing."

I smiled, very delighted with her response. I turned around to Alpha Bane who was pleased too. My father had already given his consent and she was the only one between us going back to the Blue Moon Pack together.

The atmosphere returned to normal and everyone went back to their food, which must have felt abandoned since we opened up about our plan to leave together.

Well, except for my dad. He had been eating his food since then and his plate was already empty. He smiled at us as we began to eat again, and rubbed his stomach.

I was amazed. Everything was working according to plan. The excitement in me could not be contained. Yet, I felt a bit nostalgic and something in me did wonder if I was making the right choice at the time.