His Alpha Female

"Dinner is ready," my mum's voice said softly through the mind link.

"Okay mum, be down in a minute," I said and I felt her close the mind link. I stretched out lazily and stood up from my bed, I quickly put my hair in a bun and left the room, nodding in approval at my reflection in the mirror that is clothed in Mickey mouse pajamas.

"Good evening mum and Dad" I greeted my parents who were already seated at the dining table; Dad sat at the head chair of the table while mum sat on his right, both of them wearing a pleasant look on their faces

Dad turned towards me and nodded his head in response "Good evening princess" I raised an eyebrow at the tightness of his voice but shook it off and took a seat on his left, a tight-lipped smile graced his face while mum just nodded her head at me.

"Umm" I started when I couldn't stand the thick tension in the room anymore "Is everything okay?"

"Of course princess, the day has just been stressful" my Dad replied way too fast, increasing my suspicions but I chose to nod my head, even tho I felt like he was lying.

"Food is ready" Julia; the head servant, announced as she appeared from the kitchen, the omegas, lined up behind her each carrying a tray of food in their hand. Without wasting time, they placed the dishes on the table and Julia dished out the food for us, while the omegas stood by the side with their heads bowed; a sign of respect to the royal family. After Julia was done serving us, my dad nodded dismissively at them and they all disappeared back into the kitchen as quickly as they appeared.

"Let's dig in," he said, taking a bite of his food. Mum followed suit and soon enough three of us were eating.

"How did it go with Derick today?" Mum asked out of nowhere and a small smile appeared on my face.

"It went great mum" I replied honestly, the memory of the date earlier today flashing through my mind. He is perfect; with him, I'll be able to lead the pack to greater heights and that's all I care about.

"So do you like him?" She asked again and I choked on my food; coughing hysterically as I reached for the water.

"Sorry about that, but yes I do like him." I said and realized what my answer must have implied "No, not a crush but he'll make the perfect match for ruling this pack. Love was and is never my priority." I explained and my mum nodded with a small smile. I returned the smile and went back to eating my food

I noticed my parents' gaze on me but ignored it, but after a while of suffering their non-wavering gaze, I looked up and asked "what's wrong? You both keep looking at me" my Dad's hold on his knife immediately tightened while mum released a deep sigh.

"He wants to cancel the marriage, " My mother said quietly, looking at me with sad eyes.

I paused for a while then dropped my spoon on the plate and looked up at her with a blank look on my face.

Marriage has been an important tradition among the werewolves most especially the Alpha families, and because of its importance, Alphas tend to get their daughters married to Alphas and sons of Alphas, to form strong alliances, and to try to give birth to Truebloods, which hasn't been possible for years. This union is hardly canceled and when it's canceled, it's very humiliating for the whole royal family, especially the Annha; daughter of the Alpha.

"Why?" I asked in a calm voice, she passed a glance at my father who still has a death grip on his knife while cutting his steak into many pieces, his face devoid of any emotion.

"He said he is in love with someone else" my mum explained and I nodded my head, trying to appear calm but on the inside, I was raging. She looked at me for a while before she continued " he tried to clean up his mess by presenting his Beta as his replacement" my eyes widened and I clenched my fists tightly by my side when my mum said that; he is proposing I get married to Beta Drystan? The Beta Drystan? A small smile tugged on my lips as a thought popped into my head, but the clanking of my father's chair dragged me out of my thoughts.

He stood up and left the dining room without saying a word, the moment my mum broke the news to me, I stared at his retreating figure till he was out of sight.

"You don't have to worry Selene, there are other Alphas out there requesting for your hand," she said in an attempt to console me and herself; I'm pretty sure she doesn't want me getting married to a Beta, no matter how popular and feared he is, but little did she know that it would all be for our good.

I smiled at her and stood up from my chair

"Proceed with the arrangements, I'll marry his Beta"

I lay on my bed, still dressed in my pajamas, and my gaze focused on the flowery patterns on the ceiling in my room It's currently 7 am, the third day since Alpha Derick canceled the marriage, and proposed I get married to his Beta instead. I had tried to suppress the pain and embarrassment I felt, by painting the big picture of getting married to his Beta, but it doesn't change the fact that my parents and I have been greatly humiliated, and I simply can't deny that or try to ignore it.

We've been betrothed since I was 10, and I had looked forward to that marriage my whole life; rejecting other Alphas and he dares do that to me?

Well, his incompetence shows, and deep down I'm glad I'm not going to get married to a Werewolf that gets weakened and forsakes his tradition for something as trivial as love, you could always fall in love later.

