Rejecting The Future Queen

Chapter 2

Yasmyn's POV

I smile into the kiss, leaning closer to the person whose hand is still at the back of my neck. Well, the person is no stranger and I understood it the moment he held the back of my neck.

"What are you doing here?!" I squealed a little as I pulled away from the kiss.

Colton looks as delicious as I remember him to be. His brown curls are now reaching his shoulders and both his dimples are on display now.

I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, pulling him closer and kissing him once again.

Colton Hayes is a traveller who comes here for crystal trade. And we hook up every single time he comes here. That is once a week. He was supposed to be here the day after tomorrow but he is early this time.

"Well, who misses the day where Alpha Brendan Rivera finds his mate!" Colton said, rubbing both his hands together for a bit of warmth.

The weather is really getting chillier day by day. I smiled and nodded at him.

Now you might think he is like my boyfriend, but it's just a hookup. And right now I am just happy that I have a known face and someone I can trust in this crowd.

I know the entire werewolf race is waiting for Alpha Brendan to finally meet and claim his mate but I did not imagine the crowd would be this huge. Damn.

Colton extended his hand for me to take but I gave it a hard pass and started to walk towards the food section. I mean, that's the main reason I am here for. You can just give me food and wish me good night and that will make the most happiest right now.

"Are you excited about your first shift?" I asked Colton and he looked visibly uncomfortable.

I am one month away from my first shift and from what I remember Colton telling me ages ago, he was just two weeks older to me. If he's a late bloomer or anything, then we might actually shift on the same day.

"What? Is everything okay?" I asked him and he looked at me with soft eyes.

"I know this is a terrible timing. But I have to tell you something," he said as he held my hand.

Oh God! Oh f**k no! If he is about to say something with the L word then I am going to flip right here and right now. Because these days Colton is having way too much of those soft eye thing going on even after a casual s*x.

Now I know you might be all.. oh damn, not even eighteen but still s*x. Hm hm hm. But werewolf growth rate is different, okay? We look different and our abilities are different when compared to someone of same age but from other races.

"I might not be available for a few weeks from tomorrow," Colton said.

I don't know if that's supposed to make me sad because I am happy. I mean, I won't be here too. Of course I need to head back home at least for a while for my first shift.

And if my father is willing to send me here again, then the decision would be in my hands. There would be options so me coming here again would be a slim chance.

I am more than happy to leave this pack behind.

"That would be a bummer," I fake a frown.

The only thing I will miss from this pack is and will always be Colton. Damn what a great s*x it is. Every single time.

"Yeah, I know. My family can't miss my first shift. So I am going to put a pause into my trade thing," Colton said again, as he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him.

"And I am so sorry you don't have any family to share your first shift with," he had a frown on his face as he said that.

All I could do is smile. No one knows that I have a family. The day I came here, I came here as a nobody. So naturally people thought I was an orphan. I never corrected them because if I did, I would have to give them my family name. The royal name.

I am fine as Yasmyn at least for now. I am starting to get a kick of being independent. I don't want any person to ruin this for me right now.

"Come, let's have some food now" I whispered and turned around because damn, I am still so hungry and he wouldn't give me a break.

If the s*x wasn't good enough, I wouldn't have looked at him twice. I don't say he is very good looking. He looks pretty decent but boy oh boy he needs a lot of grooming. My mother would call me insane if she came to know I was sleeping with this person. She would say I brought great disappointment to not just her or my father but our seven generations of ancestors.

Well, she comes from a different continent so her beliefs are quite different from the ones you see here.

I filled up my plate with food. A variety of food. Well, you can say I just dumped whatever I found closest to me all on the plate and now the found is like a mound. People are looking at me in a different way. Not for too long because the mound of food is about to get smaller.

"So.. is big john still troubling you?" Colton asked me and just like that, my eyes scanned the crowd for big john. Obviously it's not hard to spot him when he is seven feet tall and maybe a couple of hundreds of pounds in weight.

