Alpha's Rejected Mate Returns as Queen

Lily’s POV:

I didn’t like it when my mother smiled at me. Her smile was always a fake mask, but she tried to make me think it was real.

For example, now, she was looking at me affectionately and lovingly. Whenever she did this, she always wanted something from me.

“What do you want?” 1 asked frankly.

My mother didn’t answer. She always liked to beat around the bush and made people guess what she wanted.

“It’s a troubled time now. Lily, you don’t have to worry about the outside world. Your grandfather and I will handle it well,” she said. “It’s not peaceful outside. You should stay home now and wait for the criminal to be caught before going out.”

“I thought you were going to send me straight to the Lycan pack?”

My mother giggled. She looked at me as if i was a child throwing a tantrum, and even if she had no choice, she had to show the tolerance and rationality of an adult.

“It’s still long before school starts. There’s no rush. Alfred is going back to the army. Don’t you want to spend some more time with him? I know that you siblings want to be close to each other. It’s my fault as a mother. I’m always restricting this and that, causing the family to be estranged.”

i was silent.

My mother didn’t need my response. She could talk for a long time on her own.

“You’ve grown up, Lily. In my heart, you’re still a little girl who trembles when you walk, but now you’re a slim and graceful girl.”

Iler well-maintained fingers picked up a strand of hair from my temple and tucked it behind my ear. “i won’t say you’re the child I’m most proud of. That would be too fake.

“But you are the child that surprised me the most, my daughter. You have already grown into a beautiful lily in a place where I can’t see. You sway in the wind, and you will move anyone who sees you.

“Especially those flowers in the greenhouse. They’ve been spoiled since they were born. When have they ever seen such a handsome posture? I’m not surprised that anyone who meets you will fall in love with you.

“I’ve never told anyone about this, not even Alfred. I felt disgusted when 1 saw the similarities between him and his father, but only you surprised me. Your beauty is so natural. That bastard finally left something good for his daughter. “When people are young and frivolous, they love beautiful things the most, just like me. If it weren’t for your father’s good looks, 1 wouldn’t have left with him for a b*llshit name.”

I avoided her hand and asked coldly, “What do you mean? If there’s nothing else important you want to say, I’m leaving. I’m going to the hospital to visit the princes.”

“Of course, you’re good friends. It’s only right for you to visit them.”

My mother nodded in agreement. “The princes are still young. They must have been frightened by such a sudden disaster. This is an opportunity for you, Lily, to comfort and warm them up so that you can become better friends with them.”

I almost admired her persistence. “You haven’t given up yet? 1 thought 1 had made it very clear. That’s impossible.”

“No, of course, it’s possible!” My mother was still smiling, making my hair stand on end.

“This attack is a disaster for our family but also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I was still worried about how you should manage your friendship with the princes, and now a ready-made opportunity has come! Lily, I know that you don’t want to please others. You don’t have to do that now. You only have to accompany them, talk to them, and play for a while.”

As she spoke, her eyes sparkled with a brighter light than crystals. There was ambition, joy, and impatience in them. There was nothing that should be present in this situation.

I shook off my mother’s hand and realized that she was being unreasonable.

“What’s the difference? Why do you always hold on to this point? If you want more power and status, you should find the criminal who planned the attack with Grandpa now! Do you think i can pretend nothing happened just because I fawned over the princes? The Queen decided everything, not the two injured children!”

My mother wasn’t angry at all when i pushed her away. She was always so elegant. Even if she had to pretend, she had to pretend. This was her dignity and her way of defense.

“Even without the princes, this will be resolved peacefully.” She was not worried at all, as if the attack was as insignificant as a bee hitting a petal.

“The Queen knows who the culprit is. We’re just responsible for some of the negligence in our supervision. If we catch the people from the Lily of the Valley, everything will be solved. These people would eventually be caught. It would be fine even if they escaped back to the human world. Would the human government care about the life and death of a domineering mafia organization?”

“You better not be so arrogant because humans are as arrogant as you. When two kinds of arrogant people meet, the result is usually not what either side wants to see,” i mocked her contemptuously. She knew nothing about humans, even if they were her neighbors.

My lack of cooperation finally angered her. Her face darkened, and she hissed, “I don’t want more from you. You want to go to the hospital to visit the princes, and 1 want you to go too. Our goal is the same. You don’t have to be so hostile to me..”