The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 8

Aurora's POV

I thought hard about what the chief chef said to me. It sounded so believable but I also knew that people were prone to seeing old tales and fables as the truth when they weren't. Besides, I hoped it wasn't true and I sought to consult Rose later about it.

She might have been overthinking the whole thing. Well, I did think she was to a large extent. As much as she was trying to help, feeding me with the wrong information wasn't the best way to achieve that.

"I think you may have put too much thought into this, ma'am," I finally said to her, expressing my skepticism about the whole story as much as I could. "You're talking about dark magic here. I know that I'm quite young, but I've never seen or heard of anyone who practices this evil."

Her eyes dimmed a little; Mrs Elizabeth, as I spoke in opposition to what she had said. The look of enthusiasm wasn't there anymore and it gave me the impression that I shouldn't have said what I said.

She looked quite a bit a angry that I’d called her theories trash, or baseless but yet I had to finish what I had started.

"Besides…” I continued, taking my gaze away from her as I tried to avoid eye contact. "Princess Sophia is the daughter of the Alpha and there's nothing between us. There's absolutely no way she could have known that he was my mate. No way at all. So why would my mother want to perform dark magic on her behalf so she could win someone over, whom she doesn't even know is my mate? It makes little sense."

"Most things that happen to us all make very little sense, Aurora. The older we get, the more we see these things clearly."

"The princess has her wolf, doesn't she? Her wolf won't let her be mated with someone who isn't her mate."

A small sad smile appeared on Mrs Elizabeth’s face again, as she then said softly, "Aurora, I know that a part of you wants to believe what I'm saying and that's because it's the truth. If it wasn't, then I wouldn't be talking about it with you. You're just being so stubborn because you want to hold onto a lie."

I sighed. She was right. I did think she was telling the truth but somehow, I just didn't want to believe it. If it turned out to be false, I'd look so stupid to everyone and myself. Everything was just so confusing.

"I don't know what to believe anymore, ma'am. I don't. At this point, I've been immersed in the ocean of confusion. I don't…"

"Calm down, Aurora. Please, relax." She drew me close to her and placed my head on her right shoulder, rubbing my arms with her left hand. "It'll all be alright my dear. I want you to know that okay?”

It seemed like the more she consoled me, the more I felt the need to lament. Having someone who cared about my feelings was already overwhelming on its own.

"I'm not telling you all these so that you'll despise your mother. Far from it. I'm only saying it because it's the truth.

As I continued to sob, closing my eyes and burrowing into the hug of this woman who seemed to be my comforter, I heard a scuffle from behind and instantly we broke apart from the embrace.

Turning around to see who’s come in, I saw my mother walking into the kitchen with a straight face, and a rather strange and somewhat suspicious look.

“Mother…” I yelped startled to see her and slapping a smile on my face and sniffing back my tears I greeted, "Good day, mom.”

I took some steps towards her, trying to get her to say something but she just shot me a disgusting look that had me freezing in my steps, and she also said nothing in reply to my greeting.

Like shards of glass piercing in my skin, her reaction hurt and whilst I stared at her, watching her take some things from the kitchen cabinet I couldn’t help but wonder and think back to some of the things Mrs Elizabeth had just told me.

My mother hated me so much, what if she’d done stuffs just to make my life more miserable?