Alpha Bane''s POV


    The guards dragged Sophia out of the pce as everyone watched on. Her vain attempts to break free of the hold of the guards only served to amuse all that was around. The almighty Sophia, as she thought herself to be, was being dragged away bymon guards to be thrown into the dungeon, where she belonged, just like her mother. They belonged together, by each other''s sides.


    I was so full of happiness and I felt an instant reliefe over me that instant. Her imprisonment was long due. It only needed someone to be brave enough to make it happen. I was that brave man and I couldn''t have been prouder.


    It ddened my soul to know that Aurora was going to have no more obstacles on her way to bing the sole heir of the Silver Moon Pack. It was no less than she deserved. She had suffered for way too long and needed that breath of fresh air. She was finally going to have it.


    Sophia too was going to get the punishment that was due to her. Indeed, it was justice served on a tter. I hoped for her sake that she''d enjoy it. Wickedness did have consequences. It was something she was about to find out in no distant time.


    I turned to face Aurora, wanting to know how she''d react to the fate of her foe, but I was cut short by the ring eyes of the Alpha King and his Queen who were looking back at me.


    The King looked solemn, as expected. I didn''t expect anything less from a man who just sentenced his child to the dungeon after being lied to and betrayed by the same. I felt sorry for him. It was surely a bad moment for him, but I was sure he was always going to get over it. It was just a matter of time. He made the right decision, even if he didn''t think that way at the time. He was soon going to realise that.


    Surprisingly, he shot me a thumbs up to show his appreciation to me for revealing the truth and making sure that Sophia was put in her rightful ce. As much as it was painful, it was surely a relief to them to get the lies out of the way and face the truth squarely. I was d that I made it happen.


    I felt a nudge on my side and I turned to see who it was, even though I already knew. No one else there could have had the guts to do that except Aurora. "Why did you decide to expose Sophia?" She asked me with a keen look on her face but before I could answer she opened her mouth to say something else so I held on a bit. "How were you able to find out everything that she did? It''s no easy thing, you know."


    As I looked down at her, I felt my eyes glint with happiness. "I did it all for you, Aurora. Only for you."


    Aurora''s POV


    My heart melted at Alpha Bane''s words. I couldn''t believe it. He had gone through all of that stress just for me. It sounded too good to be true. No one had ever gone through so much for me. I had never thought myself to be worth all that trouble but he was beginning to give me a new perspective on what I truly deserved.


    "I''m so happy to see that you''re happy, Aurora," he continued, further making me smile harder. "Your happiness is of utmost priority to me and I can''t trade it for anything at all."


    I blushed. I couldn''t see it but I could swear that my cheeks turned pink. It looked like he spotted it and I noticed a huge grin on his face. He must have been d that his words were affecting me and why not? They weren''t just mere words. He proved them with his actions which made them even more believable.


    "From where I stood, right over there," he said, pointing to where he was before he came over to where I and Sophia stood with her friends. "I sensed that you were ufortable and when I looked over and saw Sophia, I wasn''t surprised. Knowing how Sophia is, I was so sure that she must have been trying to insult and humiliate you in the presence of everyone all these while and it was something that I couldn''t take."


    I almost shed a tear as it was exactly what happened. Just like I thought, he was able to sense that I needed his help and arrived just at the right time to fend off Sophia and her cohorts. It was great to know that someone was looking out for me. I loved that feeling.


    "I''d also been thinking so much about how I could make Sophia pay for daring to cheat on me," he added. "It is something that has always been on my mind and I craved an opportunity to make it happen. When Donald informed me about what transpired between Sophia and her motherst night, I knew it was the perfect chance that I had to strike. I couldn''t let that opportunity go to waste. I didn''t know when I was going to have that sort of chance again."


    Finally, I felt a tear drop from my right eye as I recalled all that Sophia had done to me. I remembered all the humiliation that I faced at the hands of her and her stupid maids. Even though she was well aware that I was the child of the Alpha King and Queen, she didn''t relent in making me feel like being a maid was my rightful ce.


    She did all she could to make me believe that I was no good; that I was only useful in the kitchen as a cook. She''d hit me whenever she pleased and yell at me for her pleasure. She was everything horrible I could ever see in a person.


    As my mind kept reminiscing those moments, more and more tears dropped down my eyes with some rolling down my cheeks. "It''s over," Alpha Bane said to me, using his right hand to wipe the tears from my eyes.


    As his hand touched my skin, it felt so good and I leaned in to enjoy the moment. He got the cue and immediately leaned in for a kiss, nting his lips on mine.


    At first, I tried to pull away, but the urge was too strong for me to fight and even though I was aware that the festival had continued, I gave in to my desires and kissed him back so passionately.