His Beta is a better choice anyway, at least I still get to be with a Werewolf that is feared and respected, that alone will bring a lot of respect to my pack when we both assume the role of Alpha and Luna, and on the other side, it will be easier to get him to lead my pack with me because he is just a Beta.

My wolf; Eliana, hasn't spoken a single word to me since that very day, she took the rejection a little too personal, "Selene? Elene?" I heard my mother's voice call out softly as she knocked on my door, breaking me out of my thoughts. She has been coming to check up on me constantly for the past three days; that I've chosen to stay in my room and grieve the insult.

"The door is open," I said softly, my voice hoarse from not speaking in a while, she walked in and made herself comfortable on my bed "Good morning mum"

"Good morning princess, how're you?" She asked tenderly, her soft eyes roaming around my face while her hands caressed my hair. I took that opportunity to place my head on her lap and snuggle closer to her. My mum and I aren't exactly very close, I am closer to my dad, and because of that, I cherish moments like this where we get to be alone and emotional with each other.

"I'm fine mum, woke up a while ago," I said with a soft smile, leaning into her touch.

"I believe you had a good night's rest?" I nodded my head and her smile widened a bit "okay princess, I'll see you again during breakfast" With that she stood up, giving me one last smile she left my room. I laid on my bed lazily for a while after my mum left, her visit and simple display of affection brightened my day up already.

"Let's get up already," Eliana said all of a sudden in my head and I gasped out of shock, I haven't heard her voice in a while.

"Do you want to go for a run today?" I asked her as I slowly got out of bed and headed to the bathroom with a big grin on my face. Losing communication with your wolf is worse than heartbreak, and the fact that she pushed me away after the rejection made it harder for me, but hearing her voice again renewed me with energy.

"Yeah, I'll need that" she tried to sound calm, but the excitement in her voice was prominent. She hasn't run in a while after all.

"Alright, we'll go after the day's activities, okay?"

"Sure," she said and became silent after that.

I made to get my morning business done when I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, my big brown eyes staring back at me, my eyes ran down my body and I smiled in appreciation, I'm a solid 5'7ft girl with curves in the appropriate places. I've always been thankful for my ebony-colored skin that always glows whenever I'm out in the open, and the features it came with; the long and full lashes, plum lips, straight nose, and everything else.

But the one thing that gets on my nerves all the damn time about my body is my curly hair, it's always so hard to tame and it never stays in place, I rolled my eyes and I ran my hands through my hair "oh well" I muttered and returned to my bathroom business.

I quickly put on my white hoodie paired with grey joggers as soon as I got back into my room, I made to leave but then my phone that has been laying in the small drawer pinged from a notification, I took it off the stand and walked downstairs to meet my parents.

"You're here, take a seat," my mum said as she dished out the food she was making, and by the smell of it, it was pasta. My stomach growled aggressively and I hid my face in embarrassment, it's been a while since mum prepared our meal by herself and my stomach isn't trying to hide the fact that she was craving the food. "Here you go," she said and placed a plate filled with pasta before me.

"Thanks, mum" I immediately dived into the food, shoving it down my throat in an unladylike manner.

"Do you want more?" I quickly nodded my head, passing my plate to my mum who filled it up again, this time I ate slower and properly.

"That was so good, thanks mum" I thanked my mum, patting my stomach happily.

"So... What do you plan on doing today?" Dad asked and I turned towards him with a smile; I almost forgot he was there, and as usual, he sat on the head chair but he didn't have that bubbly aura around him. He's been sulking ever since I accepted the proposal to get married to Drystan and has been trying his best to get me to reject it, but I am just as stubborn as he is.

"I plan on hanging out with my friends today then train when I get back and run afterward," I said and he nodded.

"Alright. You're sure you don't want to reject the proposal?" He asked me again, and I let out a little laugh at his persistence.

"Dad, I'm good with the proposal. It's for our benefit anyway, since he is a beta it'll be easier to get him down to this pack. We'll be able to get the pack to greater heights then, you know, considering his popularity" I explained and he sighed.

"But I want you to put your happiness first, do you think you'll be able to love a Were like Drystan?" He asked, emotions clouding his eyes as he grabbed my hands rubbing them with his thumb.

"You know I don't prioritize love, Dad. I'm an Annha, my pack comes first." I said staring right into his eyes, he sighed and turned towards my mum.

"Let her be Reid, she's grown now," my mum said and passed me a small smile.

I freed myself from my dad's grip and stood up "Alright, I'll be going up now to dress up. Dad stop sulking, you know I won't change my mind" I smiled at him and turned on my heels, and left.

"How did I get such a stubborn child?" I heard him mutter as I left for my room.

"She took after you, so stop sulking" I heard mum say to him

"She's way more strong-headed!"

"I can hear you Dad!"

