Chapter 57
Lorena POV
when Angelica was failed by the alpha king, I had wanted to laugh at her but I couldn't do it. rather than laughing at her downfall, I felt sorry for her and never imagined that she would be failed by the Alpha king. It was her loss by the way since she decided to steal my recipe. I guessed Karma hit her and ate her up.
I could have assisted her if only she had not tried to steal my work. I could never wish for such friends who are happy about their friend's downfall.
When I was asked to present my food, I never expected that I would be passed by everyone and I was impressed when lord Alistair stood up and praised me for a job well done. I was proud of myself and my pride grew when everyone else passed me.
The speech that touched me the most was lord Alistair's speech. He was so eloquent that I felt like tearing up. He also reminded me about my mother and how she used to speak when she was alive.
“When my mother was also alive, she prepared a meal like this for me and I never imagined that I would have a meal as precious as this ever In my life again,” he chuckled and wiped a lone tear from his eye away from his eyes.
When I heard him say that, I was filled with so much joy that I felt a lone tear escape my eyes. I was glad that I was able to make him remember his mother. Although the king didn't give any speech about the food, I knew that he enjoyed the food because after he left and I was about to pack the food, I found out that he left nothing on his plates and it was all eaten to crumbs.
Never expected that Fenrir would enjoy eating my food.
It felt as if I had won the lotto and I was so glad that I didn't become a failure like Angelica. It was all her fault. If she hadn't tried to prove smart and only follow my recipe then she would have seen the missing ingredients to soften the lamb.
When the meal was over and we had returned to the kitchen and cleaned the mess up, those who failed also joined us. I walked in on Danielle and Rebekah talking.
“Let's be honest,” I heard Danielle Said. “your food was awful and I don't blame the king for giving you a failed mark. Even the lords agreed that your meal was awful!” Danielle heaved a sigh and flipped her hair.
“Why didn't you tell me before I left here huh?” Rebekah asked her. “I could have stayed back rather than going and embarrassing myself,” she burst into tears. “it was really sad when the king failed me. I am now out of the concubine’s game: Ifelt sorry for her as I walked past them. At least her intentions were pure and she didn't steal anyone's recipe to show everyone that she was smart.
“I heard that you passed,” Rebekah said and I turned to face her. I nodded in response and she gave me a thumbs up.
“Even though we didn't start in a great way, I must admit that you did well, she smiled at me and I returned the smell.
I walked over to my stand walking past Angelica who was giving me the glares that I ignored. She suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me back towards her. I almost tripped on the ground but I was lucky enough to be holding the table stand if not, could have kissed the ground. “What the hell is wrong with you?” I shouted at her and my face turned as she landed a slap on my face.
“You bitch!” She shouted and grabbed a handful of my hair. “How dare you lied about everything and you even dare put on z wrong recipe ridiculing me in front of everyone!” She yelled at me.
I chuckled and raised my head to face her. I could allow her to keep insulting me but the one thing I would never allow her t do was tit me. “How dare you lay your hands on me!” I screamed at her and also returned the slap on her face. She was surprised to see me do that and stared in awe never expecting that I would be crazy enough to do it.
“You might be the future Luna queen but you have no right to hit me like that and I don't care if you were not picked because you bought this on yourselft” I yelled at her and yanked my hand off her.
“You dare slap your queen!” She grabbed my hair. “l am a werewolf who is soon to become the future Luna. You have no righ to hit me, you foolish human!” She yelled at me.
“Luna queen who steals other people's ideas!” I chuckled and also grabbed her hair. “Don't you dare act as if you are better off than me!"l screamed as we both pulled our hair not letting go of each other.
“You made me ridicule myself in front of the king and everyone else! Now I am known as the Luna Queen who can't prepare proper meal!” She cried out and pulled my hair.
I winced in pain as I felt my scalp on fire but I didn't relent as I pushed her away and she fell to the ground while my back hi the closest wall. “Stop acting as if you are the Luna Queen yet. You don't deserve to be Luna queen after all of your lies!" I laughed and glared at her. “Because if you had asked nicely then maybe I would have tried my best to help you out but you were greedy!”
Angelica burst into laughter and stood up from the ground. She headed towards me in such calculated steps that I had no idea what she was about to do. One second, she picked up the frying pan on my table, and before I knew what was happening, she hit me across the face with the pan.
