Best Friends Mated to Royalty

Chapter 6

Maya’s POV

I sit there stunned after Devin tells me what he did to my best friend. We have all known eachother since we were kids! How could he do that? I didn’t think Devin hated Alice. We always played together when we were young enough that we didn’t go to school yet. And, when we were old enough to go to middle school we all ate lunch together and took recess together. Once we reached the age that we all went to high school, we stopped hanging out at school. But, we would still see each other at the packhouse and get together to go somewhere to eat on the weekends. It was always the four of us: Alice, Maya, Devin and Axel. Alice and I were always by each other's side picking each other up whenever we fell down. Devin and Axel were always by each other's side helping each other through the thick and the thin. I honestly can’t believe he would do that to his best friend's sister, my best friend!

After I got over the shock of hearing what was coming out of my brother’s mouth, I immediately thought of Alice. My poor friend! She has been waiting her entire life to meet her mate. She must have been elated to find out Devin was her mate. She has had a crush on him ever since middle school. She must be devastated right now! I can't imagine how I would react to my mate rejecting me for the simple reason being my rank. Everyone can overcome their rank. The Moon Goddess doesn’t make mistakes!

I beat the s**t out of my brother and grabbed my phone before running to Alice’s room on the Beta floor of the packhouse. On my way there, I text Axel.

-”Meet me outside Alice’s room.”- Maya

-”Why?”- Axel

-Don’t ask questions! Just meet me!”- Maya

-”Okay, bossy.”- Axel

When I arrive on the beta floor I already spot Axel waiting for me in front of Alice’s room. He is leaning against the wall playing on his phone with a bored expression on his face. I walk right up to him.

“Did you know he was going to do it?” I nearly shout at him.

“Who did what? Axle replied honestly looking confused.

“Did you know Devin was going to reject Alice?” I ask

“He did WHAT?” Axel shouts.

“He and Alice found out they were mates shortly after Alice came back from shifting. He took her into his room. So, I went back to mine to allow them to enjoy themselves. About an hour later, I was sleeping when I heard a knock on my door. Sure enough, there Devin was almost begging on his knees for me to help her because of what he did! You need to go talk to your best friend!” I shout

“I do.” Axel says while turning around with anger in his eyes.

I knock on Alice's door. No response. I tried the nob, and it was not locked. I just walked in. What I see shocks me. My strong, loving, brave best friend is curled into a ball crying on her bed. She looks so broken as sobs wracked her entire body. She is so small and looks so helpless curled into a ball of blankets. I walk over to her and I immediately crawl in behind her and pull her body to me. 
“It will be okay. You can get through this. What he did was so unfair. The Moon Goddess better give you a second chance to mate! You deserve so much better than my i***t brother!” I say while rubbing circles on her back trying to soothe her.

“I-I- I don’t know what I did wrong!” She cries into me.

“Don’t blame yourself! You did absolutely nothing wrong! You are beautiful and strong. You care so much about everyone around you. It wasn’t what was wrong with you. It is what's wrong with him! You're perfect!” I say. She doesn’t respond, just keeps letting the sobs come. “Let it all out. Tomorrow will be better.” I coo.

I sit there and sooth her for the entire day and night. I whisper reassuring words in her ear just to make sure she never forgets how perfect she is. No one comes to visit or check in on us. She doesn’t speak or eat for the entire day, and I don’t leave her side. I don’t know how someone could have done this to her. She deserves so much better than this.

Axel’s POV

I walk away from Maya knowing she will take good care of my little sister. We have always been close as siblings and I promised myself a long time ago that if anyone hurt her I would hurt them equally as much. What I didn’t expect was for my sister's mate to be my best friend, and for him to treat her like such a pile of s**t. The mate bond is sacred to us wolves. You have to be awfully stupid to go against what the Moon Goddess has planned for you. All the people that I have ever heard of that reject their mates are never happy again. The Moon Goddess makes sure of it. She pairs everyone together for a good reason.

I arrive outside of Devin’s bedroom and I don’t even knock, I just slam my way in. The door was unlocked anyway. Devin is laying in his bed sleeping peacefully. I growl and punch him in the face. I can guarantee my sister is not sleeping peacefully and it is all because of him!

He wakes up with a shocked look on his face that quickly is replaced with anger.

“What the f*ck man? What was that for?” He questions as I see anger rising behind his eyes. The color of his eyes is changing from lavender to black meaning his wolf is trying to fight him for control. That only pisses me off more.

“How dare you act like you don’t know why I'm here and pissed! You hurt my sister in the worst way anyone can hurt someone. You rejected her! And from the smell in your room, you had s*x with her before you rejected her too, didn’t you?!” I say and I punch him again.

“Look man, you don’t understand! The pack would have never respected her as their Luna! My dad included. I didn’t want to put her through that! I need a strong luna even if it doesn’t make me happy!” He yells getting up in my face.

“Strong? You don’t think my sister is strong enough? Who are you? You’re not even strong enough to keep your wolf in line right now! You grew up with her and she is just as strong as your sister! So what if she doesn’t have the Alpha blood your parents want in their future Luna?! She has been attending all the classes to prepare in case her mate would be an Alpha! She would have been a strong loyal Luna by your side until you both perished!” I shout. He is getting on my nerves with this act of being dumb and innocent. Every wolf knows what they are doing if they reject their mate. They all need to have a good reason or the Moon Goddess won’t let them be happy.