"I know" he replied and I chuckled

I got to my room and plopped down on my bed, then whipped out my phone, and started going through the daily news when a particular headline struck my attention "ALPHA DERRICK OF MOONCREST PACK SET TO MARRY HIS FIANCE; LADY AMELIA, ON THE 29TH OF NOVEMBER"

"That weakling! He canceled the marriage and is set to get married in 2 months?!" Eliana seethed in my head and I sighed.

"It's okay Eliana, he doesn't deserve us anyway. Thank God the media didn't publish about our relationship, that would have been a bigger slap" I said and she gritted her teeth before shutting me out.

I sighed and continued reading the news when a notification about school resumption popped up.

I'm actually in college right now; in my last year to be exact, but I take my classes online so it didn't bother me much when I realized that school will be resuming in 2 weeks. But I'm pretty sure my friends are pulling their hair right now.

I then quickly texted my friends in our group chat,

Me: Did y'all hear about school resumption?

Malcolm: Don't remind me, please

Lucy: I feel like pulling out my hair right now!!!??

Dave: rubbing it on our face? Homeschooler?

Stacy: Bitch.

I burst into laughter when I read Stacy's message, out of all of us she despises school the most; always complaining about how human school suck, tho I don't see any difference.

Me: Sunshine cafe in 40 minutes?

Malcolm: on my way

Dave: coming with Lucy

Stacy: on my way, and you better be prepared for an ass whopping!

I chuckled again, dropped my phone, and started getting dressed.

I stood up and went to my closet, hoping to find something decent to wear out. I brought out blue ripped jeans to change into, I decided to stick with my white hoodie it was pretty cold outside anyway. I combed my hair making the hair pop out, I applied lipgloss, put my; phone, keys, and card into my bag, and then went downstairs. "I'll be going now," I said to my parents who were hanging out in the living room

"Alright hun, have fun," mum said with a smile on her face.

"Be back early"

"I will," I said and opened the door to leave but halted "can you please set up a meeting for Drystan, Derick, and I, on Friday?" My parents exchanged a glance and my dad's face morphed into a scowl.

"Why do you want to meet those bastards?" He hissed and I rolled my eyes.

I shook my head at his outburst and calmly replied 'You know why Dad" he glared at me the moment I replied and I rolled my eyes again and turned to mum, with the hope that she would at least understand me and go through with what I asked, and to my relief she nodded. A smile appeared on my face immediately and I blew her a kiss, and my dad growled at my excitement but I ignored him.

"Thanks, love you," I said gratefully to my mum and dashed out and blocked my dad out of the mind link before he would stop me.

I headed straight to the garage and released a breath of relief when I saw my car, I opened it immediately and sat down. I honestly don't know why I told my parents to set up a meeting on Friday, which is practically 2 days from now! When I don't even know the purpose for it or how to handle it "I think we both know the purpose for this" Eliana said calmly and I sighed again, of course I know the reason. I'm just not ready.

"An Alpha is never not ready" I muttered to myself in alliance with Eliana, the faster I get the entire marriage thing done, the better. I started my car and drove off, heading to Sunshine Cafe, where I planned on meeting my friends.

I arrived there in 10 minutes and quickly ran in. The cafe wasn't filled up just like I expected, I looked around wondering if any of them has come or if I'll have to find a spot for us when I saw a red-haired girl; who I immediately identified as Stacy, waving at me frantically. "Heyy" I greeted as I walked up to them, taking the vacant spot between Lucy and Stacy, facing the boys.

These four are the only people I have as friends and I truly appreciate that and wouldn't trade it for anything. The diversity in our species made our friend group more interesting. Stacy is a red-haired crazy human girl, with a sharp ass mouth. She's about 5'6ft tall and would never agree with anyone that she's short, she once kneed a dude when he repeatedly called her short. She has cute freckles all over her face and that made us nickname her, sassy freckles, and she's dating Malcolm.

Lucy is the chilled laid back one, way too chilled for a witch; well that is until you push the wrong buttons. She's about 5'5ft making her the shortest of the group. She's the prettiest of us girls with blonde hair and grey eyes, having curves in all the right places but she'll never agree to the fact that she's so pretty, and that always gets on my nerves.

As for the boys, they are basically the same person trapped in different bodies with Malcolm being black and a Werewolf like Dave and I, he has honey brown eyes and brown hair that covers his eyes majority of the time. While Dave is the typical fantasy dream with eccentric blue eyes and blonde hair. They both are over 6'3ft towering over us girls, and they two are also members of my pack.

"What's up, dudes?" I said smiling at them, Stacy immediately wrapped her arms around my neck and started choking me.

