Best Friends Mated to Royalty

Chapter 3

Maya’s POV

Finally! School has come to an end for the day. After enduring the long lectures and the envious stares of classmates, Maya and Alice meet up outside the school and leave, heading to the training grounds. Each day they both look forward to training.

“God! I’m so glad that is over! I can’t wait to graduate!”

“Graduate? Alice, I can’t wait to find our mates! I can’t wait to join the royal guard and train specially to protect the king and his family! The future looks so bright for us!”

“True. I really am looking forward to finding my mate. Do you think our mates will accept us for who we are?” My best friend asks, sounding so unsure of herself.

“They better. I will reject any man that refuses to see my true personality.”

Arriving at the training ground, the head trainer, Liam, spots them and shouts- “time to get to work ladies! Run 50 laps!”

With a groan, both Alice and I begin our training. Being werewolves, We are stronger than every human. Even if our wolves don’t wake up until we turn eighteen, we still have superb speed and strength.

“I hate running, there is nothing good about it!” I laugh.

“Can you believe there are people who do it for fun?” Alice says. We both erupt into giggles. Which was a bad idea because neither of us can catch our breath now.

We train hard for the next two hours. Every fifteen minutes Liam has us switch partners, this way we can experience all different styles of fighting. On the battlefield, no one is going to take it easy on you. You will fight all different kinds of people. All different species with different fighting styles. You will have people that are extremely fast or people that hit super hard. That’s why it is important to train with all different people at different times of day.

We train in human form and wolf form. Alice and I don’t have our wolves yet, so that training is done after all the young wolves leave training for the day. Sometimes we stay and watch all of the wolves training in their wolf form. It is truly beautiful and I can’t wait to be able to communicate with my wolf and shift. I wonder what color she will be? How big?

I am knocked out of my thoughts when the warrior I am training with punches me in the gut. I fall, but quickly get back to my feet shaking off the pain. I focus on my opponent. He is larger than me which means he is going to be slower. I can use that to my advantage. He goes to punch me again, this time he aims for my head. I easily use my speed and dodge. I come at him with a punch to his face and a series of kicks to the shin. He gets hit, but it doesn’t seem to affect him much. He tries to roundhouse kick me, but I dodge. We circle each other for a few seconds before I see he goes for another hit to my face. This time I saw an opening. I quickly dodge and kick him in the groin. It’s a cheap shot, but in real battles you have to know all of your opponent’s weak spots. He falls over, groaning. I quickly get on top of him and pin him to the ground. I win.

Once I get off, I look around for Alice. I want to train with her next. She is busy with her own opponent. I stand and watch them fight. She is paired up with a girl the same height and build as her. Both being petite, they match each other in speed and strength. I watch as Alice sends blow after blow toward the other female, but each time the girl is fast enough to dodge and counter. Seeing an opening, the girl punches Alice in the side, and while she is distracted, gets her feet swept out from under her. Now on the ground Alice tries to stand up and fight some more, but the girl is quick to get on top of her and wrestle her into a pinning position. With visible frustration, Alice tries for a few seconds to break the hold her opponent has on her, but can’t manage and taps in surrender.

The girl releases Alice and helps her up. They share a friendly hand shake before they part ways. Alice heads over to me and the other girl heads to find a different opponent.

“She got you good. What happened?”

“I guess you could say I’m a little distracted by the prospect of finding my mate tomorrow.”

My best friend's birthday is tomorrow. Just like me, she is looking forward to finding her mate, and shifting for the first time.

“Don’t worry about it, fate is in the Moon Goddesses hands. She has a plan for every single one of us. We will both get our happily ever after.”

“ I hope you're right, I really want to find my other half. “

We begin to spar, Alice and I are a good challenge for one another. I am faster than her, which is something Alice is not used to in an opponent. She, being so small, is used to being faster than people and using it to her advantage.

We throw punch after punch at one another, and we are constantly trying to knock the other off their feet. Neither one of us has any luck. We go around and around. Some of the punches Alice throws at me I know I’m going to feel in the morning, but I relish the feeling. Each time we spar, I know I’m getting better. Each day, I know I’m getting stronger and faster. And I love it.

Liam blows the whistle

“Alright ladies, you're done for the day! Each of you did a good job. I’ll see you tomorrow. Hit the showers!” He screams at us.

Both of us are covered in sweat and tons of bruises, but we both have huge smiles on our faces.

“That was a good training session!”

“Hell yeah it was! I’m gonna be sore tomorrow.” I groan

We ran into the locker rooms to take a quick shower before heading home for the night. I know dinner is waiting at the pack house, and just that thought of food makes my stomach rumble and my mouth water.

“That hungry huh?” Alice teases me.

“You bet I am. I could eat an entire cow!”

We both laugh while walking home.

We arrived at the packhouse just in time for the start of dinner. Alice goes to sit by her dad and brother, and I go to sit by my family. The table for all the high ranking pack wolves is in the very front of the dining room. From here, you can see everyone and everything that they are doing!

Immediately upon sitting down I am spotted by my father and mother, my mother squeals like a schoolgirl while clapping her hands together.

