The alpha rejection

Bella’s POV

One Year Later

 Bella 's POV

I bit my lip trying to shallow my laughter and looked at my best friend, Devin. I had met her about a month after my memory had been returned. The queen's guards had found her left in a forest to bleed to death after a group of rogues kidn*pped her and her family a few years back. She was tall; around 6'3 with grey eyes that seemed to always have a gleam of green in them. She had crimson hair, an olive completion and she still had a bit of a Russian accent. But don't let her looks fool you. Although she is quite slender, she is strong, like really strong. She would always be playing tackle football or wrestling with the guys in her free time.

She had been my best friend ever since we had first met. At first it took a little trust but soon enough she opened up to me. There were no secrets unshared between the two of us. I knew everything

about her past and she knew everything about mine.

Neither of us had found our mates yet either,

so we were free to play around, if you catch my drift.

Well not quite like that. Currently we were sitting on a balcony in the

hot summer sun. We had been watching some of the goody-too-shoe sluts trying to hit on Dexter. Dexter was also one of my best friends. He was a guard and a very good one at that. Unlike us though, he had found his mate but she had been killed by a group of rogues.

He had ashen blonde hair and deep blue eyes like the sea with a dazzling smile that could make anyone fall on their knees. Too bad he wasn't interested in anyone other than his mate. Whenever he would be feeling depressed about her death, Devin and I would always make him talk about her and tell us how amazing she

was. It would cheer him up sometimes and it was always nice to hear the stories he had to share.

The girls that were currently bugging him were

wearing bright pink close that look like they were actually made for a Barbie dolls. They were the rich snobs of the kingdom type place we live in and thought that because their parents were part of the queens 'entourage' that they were better then everyone - they even thought they were better than the queen. Did I mention that Devin hated pink and snobby people with a passion? No? Well, she does. Dexter was trying to brush them off but they kept coming back. I know we should help him and we are being a horrible friend for just standing back and laughing but it was hilarious.

We were still laughing and watching Dexter

suffer when the balcony doors opened and the queen stepped out.

She will still be the queen for exactly one more

month until l'm eighteen and take over the position. I was not going to lie, I was nervous. Ruling a world of supernatural's is going to be a whole lot of responsibility but I guess the queen wouldn't have choose me andI wouldn't have succeeded to pass all the tests if I wasn't capable of taking on all of this.

The queen smiled at me and I returned it

gracefully. She moved over to a vacant seat on the left side of me and sat down, "so what are you two looking at?" Devin laughed, "Poor Dexter is being attacked by the sluts." Devin had always looked up to the queen like a mother since she had lost hers. The queen looked at Devin as if she was a daughter as well. Even with their family feelings towards each other, the queen was just like us on the inside and always wanted in on the latest gossip and cute boy drama.

The queen chuckled and looked down to

where Dexter was trying to run away from the girls, by the looks of it, he had claW marks down his arms as well. "Don't you think that's a little cruel for poor Dex down there?" I laughed and nodded. "Anyways I was just here to inform you that the Alpha's will be arriving within the hour and we will be during dinner time."

Inodded and watched as she stood up and

left through the doors she had entered in only a few minutes ago.

I looked over to Dev and smiled, "we better

start getting ready then."

She rolled her eyes and gave a big heavy sigh.

She hated 'getting ready' almost as much as she hated the rouges that kidn*pped her and her family.

 45 Minutes Later

"l am not wearing that!" Dev yelled looking

disgustingly at the pink frilly dress thatI was holding up for her to put on.

"Come on, I've never seen you in pink before,"struggle.

I had been trying to convince her to wear it for

half an hour and we were starting to run out of time.I sighed, finally giving in to her wishes and

dropped to dress on the bed. Fine wear what you want, I give up."

Dev smiled brightly, "thank goodness. We don't even have to dress up you know right?" I smirked. "Yup," I said popping the 'p! I was just going to wear a pair of dark-wash ripped jeans and a leather jacket anyways. "AIl that trouble for nothing" I heard Dev mumble to herself.

"I heard that" I smirked.

"You were meant to." Every since I had started anew herel have moved on from Zac. I passed it by as just a crush and nothing more. I was just really excited to meet my mate whenever the moment arrives. I have heard so many

stories from pack mates about when they had met their mates and them all revolved around one thing. Love at first sight. If I thought the feelings I had for Zac was a big deal l can just imagine what it would be like to really find my mate. Not just a human crush like what I had for Zac. Of course I have considered the possibility that Zac was my mate, but that was only once or twice and there were so many facts backed up against it then with it. For instance, no one would ever hurt their mate, Zac wasn't even a werewolf as far as I know and if he was my mate wouldn't I feel a connection towards him? "Come on let's just forget about appearances and head on down stairs to the sexy Alpha's waiting our

arrival" I said while I skipped to the door.

I gained a lot more confidence when Il had my

memory given back; I trained almost constantly to get fit and to catch up on my skills that have falen behind. started to lose the extra heavy pounds thatI gained from eating fast-food nearly 24/7 for the last few years. My newly gained confidence and looks had not gone to waste though, I had been in relationships with many guys but I am not a slut like the girls that had been harassing Dex, I had only slept with one man before. His

name was Wester and he only left me because he had finally found his mate. I was sad he left because I thoughtI was starting to love him but he was never mine to love so I had to let him go. You know the saying it you love something let it go and if it comes back it's yours, or something like that. Dev just nodded and followed me out the door. As soon as I set foot into the dining room, I was pounded with the most amazing scent ever. It smelt so perfect that I couldn't put it into words.

Mine, I heard my wolf growl from within me. It

was at that moment that I understood what the smell was.

This smell, the most divine scent the gods

could have ever created, belonged to my mate. The one person who was made especially for me. My other half.

He was here in this room.

I looked around the room to quickly scan over

my possibilities. I know he is in here somewhere but I just have to find who and where.