The King And The Rejected She-wolf novel Chapter 2

LAURA

“Laura!”

My stepmother is yelling from downstairs, and I reach over to my bedtable, take my phone and touch the screen, so it lights up and shows it’s only 7.30.

“Laura!” Samantha yells again.

I get out of my bed and walk downstairs to our big kitchen, where I find Samantha and Leah, my stepsister, sitting by the table, Leah all covered in face masks while her mom is putting red nail polish on her hands. They will look like she had been dipping them in fresh blood.

“About time, get to work and prepare breakfast. I am busy getting Leah ready for tonight.”

“It is like 12 hours away. “ I argue.

“That might be. But we want Leah to look better than everyone else.” I sigh and begin to make breakfast for all of us.

Tonight our new Alpha turns 20, which means he can now find his mate. Alphas and other male wolves find their mate when they turn 20. That is so they can make sure they are mature enough to start the rest of their life with their mate. She-wolves, on the other hand, can find their mate when they turn 17. Every unmated girl will be there tonight, hoping that they are his mate, or if his mate isn’t there, hoping he will choose one of them.

I think it’s ridiculous that we all have to stand there like cows for sale, waiting to be bought and dragged away. And I wanted to stay home, which Samantha thought was a good idea. She doesn’t want me to steal and overshadow my sister’s chance to become the next Luna. But my dad told me not to be silly and to be there, even if he had to drag me there himself. He said this could be my chance because I still had not found my mate, and I soon turn 19. That was something my dear stepmother didn’t like. Leah had turned 17 just a month ago, so now Samantha had used a lot more money to make sure Leah would look better than me.