Three Alphas, one selection

Chapter 8

Rowan POV

Confused. That is how I have been feeling. Since the moment I saw the glimpse of my mate. My mind has been going crazy. Thoughts of her keep popping up. Who is she? Where is she? How does she look? Did she sense us too? Did she sense us and run from us? The last question in particular really bothered my wolf. The thought that his mate ran from him seemed to be unforgivable even though I wanted to run from her too, but let’s face it no one would want to reject me. I am hot and I am the son of an Alpha. I’m what every girl wants in a partner and every girl begs to have between her legs. I’m a beast in bed and a ruler in life. It is every girl's wet dream. I’ve never thought so much about one girl, my mind was so consumed that I left the class early. I couldn’t focus and being there was just a waste of time. I think that I am only thinking about her this much because she is a mystery. As soon as I find her it will all go away, It is the chase that is so alluring. She is my prey and until I catch up to her, she will be on my mind. After all, I am a predator who focuses on my prey 100%. It was like that with Aceline too. I saw her, I wanted her and I went for her. Although I must admit that it was fairly easy. I guess that is what I like about her. She didn't put up any pretences, she never played hard to get. I approached her, she liked what she saw and that was that. It was only after that she found out that I was the Alphas' son. It didn’t matter to her since she was intending to go back to her pack. I was just something to distract her while she was here, but it became more. She was only supposed to warm my bed and then I would have thrown her aside like I do with all of them, but after one night I wasn’t bored yet and I decided to keep her until I was satisfied and had used her up, which hasn’t happened. I also don’t think it will happen which is why I want her to be my Luna. She is different from other girls since she doesn’t want much from me and she also doesn’t expect things from me that I am not willing to give like being faithful. She doesn’t care if I screw every girl I find attractive. That might also be why I find her so alluring. I don’t have to be with her and only her, the idea of only sleeping with one girl for the rest of my life is just downright depressing. I like variety. I get bored easily. Aceline isn’t one of her packs high ranking members. It would have been nice if she was an Alpha daughter then we could have merged our packs and become stronger. It would have benefitted her pack greatly. She also isn’t part of the Beta family. It would have been beneficial as she would have had warrior blood and that could have been passed on to our pups one day. It would have made them stronger. She isn’t even from the gamma family. She is just an ordinary wolf, a gorgeous one, but that is all that is special about her. I think she will make a great Luna in the sense that she doesn’t care to be Luna. She will not want to rule alongside me. She will be like my mother, just a face for the people. The only difference is that she won’t be a demure and shy wolf that hides away and is basically only used as a breeder. She at least has some spirit. I don’t want a ghost-like my mother that bends to my will. I want a bit of fire, something that will keep the spark of desire alive in me. I don’t understand how my father can stand my mother, she is too lifeless. It amazes me that he is faithful. It’s no wonder he is always in a bad mood. His life has no satisfaction and soon it will have no purpose when I take over from him. I walked all the way back to the dorm where I had parked my car. It is all Joshua’s fault that I need to walk so far. Having a mate ruined him. I don’t want to be ruined. I wonder how it will be to come face to face with her. I could let her down easily, but that has never been my strong suit. No, I will shatter her heart and any hope she had. That way I know she will let it go and let me go. I heard my wolf whining in my head. He is eager to meet her and be with her. He doesn’t like the idea of me planning to reject her when I don’t even know her. That is the whole point though. I don’t want to know her and I don’t want my wolf to get attached to her. She has to leave my life just as soon as she enters it. I finally reached my car got in it and made my way back to the pack. I need to talk to my father about tomorrow's initiation ceremony and how I will not be attending. I don’t feel the need to be at every single one. Once I am Alpha I’ll need to be at everyone, but at least while my father is still in control he can do his job. Anyway, I want to go out tomorrow. My favourite burger place has a special on Monday nights where you buy one and you get one free. It's a werewolves dream. Anyway, I want to spend time with the guys and not in a work compassity. I don’t want to be Alpha and then my beta and gamma. We’ve been doing a lot of pack work these last couple of weeks. I also need time to go out and meet girls. I need to meet them to use them and then drop them. As I drove into the pack I saw my mates' blue beetle car driving out, we passed each other and I got to get another glimpse of her. I only saw her from the side. I still couldn’t make out a lot. I saw that she had blondish hair and that was it. My heart raced as our cars got closer and then when we passed one another it stopped only to pick up as she drove away. I wish we could just meet and get this over with I should just turn around and follow her. I could have rejected her and then I wouldn’t have had to worry about her anymore. I didn’t do that though. I don’t want to think that I kept on driving since I want to avoid it. If I face her now it is real and I rejected my mate. The news would probably spread and I would have to deal with it. I shouldn’t do the rejection here on pack grounds where random people can see and hear it. I parked my car and went into our house. The receptionist was still there.

