The Mate I Rejected

The Fall Of An Alpha

Ashton's POV

" If I am going to do this then I am going to do it right!" I said to my father.

" We are already here, it's too late to turn back now. " My father said as we approached the Crescents forest.

When my father told me that I was getting married, I didn't think that it would be this soon. They spoke about this a couple of days ago and now they are telling me that it is happening today? That gorgeous woman I saw the other day doesn't seem make things any easier. The last couple of days have been butter sweet for me because memories of her kept on playing in my mind and I didn't even know what her name was. The sad part about this is that I think that I might really be in love with this woman. They say that when you know, you know.

I am almost thirty and in a few years my father is going hand over the pack to me and with that I am going to have an heir. If I can't do that with destiny can't I just have that with love? A couple of days ago I didn't think like that, but then I saw her, she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I wish we meet a week ago, way before this arranged marriage was even up for discussion. I didn't ask for this and now I have no control over the whole situation.

When I woke up this morning I had no idea that I would be getting married and now here we are to get my new bride. We made our way through the forest and soon we could see the village. The other wolves knew that we were on our way and so they stood by the entrance. They could smell us from afar.

" What are you doing here? This is our territory, you have no business here." One of the guys from the Crecent Pack said blocking our way. I was about to knock him out with a punch but my father stopped me.

" Tell your Alpha that we are here to get our bride, he will grant us permission to come in." My father said with a smirk on his face. Now let me tell you something about my father, whatever he lacks, he makes up for it in mean.

" You have no bride in this pack, go away or we will be forced to attack. " The guy said.

" Now I will strongly urge you to reconsider your decision son, get your Alpha. " My father said with a serious face.

" Fine but if my Alpha knows nothing about this, you will be sorry. " He said and turned around, he ran towards the biggest house in the village. We stood there and waited for him to come back.

" I have a bad feeling about this. " I said to my father.

" Everything will be fine, just relax. " My father said.

I looked around and even if I couldn't see anyone,I knew that we had eyes on us, someone was keeping an eye on the whole situation. A few minutes later the guy came back. He kneeled before my father.

"The Alpha will see you, you have been granted access and as a sign of good faith I would like to offer my services and carry your things." He said.

"Give him the bag. " My father said. He was talking about the bag he gave me earlier on. He told me to guard it with my life and now he was telling me to give it to this guy we don't know? I don't know what's inside but whatever it is must be valuable or he wouldn't have told me to hold it personally.

" Thanks but I think I'll hang on this. " I said and my brothers looked at me with horror in their eyes. He might be my father but he is still my Alpha and that comes before everything else, right now I have just disobeyed a direct order from my Alpha. I might be his son but I am also his second in command and I have a say if I think he is making a mistake. If he wants me to lead the pack then he has to trust my decisions. Now there's two ways that he can take this, one would be that I was committing a serious crime against my alpha or he could just trust me like he is supposed to. He turned and looked at me.

" You heard what he said, lead the way. " He said and looked at the guy.

" You are either very brave or very stupid." My younger brother said to me.

" What do you think little brother?" I asked the last born of the family.

" I think that you are very stupid." My younger brother said and we both laughed. My father was walking in front of us, an Alpha always leads, always at the front of the pack.

" So how does our new sister in law look like?" My brother asked me.

" I don't know." I said to him. Up until now, I never really thought about that. I mean she could actually be unattractive, it would explain why her father wanted to get rid of her. I was at the meeting and he was more than happy to give his daughter to us.

" You haven't seen her? Wow!" My brother said.

" You know, maybe it's better this way, I mean it's not like you were going to find a wife on your own and who knows, maybe this is your mate. " He said.

" You know that I was supposed to get my mate about seven years ago, I have officially ran out of time and I am good with it, some wolves are meant to be lone wolves and besides, I have a lot on my plate between my company and the pack." I said. I was supposed to mate at twenty three but twenty three came and nothing happened. now I am over everything. Both of my brothers have found their mates. Even though I know that, I still feel like that mystery woman could be what I have been waiting for my whole life. Yes is a bit fiery and I didn't have to do much to see that she has a dominant personality. I know that would drive my father crazy.

" Be glad that you don't have a mate, that you haven't imprinted, do you know what it feels like to have so love for someone that you would do everything for them, you would instantly give your life for them without hesitation, it's torture." My brother said.

" We are here, you can just go right in, the Alpha is expecting you. " He said.

We went into the house. It was homey and warm, there was a scent, it was warm and sweet. I kind of liked it.

" In here..." A voice called out from the other room. We followed the voice and we found the Crecent Alpha waiting for us in the sitting room. There was a long table with a lot of chairs and at the top was a throne were the Alpha was sitting.

" You may be seated. " He said and we all sat down.

