The Rejected Luna Queen

Alpha Bane's POV

The shock on everyone's face was expected. It was the same way that I felt when

I heard the news from the witch. I didn't understand why the stupid woman wouldn't tell the truth despite all I'd said to her. She was just a chronic,

unrepentant liar and I was certain it was only a matter of time before I'd have her put to shame.

I knew that even in a thousand years, there was very little chance that she would admit to what she had done because she was going to risk a lot. There was a lot for both her and her daughter to lose.

The Luna might have her executed if she found out that she had the guts to switch her child with the Luna's. It was a crime punishable by death; for her and her daughter if she had a hand in it also.

The Alpha and Luna would have felt so horrible knowing that their child had lived so many years as a maid while they had had to take care of the child of a maid as if she was theirs. Such betrayal was hardly ever going to be forgiven and I was certain that Mrs Scott knew it.

I repeated the question and when she didn't say anything else, I knew it was time to try something new; something that will make her have no choice but to reveal whatever it was, that she was hiding.

"If you're not the mother of the Princess, why did you come to visit her since you're nothing but an ordinary maid to her?" I asked, hoping to break her.

"Well...I- I am the maid of the Princess," she stammered, probably unsure about exactly what she had to say to not get into trouble. "I just wanted to check up on her. Ever since she left, things haven't been as good as they used to be. I admit that I've missed her, but that's simply because she's friendly. Nothing else."

She slightly bent her head and I waited for her to raise it again. Then, I smirked at her and coughed twice before saying all that was on my mind.

"You can't keep lying, especially when the truth is so glaring," I began to say to her in the presence of everyone else. "I didn't just hear all about what happened between you, the Princess and Aurora. I have found the witch that helped you do it."

"What witch?"

"The witch who helped you with the scent and mask replication," I replied, doing well to keep my eyes focused on her so that I'll see all of her reactions. "You tricked me and of course, everyone else into believing that Sophia was my mate and I was foolish enough to believe it."

I paused a bit to observe the environment and then I continued.

"Ever since I first noticed that Sophia was my mate, I had always been very suspicious about the whole thing and when Aurora told me that she was my one true mate, I knew there was some truth in what she had said, even though I fought so hard not to believe her at all. Until Dylan..."

"Uhm..."

"Don't say a word, woman! I'm not done," I rudely interrupted her. "It was only until this serial cheat, Sophia, had sex with my brother, Dylan that I came to know some part of the truth. Her scent changed that day and I could sense it so strongly. That was how I was led straight to her room, where I found out that she was committing the atrocity."

"Please, you should stop, Alpha Bane," Mrs Scott pleaded, probably hearing enough but I had more to say.

"I inquired from a witch, my guard and I and that was when we learned that there was a kind of dark magic which could make someone change his or her scent but at a very big cost. I was told that the cost was that the person would lose his or her wolf. "

I looked around at the faces of the Alpha, Luna and Sophia herself who looked so engrossed in the talk and I smiled. They looked so surprised at all that they heard; all except Mrs Scott who looked so scared.

"Confess, Mrs Scott! Say the truth right now, you and Sophia. What is it that you're hiding?"

Princess Sophia's POVnoveldrama

"This is bullshit, Alpha Bane! Nothing you said makes any kind of sense," Sophia rebuffed. "I still have my wolf and I've never lost it in my life. How then can you explain all that you've said to us here?"

I paused a bit and swallowed my spit, squeezing my face to show the pain she felt. I was so hungry and I didn't know how to help myself. I couldn't eat that nonsense that I was served but I knew that I also couldn't survive without food. Yet, I had more pressing issues to concern myself with.

"It couldn't have been my scent that you heard," I continued. "It must have been something else. You must have gotten all these things mixed up somehow. My wolf is very much alive in me and we talk every day. What are you even saying?"

As I got done speaking those words, I felt a bit confident that he was wrong. Yet, what he said terrified me so much. They were all so new to me but the boldness with which he said those words made it very difficult to discard them as nothing. The more he spoke, the more confident he looked and I couldn't help but give all he said a thought. Turning to Mrs Scott, I saw that she too, was also terrified and I wondered what her reasons were.

"There's something that you all must understand, although I do think that Mrs Scott understands it more than all of us," Alpha Bane said with a smile. "It might interest you to know that Mrs Scott's wolf is gone. In this dark magic, it's possible to use the wolf of a relative instead of yours. In this case, it can only mean one thing. If she could lose her wolf for your sake, then it means that you are related somehow."

I quickly turned to Mrs Scott and gazed intently at her, shocked to hear all that was going on. My parents did the same. They couldn't believe their ears. The words that were uttered by Alpha Bane were too much for us to bear.

Suddenly, Mrs Scott looked so flushed. She looked short of words. She opened her mouth thrice to speak but on all three occasions, she was unable to do that. It only fueled the thought that Alpha Bane wasn't making things up.

"Won't you say something?" Alpha Bane asked, taunting Mrs Scott for her inability to speak.

"I- The thing is that I... There's a-" Mrs Scott suddenly began to stammer, unable to say anything tangible. "I can explain this, I promise. I..."

"Enough!" My mother screamed, raising her right hand. She had had enough of the back and forth and she wasn't willing to keep hearing everything that was being said. Instead, she decided to put an end to the debate.

"We're going to do a blood test so we can conclude on this once and for all and we're going to do it quickly," she proposed, much to the delight of Alpha Bane who nodded in affirmation.

"I agree," he supported, with a smirk on his lips as I watched on.

"Guards," he called out to the guards who came to him very quickly. "Fetch me the witch immediately."

My heart kept beating so fast as I stood, rooted to a spot, trying to connect the dots.