Queen Alpha

Chapter 2: Breanna's POV

    I pulled up to my high school with my music blaring from the car. Beth had her feet on my dash even though I told her so many times to get her feet down and was chewing some bubble gum, popping it while she was texting on her phone. 

    There were groups of teens walking up towards the school, some from the parking lot and some from where the school buses dropped off the students. I really hated coming to school since I had to put on this whole fake facade that I was the happy, perfect princess since I was the eldest daughter of the Alpha of Onyx Moon Pack. We were the largest pack on the west coast of the United States and a majority of the students at my school were from our pack. 

    So of course they were going to treat me as if I was royalty, Beth too. But Beth loved it. Milked every bit of attention it gave her. I’d rather just disappear. I hated that I didn’t know who truly wanted to be my friend and who just wanted to use me to get their family in a better position in the pack.

    It was exhausting trying to figure it out, so I just gave up.

    I pulled around and parked in the first parking spot I could find, turning off the car and putting my crazy curly hair in a bun. Even though I had washed it and combed it it was a frizzy mess and I wasn’t even going to try and tame it right now. 

    Beth checked her makeup in the visor before opening the door and sauntering out of the car. Within a second, a few guys were surrounding her trying to strike up conversation. I rolled my eyes as I watched her giggle, smile, flip her hair over her shoulder, and place a hand on their biceps as she laughed.

    We weren’t supposed to date but Beth certainly didn’t care. Then again, she played a lot of guys just because she wanted the attention. 

    I reached behind my seat and grabbed my purse as I got out of my car. 

    “Beth, you good?” I asked as I got ready to lock the car. She waved her hand at me absentmindedly and I pushed the button to lock the door. I threw my keys into my purse and fished out my phone as I walked towards the front steps of the school.

    While looking through my emails, I felt someone tap on my shoulder. It was Kary. She smiled a warm smile at me before giving me a quick hug.

    “Happy early birthday, Bree!” she squealed. 

    “Mm, thanks,” I grunted, lightly returning the embrace. As much as I like Kary with her cute freckled face, sweet smile, blonde shiny hair, and brown eyes, I still didn’t know if she was trying to be my friend for the right reasons. 

    Call me paranoid, but I don’t want someone using me to move up in the pack. I turned to continue walking into the school and she quickly fell in step beside me.

    “So,” she began. Walking backwards as we walked through the halls. “I hear your parents are putting on a big birthday party for you.” I sighed and internally rolled my eyes.

    “It’s more like they’re trying to find mine and Brandon’s mate,” wasn’t that obvious though? “All the Alphas from the west coast are going to be there plus they’re bringing females from each of their packs to see if any of them will be our next Luna.”

    “Wow,” Kary blew out a puff of air. “That’s pretty intense. And your parents want you to be with an Alpha?” I rolled my eyes at her.

    “Well, my dad does. He thinks I’ll be better off with an Alpha since I’ve had all the etiquette and battle training. I don’t think he wants it all to go to waste.” When we stopped at my locker, she leaned on the locker next to mine and studied my face.

    “You don’t want to be a Luna do you,” Kary made it a statement, not a question. But I answered it anyway.

    “If I became a Luna, I’d have to leave home,” I shuffled around the textbooks in my locker and grabbed the ones for my first few classes so I could return them to the teacher. Slamming my locker shut, I quickly walked towards my first class of the day. Oddly enough, Kary didn’t follow me.

    I glanced back at my locker to see her there texting on her phone. Great. Now everyone was going to think Breanna Stone was a scared little girl not wanting to leave home. Fan-f*****g-tastic.

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Kary’s POV

    My task today was to confirm whether or not there was going to be a party for Breanna Stone coming up soon. With it being her 18th, it meant that she could very well find her mate at this party.

    I fished my phone out of my pocket as Breanna started walking towards her classes and texted my father, the Beta of the neighboring pack. Breanna thought I was a part of her family’s pack but that wasn’t the case. The Alpha of the Ruby Moon pack was looking to expand into the Onyx Moon Pack’s territory and what better way to do that than to marry one of the princesses of that pack. 

    I personally thought it was gross. My Alpha was in his fifties and he was pining after an almost 18 year old and a 15 year old. But my dad just wanted the Alpha to find a Luna and calm the f**k down. 

    The Stones are having their huge birthday gathering tomorrow night, I texted quickly on my phone, my manicured nails making tapping noises against the screen. As soon as it was delivered, it came up as read. I waited as the three little dots were displayed on my screen.

    Bloop! I read the message that came in and rolled my eyes. 

    Good, make sure that you dress as attractively as you can. You might be the up-coming Alpha’s mate since you just turned 18 two weeks ago. I heaved a sigh and leaned back against the lockers.

I honestly couldn’t wait to find my mate, and I prayed to the Goddess that I was someone from another pack so I would no longer have to do this stupid snooping for my dad and the Alpha. I wanted a say in my own life.

Okay, is all I texted back before I slipped my phone back into my purse. Why couldn’t they just want me to be happy? Why couldn’t they just not think about themselves for once in their life?

I took a deep breath and walked the opposite way that Breanna had just gone. I wasn’t going to let my father dictate the rest of my life. And if it meant me running away during the party tomorrow night, then so be it.