The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 9

Aurora's POV

The next morning, as I woke up from one of the longest periods of sleep I'd ever had, I felt so ecstatic inside. Unlike the previous nights, I didn't have a moody countenance. Somehow, the talk I had with the chef had helped me take a few things off my chest and I was grateful for that.

Yet, as I sat up on my bed, thinking of what to do next, I couldn't help but have a foreboding feeling that something was wrong somehow. What I wasn't sure of was if it was still about to happen or if it had happened already.

Ever since I was a kid, it was something that I had. They said it was a gift but I always thought it to be a curse to have the burden of knowing when there's something bad going on. I didn't want to be held bound by other people's affairs but the goddess had other plans. As I got older, I began to embrace it better.

"Aurora, something is wrong," Rose admitted. "I think we need to go find out what it is. Perhaps, we could be able to stop it in its tracks."

She was right. I had to step out of the room. I had to try to do something about the situation if there was any chance that I could. "Let's get prepared," I said to her.

I went to the bathroom and had my bath within minutes before coming out to dress up. "Hey, that black one," Rose suggested. "I think you should wear it today. It's a perfect fit."

I picked out the long, black dress from the wardrobe where it hung on a hanger and I put it on. I walked to the mirror to see how it looked and to also adjust it properly so it'll look good.

"You like what you see?" I asked Rose, who simply chuckled but didn't say a word. I hated it when she was like that. I guessed she wasn't entirely cool with me shushing her the day before. It wasn't my intention. I just thought it wasn't the right time to talk. I hoped she'd understand sooner or later.

"Let's go find out what's wrong," I managed to utter again to see if she'd say anything but she didn't. So I just left the room and headed toward the servant's kitchen so I could fix something up and eat. I also needed to talk to my newly found best friend; Mrs Elizabeth, the chief chef.

As I slowly walked, I noticed that there was no servant in sight. It was something that never happened. There were always servants chatting and laughing whenever she was on her way to the servant's kitchen. She always did feel like she was one of the reasons why some of them always stood there.

No one was there to insult me. No abusive words were being thrown at me freely. None at all. The corridor was just so empty, leaving me with no option but to feel like my hunch was actually right.

"Perhaps, they're not awake yet,".Rose said, probably noticing that my heart had begun to beat faster.

It was very little consolation. The maids knew they had to be up as early as possible. Not being awake by that time was a problem on its own. They had to be dead for that to happen. Or they'll be dead afterwards by the time they'd be properly dealt with.

"There they are, Aurora."

On getting to the kitchen, I saw so many legs and heads, as all the servants gathered together in one area. The whole kitchen was filled with people and there was barely any space to move around.

"She was so good to me," one of the servants said to another as I watched on in amazement.

I saw tears roll down from the eyes of some of the servants. Some looked so moody and were teary-eyed. Others wailed bitterly and I was so touched. I wanted to know who it was that made people cry this way. It was a shame that we were late. There was nothing we could do now.

I walked around the kitchen, doing my utmost to spot Mrs Elizabeth but she was nowhere to be found.

"Could she have given herself a day off?" I asked myself as I kept looking.

Then I thought it wise to ask someone else instead, just to make sure that I was right. "Hey," I said to one of the maids, who rolled her eyes at the sight of me but I couldn't care less. I needed that information so I was willing to take anything to have it. "Have you by any means seen Mrs Elizabeth?" I asked.

"You don't know?" Her reply took me aback. I just spoke with her yesterday and she didn't mention anything to me. Why was this servant throwing such a question at me?