"Told you to watch your back Were!" She yelled, still choking me. The rest burst into laughter while watching me struggle for my life in the hands of this insane girl.

"Not my fault you are a human!" I managed to voice out in between her hold, and she just rightened her grip on my neck. I began tapping on her hands furiously when I felt her cutting off my airflow.

"Bitch" she muttered and let me go "I would have killed you but I just love you so much," she said and pulled me in for a hug and I sighed, she's just way too bipolar.

"Excuse me, would you all like to order now?" A petite young girl that looks around age, asked. We all immediately placed our orders while she jotted them down in her notepad, when we were done she nodded and left.

"What you been up to? Heard Derrick is getting married in 2 months and the girl isn't you" Lucy stated and all eyes immediately turned towards me, making me release a deep breath.

"Yeah, he called off the marriage"

"That son of a cunt" Lucy muttered underneath her breath.

"I'm so going to inject him with silver mixed with stardust," Stacy said calmly and we all turned towards her with wide eyes; including the boys that were previously fisting their hands in anger.

"You will do no such thing," Dave said and she just rolled her eyes at him.

"Yeah, Stacy. You can't even get to him, let alone get stardust." she looked at me with a sly smile and scoffed. The rest of us looked at each other terrified, we just have to make sure she actually doesn't do it, because looking at her right now, she will definitely do it if given a chance.

"So what's the plan now?" Malcolm asked; his palms joined together while his elbow rested on the table. I made to reply to him when the waitress from before placed our orders in front of us, "thank you" we all chorused.

"Well, he proposed I get married to his Beta instead" I replied the moment the waiter left.

"That asswipe!" Dave seethed taking me by surprise.

"You know what Stacy, just go ahead and do what you planned. We will be there to help you" Malcolm said, earning a nod of approval from Dave and Lucy while Stacy smirked in satisfaction.

"Guys! Guys! It hasn't gotten to that. I already accepted the proposal"

"Why would you do such a thing!?" Lucy whisper-yelled.

"It's the best for me," I said quietly and spent the next few minutes explaining the reason to them, while they ate silently.

"Okay, but how will you manage to do all this without leaking to the press that you were rejected by that psycho? you know how the media is always all up in Alphas' business. You might have kept your engagement hidden for years, but this is too big of a news" Dave stated

I took a bite of my food and smiled at him "I'll be meeting up with them on Friday, we can go over everything during the meeting" they all nodded, and that brought an end to the topic, making me sigh in relief.

"Damn, I hate Derick for having us go through this" Eliana said and I nodded in agreement.

"He's a total jerk"

"I need to go on a hunt and run" I chuckled at Eliana's request, she always wants to hunt when I release her to run even tho she won't even be able to eat whatever she gets from the hunt.

"Sure" I agreed, if it will make her feel better then I'm in. I felt the excitement radiating from her in my head, making me all giddy and I immediately blocked her out and turned my focus back on my friends.

I spent a few more minutes with my friends, talking about random topics and passing time, and I began wondering why I didn't call them earlier, when that cunt dissolved our alliance, they would have made me feel so much better.

"Okay guys, I'll see you all later" I waved at them as I entered my car and zoomed off. We had spent at least 2 hours with each other, but they planned on spending the rest of their evening at the park and I wasn't down for that. I have things I need to attend to.

"I'm home" I announced as I walked into the house.

"Dining room" my mum replied from the dining and I headed over there "welcome love, how was it?" She asked sitting on one of the chairs, a cookbook in her hands.

"It was nice," I said sitting beside her "where's Dad?"

"He went for a meeting," she said and smiled at me "and, your meeting with Derick and Drystan has been set up. Friday, 5 pm, Beverly hills" she informed me and I gave her a small nod of appreciation.

"Alright then," I said, standing up to head out "and mum I'll be going for a hunt and run this evening, please cancel my training" she dropped the book on the table and stared at me for a while, her eyes calculating and scrutinizing my face before she sighed and nodded.

"Be back before 8 pm" I smiled and placed a quick kiss on her cheek.

"I will" with that, I walked out of the house and headed straight to the forest right behind the house, I took my time; walking slowly to the forest when I felt Eliana getting all worked up in my head.

"Walk faster! I'm getting impatient" she whined in my head and I let out a laugh but picked up my pace anyway. I ran behind a tree and removed my clothes, leaving myself in my underwear.

I closed my eyes and started running; imagining Eliana's black and big wolf form taking over while I kept running, a howl of pain and satisfaction escaped my lips as I dropped on all fours.

"That's a good one," I thought to myself as I stared at my black paws, and without wasting any more time, Eliana took over and ran off in a random direction. "Make sure we are back home by 7" I muttered to her before fully giving up control.