"For now we're cool," I said and hung my head low the moment big john's eyes were met with mine. I am scared of him and only him for some odd reason. Maybe it has to do something with his appearance.

The crowd started cheering at the exact same moment and I looked at the direction of the origin. Sure as hell, Alpha Brendan Rivera is walking towards the party with a wide smile on his face.

One look at him and you can actually tell that he is probably the finest man in the werewolf race. The youngest Alpha as of now but the most fierce. His parents are both closely following him with smiles on their faces as well.

Will my first shift be the same?

"Sorry to pop your excitement bubble everyone," his dad, Andrews Rivera spoke.

His voice had such base that even without the microphone and speaker, everyone in this arena could still hear what he's talking about. And the other half has to do with the werewolf ability of hearing things. Except the ones that didn't shift though.

"But Alpha Brendan's first shift was already done in our backyard at midnight. His wolf was as eager as he is, you can say," he said making the crowd cheer a bit but when he raised his hand, the cheers died down.

"Keep the excitement still going because he might meet his mate anytime soon," Andrews said again and the crowd erupted into cheers, hollers and roars.

Alpha Brendan gave a shy smile with his eyes on the first four rows of people. Daughters of Alphas and Betas of almost all the packs in the continent are here. If he did not find a mate here, then the possibility is that his mate could be from other continent.

Then the mingling has started and Alpha Brendan looked excited and shy as well. Whoever his mate is, that girl is one hell of a lucky girl. After the Royals, it's Alpha Brendan who's the most powerful. So obviously people who don't have a shot to be in the Royal family would kill for a mate like Brendan.

And there is also a talk that if there was a battle between Crown Prince Adi Lorraine and Brendan, Adi would win but Brendan would fight till the last moment. Now that's a compliment that's not easy to earn.

Colton left to grab some more food and now it's just me on the rock. Yes, the Omegas and no rankers are not offered a seat so we just sit on the rocks. We don't mind. It's just the wait it is and honestly, the rocks are better than chairs. I guess it's just my feeling again, don't bother taking offense.

For some goddamn reason, Natalie walked towards Alpha Brendan. s**t she is going to get punished for this if someone doesn't stop her.

So I was quick enough on my feet and marched towards Natalie, calling her name. Why the f**k does she still think that she is Alpha Brendan's mate! She has to be so stupid.

By the time I grabbed a hold of her, I noticed she was so high on whatever she was consuming meanwhile. And we were just four steps away from Alpha Brendan. I need to silently leave before his attention shifts towards us.

But who am I f*****g joking! Of course he turned around and our eyes met for a brief second. He quickly turned to the other side to nod at the girl he was talking to and I took that as a cue to walk away.

But then, he turned towards me once again and this time his eyes were wide as he looked at me. Or Natalie. Or maybe both of us.

"I am so sorry, Alpha Brendan. I will make sure she doesn't come in your way," I bowed down to him but his eyes were still wide as they looked at me.

And within three quick strides, he was in front of me. The entire world seemed to slow down as he stood in front of me. This is by the far the closest I had ever been to him and it's making me nervous.

He is even more handsome up this close. His eyes are the colour of chocolate. His hair.. damn it looks so smooth I want to run my fingers through his blonde strands. I bet they might feel like silk between my fingers.

Oh wait. Why the heck am I thinking about running my fingers through his hair?

"Brendan, sooner sweetie," his mother called out for him as she talked to another Alpha's heir that she found beautiful.

I am still not sure why he was still standing before me.

"Mate," he growled and the world shook beneath me.

What the actual f**k!

Was Natalie true all along? She is the future Luna of The Sundown Pack! Oh My f*****g Goodness!!!

"She is?!" I asked him in quite literal shock. I mean, damn!

But then, I heard the most ground breaking words come out of his mouth. Something I never thought I would hear him say to me.

"No," he said, his eyes still wide,"You. Mate"