“She wasn’t what I wanted. She can get a better man. Take out whatever anger you want on me. I know I deserve it.” He tells me and closes his eyes waiting for me to punch him. And, I do. I punch him until his eyes are swollen and my hand is bloody. Even then, I don’t stop. I continue punching him until I feel my hand snap indicating that I broke something in it. I leave him lying in a pool of his own blood. I need to take a shower and a nap.

Devin’s POV

I am laying in my bed fast asleep, but it’s not a peaceful sleep. My dreams are being invaded by my rejection over and over again. I feel like I am stuck in my own personalized hell. I have to hear the words and feel the pain of her rejection over and over again. I can’t believe I really rejected her. I don't know how I’m going to live everyday now. I will have to see her everyday and she could have been mine. How am I going to watch her bring a boy home and call him hers when it should be me being hers? I don’t think I can do it.

“You have to. You already made your decision, boy.” I hear the same voice that I did earlier say. Soft and melodic, but powerful and angry at the same time.

I feel an immense pain in my face and I jolt out of the sleep I was having. I immediately get pissed off when I see my best friend standing in front of me. “Did he just punch me?” I think to myself.

“What the f*ck man? What was that for?” I say to him”

“How dare you act like you don’t know why I'm here and pissed! You hurt my sister in the worst way anyone can hurt someone. You rejected her! And from the smell in your room, you had s*x with her before you rejected her too! Didn’t you?” My best friend screams at me.

I begin to explain why I did what I did, but he won’t listen to me and hear the reason. He's all “my sister this” and “my sister that”. I can’t stand trying to argue with him anymore. He clearly is not up to listen to me. I just block out his ranting. He begins to punch me non stop, and I let him. I probably deserve it after what I did to his sister. I just hope in the end it will be worth all of the suffering.She just can’t be my Luna. It just won’t work out! How do people not understand that!? It makes perfect sense!

He continues to punch me until I am bleeding and lying in a pool of my own blood. I hear a snap and it takes a second to realize that he just broke his hand on my face! I can’t believe he actually sat here and punched me until he broke his hand!

I see him walk away. I hear the door open and slam shut. I slowly drag myself off the floor and into the shower to get all the blood off of me. I don’t get why people can’t understand that I rejected Alice so that she can have a better life. She wouldn’t be a good Luna! It’s just not who she is!

Alice’s POV

I lay in my bed alone for what feels like hours. I wallow in my own self pity. Was I crazy to think that my mate could actually love me more than he loves anything else in this world? Do I not deserve a mate? Did I do something to make the Moon Goddess angry and now she wants to take it out on me by giving me a s**tty mate? I can’t believe he had s*x with me and then he rejected me. I feel like it would have hurt less if he would have just rejected me and been done with it. But no, he had to take my virginity and then reject me right after. At least he wore a condom… The last thing I need right now is to get pregnant with a baby from the mate who didn’t want me.

I hear someone come into my room and I immediately know that it's Maya. I'm really happy that I have my best friend in a time like this. I hear her talking to me, but I can’t bring myself to talk about everything with her just yet. I feel her get into bed behind me and I cry harder. I am very happy that I have a best friend like her that will be with me even through my worst times.

We lay in bed until we both eventually fall asleep. I know that no matter what happens, me and Maya will always be with each other.

I woke up in the morning to Maya setting up breakfast in bed today. I remember that we have to go back to school today. It's friday. Tomorrow will be Maya’s eighteenth birthday, the day she is supposed to shift and find her mate! Although I am still sad about my own rejection, I will be happy if I can see Maya have a good birthday. I hope she finds a mate that treats her better than mine treated me.

“Hey, you're up! Are you hungry?” Maya asks me. I nod my head and walk over to the makeshift table she set up. I see that there are cheese omelets with ham slices and chicken sausage on the side. I haven’t eaten for an entire day. My mouth is watering and my stomach is making angry growling noises at me. Both me and Maya laugh when we hear my stomach making noise. God I’m so grateful to have her in my life.

We eat mostly in silence before I go take a shower and get dressed for school. I look into the mirror when I'm done. I decided to wear just a regular pair of jeans and a cashmere sweater today. I have to say I look like sh*t after what happened yesterday. I have bags under my eyes that make my face look like a skeleton. I also have a very red face from my salty tears and the constant rubbing trying to dry my face. I sigh. It can’t be helped. Only time will heal the wounds that were inflicted yesterday.

Maya grabs my hands and we head out the door to school. I have to say, being outside in the sunshine feels nice after spending an entire day inside.

“We will be okay. The Moon Goddess has a different plan for us. Forget about mates. We will get another gift soon, only this one will be way better than the last.” Sapphire said in my head.

“What do you mean?” I ask, confused.

“All in due time, child.” I hear someone say as the wind blows past my face.

“Huh that was weird.” I think before I head into school. I don’t feel that sad anymore which is super weird since I was wallowing in my own self pity a minute ago. Now, I actually feel like smiling!

“Huh, it's probably just the shock from the mate bond being severed.”