" I take it that you have prepared your daughter for our arrival? " My father said.

" You can't just come to my house and demand to take my daughter away from me, we talked about this but we didn't talk about when she would come, I need more time to prepare her. " The Crecent Alpha said.

" Today, tomorrow it makes no difference but if you deny me on what we agreed upon, you will leave me no choice but to act accordingly, I will put the Regala Madura on the table. " My father said.

" That's an ancient and barbarian way of doing things, a punishment fit for the tenth century!" The Crecent Alpha said.

" What's a Regala Madura?" My brother asked me. He is the youngest and the last in line to take over the pack so he never really paid too much attention to the wolf way, the way we do things.

" It's this old rule that made sure that werewolves kept their promise, if an alpha failed to deliver on his promise the other alpha has the right to challenge him for his place, there's a catch. That Alpha has to fight and kill ten of his own pack, the challenging Alpha gets to pick the opponents, it could be anyone. " I said. I know my father and I knew that this was more than just about a union of two packs.

We werewolves are loyal to one another and an alpha will do anything to protect his pack, how can he possibly kill ten? Knowing my father will want to take over the pack. If the Alpha fails to complete his mission, he will get killed and so will the opponents chosen for him. The Crecent Alpha was right, it was barbaric but as werewolves we live by a code, our name is bond, you cannot back on your word. If the Alpha and his daughter dies then my father can take over the pack.

I should have seen this coming, I should have known that my father was up to something. When the Crecent Alpha agreed to do this marriage he didn't know that he was getting himself into a trap. My father has always been a great strategist, he just doesn't fight fair. I admire his thinking, only if he played fair.

" We are nothing without rules and you know that better than anyone else, you made a promise and now you can either hand her over or get ready for a fight, either ways someone is going to die, I hear that your daughter is a great fighter, maybe she might be my first pick. " He said.

"Can he do that?" My younger brother asked me.

"Yes, he can choose anyone he wanted. " I said to him.

"How Dare you threaten me in my own home! " The Crecent Alpha said.

" It's your choice. " My father said.

We then heard laughter from two female voices as they came down the stairs.

"Dad..." One of them called out.

"Ahhh and the lady of the house is home, it looks like things are going good, so what's it going to be? Are you going to call her in here or should I prepare myself for choosing your opponents. " My father said with a smile.

" You can at least pretend not to like this so much. " I whispered to my father. The Crecent Alpha was furious, if he was a kettle, it would have blown it's own lid out by now. He stood up and threw the table to the wall hitting a picture frame and breaking it's glass. It was unexpected but the man was angry, I would have probably done the same if I was him.

" Dad what's going on in here?" A voice came from the doorway. I looked up and saw this beautiful slim girl with long black hair looking at us. She had big beautiful eyes and thick lips. I don't think that I have ever seen anyone with such alluring beauty. She called him dad, I guess it was safe to assume that she was my bride to be and to make matters worse, I know her. Well I met her.

" It's okay baby... we just had a small disagreement. " The Crecent Alpha said.

" What are they doing here?" She asked him with an angry tone. There was venom in her voice. I am sure that she has heard about my father's crude and ruthless ways, an alpha without a heart is what he is called and they way she was looking at me meant that she could recognise who I was.

" Why is she looking at you like that?" My little brother asked me.

" Yeah it's like they know each other." My other brother said.

" It's a long story..." I said with a little smile. She wouldn't even give me her name and now she is to become my wife? I will admit that I was not too crazy about this whole arrangement thing but knowing that I am going to marry her makes things a little bit easier.

" Sweetheart... I have to tell you something. " He said.

" Okay... Dad what's going on here?" She said.

" Come, let's go to my office. " He said and they left the room. The table was smashed and so was the frame.

" I should have known that you had something up your sleeve, you ciid have told me your plans. " I said to my father.

" And ruin the surprise? Never! " He said with a smile. My father was enjoying every minute of this.

" Do you actually enjoy the torment?" I said to him.

"No son, this is far bigger than you, infact it's bigger than all of us, we are taking her with us, tonight!" He said.

" Why do I get the feeling that you have something else up your sleeve?" I asked him.

" Son, everything I am doing is for the good of the pack, no matter how bad it looks, this is for all of us and one day, you will thank me for this." He said.

" You have to admit it, she's gorgeous. " My brother said.

" Yes and she's going to be your sister. " I said to him with a smile.

" It's her isn't it? The girl who has been making you smile like an i***t for the last couple of days?" My brother asked me.

" I don't know what you are talking about." I said.

" I've always wanted a sister. " My younger brother said.

" NO! HOW COULD YOU! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS!" We heard an angry female voice coming from the other room.

" It sounds like she didn't take the news too well. " My younger brother said.

" Like father said, we are taking her home with us tonight." I said with a smile.