The 5-time Rejected Luna Queen
Chapter 2

Another rejection. My fifth rejection in less than a year, and I was done with anything that had to do with mates. My life probably had to be a joke in the moon Goddess’ hands right?

I had woken up yesterday to find myself lying on the bare floor at the entrance of Ava’s room after yesterday’s incident,

"Where are you off to, young lady?" My stepmom, Lisa questioned as I opened the door knob and was about to step out of the house,

"Anywhere that isn’t this house?" I responded sharply. Not giving a response would only earn me a serious beating from her,

"Well too bad because I need you to make breakfast for your sisters before they are up."

"Can’t they make their breakfast themselves? After all, they were busy screwing my mate last night." I muttered back, and honestly, this was the first time I had ever spoken back at her. Before I knew what was going on, a hard slap landed on my face and she pulled my hair, dragging me to the center of the living room,

"Honey! Honey! Come down this minute."

I would be in a lot of trouble if Father found out I had talked back at my step Mom,

"Please, I’m begging you, I’ll do as you’ve said, please don’t report me to him."

I would prefer to be abused by my stepmom than my father. He was an iron man, and disciplining me meant that I would be locked in the house for days and I couldn’t afford to miss my last days at work when I was this close to finally leaving this wretched house and having a life of my own even though it would be short-lived

I planned to go to the human world and start up a small business of my own, maybe a bakery or a flower shop until the last days of my life.

I went on my knees almost immediately, rubbing my palms together,

"Please, I’m begging you. I won’t ever question you again. Forgive me please." I begged and tears rolled down my eyes when I began to hear my father’s footsteps heading toward us,

"Please..." I begged again and she smiled,

"What’s wrong darling?" My father questioned, and my heart skipped a beat. He had a very angry and scary look on his face and he growled at me seeing me on my knees,

"What did little Amelia do this time?’

"Well, it’s nothing, Honey. I thought I heard something from her, but I guess I was wrong. I heard wrong. Now go back to bed, Honey."

I let out a deep breath, relieved that she didn’t tell on me, and after my father directed another angry growl at me, he simply just walked away as she instructed. I guess after my birth, he had to become almost like a puppet to her. What a big shame for a Beta

"Thank you so much!’

"Now that would be 3000$ dollars for your little rebellion, and make sure you prepare breakfast before an hour. My girls need to eat something delicious."

"I’ll wire the money to your account," I muttered and she walked away. Tears stung my eyes as I dropped my bag on the table and began heading towards the kitchen. There was a total of 20,000$ dollars in my account, and I would have had more than enough to leave this damn place if I did always have to pay up whenever I didn’t something wrong. With three thousand dollars gone, I would have to work extra hard at the club today and find a way to make up since today’s my last day,

40 minutes later, I was done cooking and serving the dishes. I didn’t bother to call any of those brats out to eat. I picked up my bag and rushed out of the house as fast as I could, heading to work. My evening shift at the club wasn’t until 6 pm so I had the time to find maybe a quick few hours job.

Luckily for me, I was able to get one. Helping with the dishes at a big restaurant and thankfully, I got an extra 400$ to keep to myself. After a few more jobs and finally, it was almost time for my shift,

At least working kept my mind from thinking about Liam and his betrayal. I did expect something better with him, but who was I kidding? He was an Alpha and I was merely an Omega,

"Amelia?" My boss muttered as he got into my room. It was time for me to get changed and start getting ready,

"It’s Bella." I corrected as I dropped my bag on the small table close to me,

"It’s just you and I here, no one’s going to know. So, there’s a special job for you tonight, and it’s going to come with a lot of money." I arched my brows at his words. Money was all I wanted and if this was a lot, then it would mean I could finally leave this horrible town,

"What’s it?"

"There’s going to be a special guest tomorrow, Alpha Dexter Denver and trust me, he isn’t coming alone. A bunch of friends. I want you to entertain him. He’s a special kind so you have to put in all your best in this."