”Hi Rowan, you look so great today.” She flirted with me, but I’ve had her and I don’t double dip. She is a scholarship student who doesn’t care. She has such an easy job she could have graduated a long time ago. She just doesn’t care. This is why I am going to put a new rule in play when I am Alpha. You have 1.5 time to graduate. If your course is three years you need to graduate in four and a half years or you are out, they will become packless and rouges. I don’t want slackers in my pack. This girl has been here for 7 years for a 2-year course. She needs to go. She has taken advantage of this pack. When they take so long they aren’t paying us back they are using us. My father doesn’t see it. He just lets them use up our resources for free. Another thing I want to incorporate is an interview with scholarship students. Once we have established that they reach the requirements they still have to pass the interview by proofing they are serious about their education and their dedication to our pack. Only then will they be accepted. My father doesn’t care since he thinks that it will cut down on our number of workers. I ignored the girl and walked right to my father's office, I stormed in and went to sit down on the couch. I looked at him. I’m closer to my father than I am to my mother. She was only the one who gave birth to me. She hasn’t been involved in my life at all. She only took care of me when I was younger. Until I turned about six by then I was in school and I didn’t need her so much. My father took over from there. He raised me to be his perfect copy, but that didn’t work out as planned. I am better than him in every way. He wanted a copy that he could control and I surpassed him. I’m a better fighter and leader. I looked over at him with disdain. It’s almost time for me to take all of this from him. We do get along, but there isn’t a relationship between us. Not one like there should be between son and father. He was more like a trainer than a father. He never gave warmth or love. He was goal-orientated and cold. He was just like a trainer. When I got older he expected a relationship. It just wasn’t that easy. He raised me to not care about relationships and then he wanted me to have one. I don’t know if he realized his mistake by then or if he regretted never forming a bond with his own son. I’m fine with having a business relationship with him. He gave up after a while.

“I will not be attending tomorrow's initiation ceremony. I have other plans.” I said looking at him. I want him to challenge me on this. I like arguing with him and winning. He sighed.

“Fine. Do you remember that scholarship student, Dilara Seren?”

”Yes. The overachiever that we accepted. She will be the pack's new asset.” I said feeling bored by the conversation. He didn’t want to argue with me about me not attending, but he wanted to have a conversation about this girl. He loves his assets.

“She isn’t going to stay for long. She has to go back to her pack to be Luna. We will have to load her up with a lot of work to make her fail as long as we can. I’m going to make her work here and alongside you. She will basically take the role of Luna since she knows how to be one and when you mark someone she will be able to help train your Luna. She will make your job easier since you are so lazy about your duties. You can just delegate whatever you don’t want to do to her.” I hated this. This was him striking at me. He’d rather have a complete stranger help out than trust me with everything. He thinks I’m lazy, but in truth, I’m just enjoying my time until I have to take over. Once I take over and this becomes my pack I will fully be committed, but being his lackey now doing everything he doesn’t want to do is just not who I am. I don’t like taking orders. I like giving them. I want to be in charge and that is that there is no middle ground for me. I’m a born Alpha I won’t take orders from anyone. I will not let anyone have control over me.

“Don’t you think giving a stranger so much confidential information about our pack is dangerous?” I asked him trying to stop him from doing this. So what if we only get her as an asset for a couple of years? It’s better than nothing. Anyway, she is clearly not dedicated to our pack If I ran the acceptance she wouldn’t have been accepted in the first place.