My head rang for a few seconds before I knew what was happening. I thought that I was seeing the stars until I fluttered my eye open and realized that I was still in the kitchen. It was until Rebekah screamed out loud that I realized that my cheek wa bleeding. My hand went over to my face and I rubbed my cheek gently. I screamed out loud when I saw Angelica trying to hit me again with the pan. I dodged it and it collided with the wall instead.
“Have you gone crazy?” I asked her and she started laughing like a maniac. “Yes,” she said. “I have gone crazy and there is nothing that can be done about it," she smiled at me and lunged toward me yet again. "I hated you the first time I saw you because the king left me all alone on our first meeting date to save you! When I learned my
about you, I hated you from that day and I am so mad right now that I didn't get the chance to stab you in the face when I had the chance!”
“You hate me that much?” I asked her to make sure that I didn't hear her wrong. Instead of replying to me, she threw something at me and it hit me right on the nose. It was a metal spoon. Blood trailed down my nose and I placed my hand on it trying so hard to stop the bleeding but I couldn't as the blood pooled out like a river until I tasted the metallic tasting my. tongue.
“Angelica!” I shouted her name and also tried to throw stuff at her but I couldn't see her perfectly as my face had suddenly become dizzy and I could barely see anything. “What the hell are you doing?”
“It is Luna Queen to you and getting rid of you is the only way to get rid of this humiliation. If not for you, I would still be given the respect about finding out the Pelitas trees!”
I chuckled even though my vision was starting to get dizzy. I could barely see anything again the blood had covered half of my face and the impact of the phone against my nose made my heart start pounding. “Why are you still on about this?" I sav her throwing another spoon away and I quickly ducked it. “You called yourself the future Luna queen but you are acting like that! ” I scoffed. “I am sure that the Alpha king will be so disappointed in you when realizes that you did not find the pelitas trees and secondly, you are acting as if I was the reason behind your failure. if you had not stolen my recipe then maybe you could have restored your honor and we would not have been having this conversation anyways!” I yelled at her.
Angelica suddenly stopped throwing things and searched around looking for something to hurt me with. She grinned at me when it seemed that she had found what she was looking for. “Do you know what they say happens to women with facial scars?” She chuckled as she asked the question.
“What the hell are you on about?” I asked and she laughed. “what are you saying?” I tried so hard to keep my eyes open but could barely see a thing and my eyes were starting to close. “We can resolve it this!” I struggled to keep my eyes open. “What the hell are you doing future Luna!” I heard Danielle and the rest of the screamed out loud. “you can't hurt others like that!” They yelled at her but they were ignored as Angelica started laughing like a maniac. Through my hazy vision, I saw her heading towards one of the cookers. There was someone boiling soup and the heat was turned on.
“having your face scalded with burnt marks would make you understand why you shouldn't be so rude to me! It would give you a scar for life and you would be immediately ruled out
“You can't do this to me!” I yelled at her and moved backward. “you can't hurt me because I didn't do anything wrong!” I burst into tears and continue walking backward until my back hit the wall. There was no escape for me no way that I could fight back even If I wanted to try. I placed my hand on the walls and closed my eyes anticipating what she had to do next. As the soup got closer to me, I could feel the heat radiating from it. Not only would the hotness of the soup scar me, but it could also even kill me. I covered my eyes and screamed out loud as the pot of soup was about to hit me but it never came instead I felt the heat of somebody shielding me and I fluttered my eyes open when I smelled the strong cologne. It was the familiar cologne that I always inhaled each Fenrir was close to me. I raised my head and my eyes met with Fenris. “Your highness,” I muttered and fluttered my eyes open.
Aloud shrieking sounded behind him and I knew that the pot of soup had been thrown at Fenrir instead of me. “Your highness," I screamed out in horror and the screaming continued when Danielle decided to join. “how did you even get here?” I asked him.
“I apologize for doing this your highness, ” Angelica fell on her knees as she begged. “I didn't realize that it was you who was standing in front of her,” she cried out.
“But you could have hurt her on time right?” Fenrir asked her. He showed no signs of hurt as if he was not in pain which made me wonder if he had healed so quickly. “You have crossed the line, Future Luna!” Fenrir shouted at her.
Why was he standing up for me? I thought as I stared at him.