“Maya!”

“Yes, mother?”

My mother lets out a sigh “This Saturday, I have everyone preparing for your birthday. Your dad has invited seven alphas, the Lycan King and a few chosen guests from neighboring packs. Your birthday party is going to be so much fun!”

“Holy s**t! My eighteenth birthday is this Saturday?! I can’t believe I forgot! And they are throwing me a party? With 7 Alphas planning to be there? Did I just hear right? The Lycan King?!?!?” I say to myself.

“Earth to Maya.” my mom nearly shouted.

“We will be going shopping for a dress on Friday!”

“I don’t want to wear a dress!”

“I don’t want to hear it! You are going to experience one of the greatest nights of your life on Saturday. You need to look the part! Every eye is going to be on you. No excuses!”

“Fine, mom.”

That seems to have made her happy because she started chatting about the party, mates, me having pups, and everything else. There’s nothing my mom loves more than planning an extravagant party. I started to tune her out before it became too much.

Once the clock hits 6 pm, the dining hall falls silent as Alpha Richard stands up from his seat. All eyes land on him.

“Good evening everyone! I hope today was a productive day for you all. Please enjoy the dinner the omegas have worked so hard to prepare.”

With that he sat down in his chair and the chatter in the dining hall resumed.

The omegas begin to bring out the delicious looking dishes. Tonight they are having grilled vegetables, chicken, and chocolate cake for dessert. Just the sight of the food makes my mouth water. The dishes are placed on the table and everyone has the ability to serve themselves. The table of hungry wolves begins to devour the delicious food until they can’t eat anymore.

Alpha Richard Matthews and Luna Nora Matthews are my parents. Alpha Richard is a tall, broad man, standing at 6 foot 5 inches he towers over everyone in the pack. He has short, dark brown hair and the same complexion as I do. He has piercing gold eyes. When his eyes meet yours, you automatically have a painful urge to show your neck in a sign of submission. Alpha Richard is the most powerful Alpha in all of North America. The only wolf that is stronger than him is the Lycan King. However, being powerful doesn’t mean that he is cruel. Alpha Matthews is a kind and considerate Alpha. He treats all the wolves with kindness and respect no matter what their rank is.

Luna Nora is a petite woman. She has long blonde hair and ocean blue eyes. She seems like she is harmless, but she is the Luna of the strongest pack in North America. She is a formidable fighter, and her negotiation skills are the reason that all the allies Moon Cry Pack has are so loyal and trusting. She is a friendly woman with an award winning smile. Luna Nora and Alpha Richard are chosen mates instead of fated ones. Alpha Richard was originally mated to an omega in the pack. He rejected her in an instant. He firmly believed that he had to marry a woman of pure Alpha blood. He needed strong pups to inherit his pack.

Next to her father is her older brother, Devin. He is the future Alpha of the Moon Cry Pack. He is nearly as tall as his father, standing at 6 foot 4 inches. He looks like a near reflection of his father. The only difference between the two is her brother has lavender colored eyes. This is the reason that women drop at his feet, other than the fact he is an Alpha.

Next to her mother sits her older sister, Megan. Maya and Megan have a severe hate for one another. Megan looks exactly like their mother. Petite, blonde hair, blue eyes, she is the woman that every man dreams of. Small, obedient and kind to everyone around her. Megan has never attended a single day of training the 20 years that she has been alive. She attended school at the same time Maya did. She was a popular girl. The girl every single guy wanted to sleep with and the girl that everyone wanted as their friend. She has been and always will be someone who thinks she is better than Maya herself.

Alice’s POV

The Beta and his family sit on the opposite side of the table to the Alpha and his family. Beta Thomas is a dull, lifeless man. He seems to have gotten all the life sucked out of him when his fated mate (Alice and Axel’s mother) died the day she gave birth to the twins 17 years ago. The Beta probably wouldn’t be here today if it was not for the twins. They have been the light of his life since the death of their mother Rayna. After the death of Beta Thomas’s fated mate, he could not bring himself to take a chosen mate. The Moon Goddess has not given him a second chance mate. After 17 years of being alone, Beta Thomas has resigned himself to the fact he will be alone forever.

Axel is my twin and the son of the Beta. Sitting at the dining table next to Beta Richard, Axel is looking smug. He probably just had s** with one of his many girlfriends at school. Being the future Beta and all makes all the women fall into his bed. You could probably pay any girl in the pack a dollar to suck his d*** and they would gladly agree.

Axel is around 6 foot and 2 inches tall. He has red hair and chocolate brown eyes like Alice does. He is smaller for a werewolf male. Both Alice and Axel get their small frame and red hair from their mother. Even though neither twin has met their mother in person, they have seen plenty of pictures of her with their father. It seems that looking at all those old, worn photographs is the only thing that makes their father smile.

Each twin gets their eyes from their father. Their father is a man of few words, but he is always kind to his children. Standing at 6 foot 3 inches he is almost as tall as the Alpha himself. He is a broad man with a small waist and pale skin. The Alpha and Beta Thomas are as close as two men can be. Like every Alpha and Beta they have been best friends since high school. They always have eachothers backs and they will trust each other with every secret they have ever known.

