The Rejected Luna Queen

Aurora's POV

The carriage slowed down and I knew that we were either at the Pack or were pretty close.

I looked out of the window and saw that we had arrived at the Pack but we were yet to get to the Castle so I waited patiently.

All through the journey, I thought long and hard, wondering if I made the right decision. I even tried to sleep but I was unable to. My mind was so restless and I could not do anything but worry.

Soon enough, we got to the Castle and the carriage stopped. I got down and wondered why Alpha Bane wasn't outside there to welcome me like he used to.

Normally, whenever I travelled and returned, he always stood in front of the Castle, very keen on seeing me and as soon as I got down, he'd dash toward me and hug me so tightly.

This time, it wasn't to be as it seemed like no one expected my return or looked forward to it. No one cared at all and I didn't know why.

Not wanting to think too much about it, I walked straight into the Castle and saw his father seated in the throne room. "Greetings, Alpha," I said to him.

"Welcome back, Luna Aurora," he responded, with a huge grin on his face.

He seemed delighted to see me, as always. It was something that I loved about the man. He always made me feel welcome at all times.

"What of Alpha Bane?" I asked the guards in the throne room. "Where is he?"

"He's in the training grounds," one of the guards said to me. "He's preparing for the mission at hand. That's why he's not around the Castle. He has been going there since he decided to wage war against Dylan as he doesn't want to leave any room for mistakes."

I could understand that. A man had to do what a man had to do. It was unfair for me to have almost judged him for not being around to welcome me with such a life-and-death situation staring at him and all the warriors in the Pack.

My heart twinged in pain as I left everything, including my bags in the carriage and began to head over to the training grounds to see Alpha Bane and find out exactly how the training was going.

On getting to the training grounds, I watched him train from afar off. He was so keen on the training and I loved the way he swung his sword with immense strength. He was a joy to behold.

He didn't seem to even notice me. He had no idea that I was there and as I watched him, bare-chested and glistening with sweat, there was no denying the fact that although I was a tad estranged from him, I could still feel a connection between us. I still loved him despite all that had happened. I still loved him a lot.

A tear fell from my face and I quickly wiped it off not wanting him to see me crying should he finally notice that I was there with him. I needed to act tough. At least, that was what I thought.

At the same time, Alpha Bane abruptly stopped fighting and turned around to face me. Our eyes locked and we both froze, with my jaw dropping open as he smiled sadly.

Alpha Bane's POV

I swung my sword so hard, imagining that my enemies stood in front of me. I just wanted to destroy every one of them and I couldn't wait to get my hands on them.

It wasn't going to be long anymore as Aurora was about to come back. I didn't know when, but I hoped that she'd return on that day, as she had promised.

Only then, was I going to get my chance to head out to the Pack where Dylan was so I could get my child back. More than that was my desire to make him pay for his crimes with his life. Those five years that he spent with my son were going to cost him the rest of his years and I swore in my heart that nothing was going to stop me from doing what I intended. Both he nor Sophia would ever know what hit them. I was so sure about that.

I stared deeply at one of the woods in the place and imagined seeing Dylan's face on it. Then I swung my sword at it with so much force, time after time, until the tree finally gave in after so much pressure.

I was delighted and I quickly moved to the next tree so that I could do the same thing. I screamed aloud with each swing as I let out the anger that coursed through my veins.

Suddenly, I felt something around me; more like a presence and I decided to turn around to know who it was. But before I could do that, the identity of the person became much clearer to me as I perceived a smell that I could never forget even if I wanted to.

It was Aurora. It had to be her. As I turned around, I saw her standing behind me but somewhat in a distance and our gazes locked.

Immediately, I dropped my sword and began to walk to where she stood. As I got close to her, I couldn't help but feel so drawn to her and although I knew that she might pose a resistance, I drew her closer and wrapped my arms around her in a very emotional hug.

"I've missed you so much," u said to her but before I could say anything else, she cut me off by planting a kiss on my lips.

It felt so good that I want it to ever end. It was our first kiss in many years and I couldn't hold back any longer.

I shed tears uncontrollably as we kept on kissing passionately. After about two minutes or so, she finally broke the kiss and slowly held my hand, dragging me away from the training grounds.

"The messenger said something about a new mission that you're working on," she said to me with a smile on her beautiful face. "I'd like you to tell me about it."noveldrama

I nodded and cleared my throat so I could explain in detail all that had been going

on in the Pack. Everything between us seemed to have come back to normal as I didn't feel that unhealthy, tense atmosphere around us anymore.

I smiled at her, as I began to talk.