“No, it’s not dangerous. I just had a meeting with her. I analyzed the situation and her and I saw that it would be fine.” He just had a meeting with her and my mate just drove past me. Is my mate this Dilara girl? If she is I guess it will be easier since she has to go back to her pack to be Luna. On the other hand that means she gave up on finding her mate for someone else. Not even considering that her mate could be someone she was made for. I felt confused, I was angry that she gave up on me and relieved that she didn’t want me as a mate. I also feel insulted. She hasn’t even met me and she doesn’t want me. I am a catch. I was supposed to break her heart. We should have met, she should have been excited by the prospect that she was the mate of an Alpha, she should have been awestruck by my looks and then I would have shattered her by rejecting the bond. That is how it was meant to be. She wasn’t supposed to have a position as a Luna already lined up for her unless she was an alpha daughter. She is just a nobody, a scholarship brat. She doesn’t even have money to come and study. I guess my father is right about her having knowledge. She brings nothing else to the table, nothing at all. She isn’t worth me. Of course, that is if Dilara is the girl I saw and if she is my mate. It might be a coincidence that she was here at the same time as my mate.

Lara POV

I stood in front of the mirror that hung inside Malissa’s closet. I’m wearing a light pink A-line dress. It’s an off-the-shoulder dress that has a tight bodice and flares out from my middle to my knees. It’s made of soft material and then it has a layer of glitter over it. It’s beautiful and formal enough for the ceremony, but not too formal so that I stand out. My hair is pinned to the side in a neat bun. I put on some make-up, but not a lot just mascara and a bit of blush along with lipgloss. I looked good. I stepped away and put on a pair of stud diamond earrings. I decided on a pair of pink flat sandals. I wanted to wear heels, but Malissa informed me the ceremony would be at the outdoor stage that was surrounded by grass. Not being a fan of my heels sinking into the ground I decided on these. Malissa is joining me tonight. She has become my support system in the one day that I’ve known her. She is a walking information board. I still read every pamphlet and document I got yesterday to make sure I knew all the rules. I am not going to make another mistake again. My first one already cost me too much.

”You look gorgeous. I didn’t have such a nice dress at the time. I didn’t think that they made such a big deal of initiating us into the pack. I also didn’t have anyone to warn me so I went with jeans and a nice top. It was so embarrassing. The entire pack was there. I could feel the judgement. I’ve never felt so poor and like a scholarship runt like I did in that moment. Honestly, the only reason the pack shows up is to judge us and to scope the competition. The guys check out the girls and the girls judge us. I guess it is also a nice way to see if any of the new additions to the pack could be someone's mate. It’s an easy way to find out.” I don’t like that she refers to herself as a scholarship runt. I wonder if someone called her that. Is that really how the pack sees us? We walked over to my car since I offered to drive. After all, she drove yesterday. We made our way to the pack and she led me to the stage area. I guess this is a fast ceremony since there aren’t even chairs laid out for the pack. Everyone is just standing around the stage. Malissa told me to go stand in front of the stage. Once I got to the front I saw a couple of other wolves that were also dressed nicely. I went to stand by them. The Alpha walked on the stage and announced our names. We walked on the stage and stood there while he talked. He was talking about the pack values of hard work, respect and integrity. He said that we were becoming one with the pack and we would all take care of each other. Once he was done talking we had to kneel down to show that we were submissive to our new Alpha. One for one we got up. He took each wolf's hand holding it in his as they said the name of the pack. Then it was my turn I got up and walked over to him. He took my hands holding them in his.

“Lupus Nobilitatis.” I said like everyone before me, but he didn’t let go of my hands.

“Welcome to the pack Dilara, I hope we have a long time together.” It seemed more like a threat than it sounded like a welcome. Suddenly everything Malissa said about them overloading us with work to keep us here longer popped into my head.

“I promise to work hard for the three years that I will be here.” He smiled at me as he let go of my hands. He knew I was being defiant when I said that. He let it go though.