"You mean the Alpha prince of the shadow pack? Why here of all the clubs in the werewolf world?" I questioned in shock, "Haven’t you heard? Alpha Dexter likes to be farther away from his pack, and luckily, here is just the perfect place." My boss responded, and I let out a scoff. If I was entertaining such an important guest, then the pay had to be mouthwatering,

"How much are we talking about here?"

"20 thousand dollars."

Holy crap, that was like just on par with my entire savings, I thought and nodded my head,

"I’ll take the job. This is my one-way ticket to getting me out of this fucked up pack." I said as I began to arrange my clothes. There was no need to take my one-hour shift at the bar so I could get prepared for the club.

"Bella, it’s time." I heard my name and took in a deep breath as nervousness filled my heart. I couldn’t flop this up no matter what. Just like everyone, I had heard countless stories about Alpha Denver, and he was usually one not to get impressed at the sight of most ladies. I wasn’t also one of those ladies head over heels or so obsessed with him either,

Swaying my hips as I stepped out of my room, I began to head towards the stage, but I halted just halfway towards it,

Something was wrong. I took another whiff of the air, and the sweet smell of hot chocolate with raspberry-filled the room.

My mate!

There was no fucking way my mate could be here. The thumping of my heart increased, but I let a deep breath out and continued to walk,

As I got to the stage, I didn’t turn around to face the five men all seated and staring at me. Soon, the slow sound of the music made me begin to move my body and I held the pole next to me dancing to my heart’s content,

"She’s so fucking good." I heard one of them say, and I let out a small smile putting in more effort as I turned around to face them,

"Why not let her take off the mask? I want to see the face of the incredible dancer." The second man uttered with a smirk on, and I felt a thump in my chest.

"You’re quiet, Dexter. Does this one seem to impress you?" He continued when there was no response from Alpha Dexter,

I almost froze when I heard the name but snapped out of my fear and shock before they could notice anything. 10 more minutes and I’ll be out of here,

"Halt." the third one uttered, and I found my body taking a pause and my heart skipping multiple beats,

They could have just let me dance and walk away from here. I could still perceive the strong, intimidating scent of my mate in this room, but I had no idea who it was among the five men seated here,

All the men seated here had a very

powerful Aura, I could feel it, but one was different. It was obvious he was even stronger,

"Why not let her keep dancing, Raphael." The first man who had spoken said to the third person who had asked me to halt.

"Just like Tyson, I want her to take off her mask. It won’t hurt to see what the incredible dancer looks like." He said, and faced me again,

"Take off the mask." He ordered,

I swallowed a lump of saliva down throat. I really would never have problem taking off my mask, but mate was here right now and I couldn t ice him see my face,

"What do you say, Dexter? Alpha commands her." Tyson uttered and that was the moment I averted my gaze to Alpha Dexter as I awaited what his response would be. For a few seconds, I was taken aback by his demi-god-like look as he was the most handsome seated here with dark green eyes. I had always heard about him as he was famous in the werewolf world, but never seen him in person before,

Apart from that, I felt this strange connection but I let out an almost silent scoff when my wolf, Diana howled inside my head,

"Mate! Mate!"

No way. It couldn’t be him. How the hell was I mated to Alpha Dexter?

"Come on, man, it’s your birthday, and you should try to make it fun. There are a billion girls in this club, pretty ones, and I know you didn’t want to come in the first place but don’t you want to see what she looks like?." Tyson said again, but there was still silence from Alpha Dexter, and underneath my mask, I let out a disgusting sneer,

"I think I’ll just do it myself," Tyson uttered, but we were all taken aback by Alpha Dexter’s cold and powerful voice,

"Back off, Tyson." He yelled, and I froze along with my breath for a few seconds. It was almost like his wolf was trying to claim possession over me, then he turned his gaze to me with a very angry stare,

"Get the hell out of here, right now!." He commanded, making me flinch in fear. I took my gaze away from him instantly, hoping that deep down he didn’t feel the way I just felt, and as fast as I could ever be, I ran out of the room.

This was a mess. This was a fucking mess.