Maya’s POV

Once the entire table has finished eating, Me and Alice get up and begin walking to our rooms.

“So, the Lycan King is going to be at your party?” says Alice.

“I guess so. My mom invited him so it’s just up to him on whether or not he shows up” I sighed, I have never met the Lycan king before. I know he attends the parties my parents throw, but I never attend those.

Once we reach the Beta floor we begin walking up toward the alpha floor where my room is. Alice stops walking and I turn toward her.

“Hey, I’m going to grab a quick shower and a clean pair of clothes before I come up to your floor.”

“Okay, sounds good to me.”

We part ways. I make it to my room, open the door, and flop on my bed with a groan. I have to attend a huge party and the Lycan King is going to be there. I can’t believe they invited the Lycan King. I hope I don’t f**k anything up.

I get up and decide to take a quick shower before Alice gets here. I go into the bathroom and hop into the shower. I use my favorite coffee and vanilla scented body wash. I stepped out and dried off with a towel before I walked into my bedroom, only to be scared shitless by the sight of Alice sitting on my bed, texting on her phone. “AHHHH!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, and since she wasn’t paying attention, it caused her to go into attack mode and hurl her phone at me. Lucky for me, I ducked just in time for her to miss her target and hit the wall behind me.

“What the h***, Alice?”

She was holding her chest trying to calm her breathing. But when she did, she doubled over with laughter. Once she caught her breath she nearly screamed

“Don’t scare me like that!”

Now it’s my turn to laugh.

“How is this my fault? You're in my room sitting on my bed. And you never knocked!” I c****d my hip even though I was butt naked. I didn’t care. We saw each other naked so many times it was normal for us.

“Whatever.” she mumbled before stomping around me and grabbing her now shattered phone. “FYI, you owe me a new phone.” she stated before she walked back to the bed and threw herself onto it.

I headed into my closet in search of underwear. Once I’d gotten my bra and panties on I walked back into my room in search of some pajamas. Finally, settling on a blue pair of sleep shorts with little pineapples on them and a white tank top. I slipped them on and flopped down on the bed beside Alice.

I rolled over to my side so I could face my best friend, and she copied my movement.

“ The Lycan King is going to be at your birthday party. Your one lucky bi**h.” Alice said.

“I don’t know if luck is the word for it. What happens if I find my mate on Saturday?”

“Then you leave your party and go spend the rest of your night with your mate. That’s the whole point of having such a huge party anyway. They are hoping you find your mate!”

“I know, but what happens if I don’t like my mate and I don’t want to be with him?”

“Then we can reject our mates and travel the world.

I contemplated this for a second. “Do you think the wolf in my dream could be my mate?”

“The Moon Goddess always has a plan.”

“Alice, your birthday is the day after tomorrow. Do you have any idea who your mate is?”

“If he is who I think he might be then I am for sure rejecting his sorry a**!” Alice says with a giggle.

We decide to go down to the kitchens and make a big bowl of popcorn, extra butter and super salty. Once we get back upstairs, we spend over thirty minutes flipping through Netflix, trying to find something good to watch. We picked one of the Twilight movies. It’s so funny to see what the human perception of werewolves and vampires is. They honestly have no idea what to think about any of it.

Halfway through the movie we both doze off. My dreams lure me back into the depths of my mind. I am in a thick forest. It's so dark out and the trees are so thick that I can’t see in front of me. Not even the moon is shining through.

This dream, I dream of a man and not a wolf. The man is the most magnificent creature I have ever laid eyes on. Standing at a tall six foot six. He has inky black hair and eyes that look like a sunset. Almost a burnt orange color. Those are the only features that I can make out. Whenever I try to follow the dream and focus harder on the images, the man disappears again. I desperately follow him through the trees. I yearn to know his name.

Something is drawing me to follow him. I want to hear his voice. I want to lay my lips on his and feel the sensations that it brings me….

I hear “Maya, Maya, Maya wake up!” and I finally look for the source of the voice. Just as I lose my focus, everything lights up again. I jolted out of the sleep I was having and realized it was all just a dream. Alice’s worried face is looking down at me.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, just a stupid dream again. Let’s get ready for school.”

Alice leaves to go get dressed for the day, and I do the same. Today I am wearing a pair of black leggings and an oversized burgundy sweatshirt. As I get dressed I am thinking about what to surprise Alice with tomorrow. It’s going to be her birthday and her eighteen birthday. She has to share with her twin brother, but it’s also supposed to be the most special day in her entire life as a werewolf.

It’s going to be the day she is able to find her mate, and most importantly it’s the day she is able to meet her wolf. Me and Alice have been excited about the prospect of meeting our wolves since the day we learned about it. That has been the one thing in our lives that we have been looking forward to besides meeting our mates. Our inner wolf is supposed to be our best friend for life. We will be doing everything with them and share the same body and mind until we die.

I head downstairs to meet Alice and we will go through another day as the same old she wolves that we were yesterday, but tomorrow will be a day to celebrate. I can’t wait to meet Alice’s wolf, to meet my wolf, and our wolves to meet each other.