Rejected My Mate For Her

Chapter 6:Finally

“You would say that because you are scared of her,” said Ashton.

He knew that he was the first one to say it but now they are saying Taylor did.

It might sound childish but he wanted to win this argument, for Taylor to admit that he said it first.

“Bryan isn’t scared of me, right Bryan?” she said giving him a deadly glare.

“Yes, of course, I am not afraid of Taylor.

Yes, she can stop my heart from beating without touching me, cut me in half, or melt me using her potions.

Why would I be scared?” he stammered.

Everyone can see the fear in his eyes as he was listing those things.

“Anyway, I came to see you because your father wants you to come to the pack house tomorrow and he couldn’t mind linking you. You do that a lot,” said Bryan who has now regained his posture and looked like someone who was sent by the King.

Taylor sometimes forgets that these two are two of the most powerful werewolves in the world.

With their powers combined, they make a very powerful Taylor.

“You werewolves are weird, don’t you know how to pick up a phone and call?

I asked him to close the mind link, imagine someone mind links you when we are having s*x,” she said shaking her head to show her disapproval.

“She ordered me to close the mind link and I don’t mind at all, the peace and quiet is actually peaceful and quiet,” said Ashton.

If an outsider looked at their relationship.

They would think that Taylor is controlling Ashton but that has never been the case.

Taylor is just a girl who knows what she wants, and half of her demands are reasonable.

“Anyways, I will call Father and tell him that I will come, did he by any chance tell you why he wanted to see me?” asked Ashton but Bryan didn’t know why.

The next day Ashton went to see his father at the arranged time.

When he got to his father’s office he was surprised.

All the members of the council were there, his father, mother, the three oldest werewolves of their pack, the oldest pack doctor, and his brother.

After greeting everyone he took his seat alongside his father.

“I want to tell you that I am ready to name you as the future King of all werewolves,” said the King looking at his son.

Everyone was surprised.

Ashton was still too young for that kind of responsibility.

Once he gets named as the future King then he will start training and in a year when he is ready he will be crowned the Alpha King.

Ashton’s father became King when he was 30 and had a wife and two kids but he wants a 24-year-old Ashton to take over.

Everyone there was skeptical, none of them thought that he was ready for such a responsibility.

Ashton was basically told that he would be King by next year but he didn’t care about that.

All he cared about was what this meant for him and Taylor.

Since his father has made this decision it means that they will have the ceremony in a few days then he can finally tell people about his relationship with Taylor.

He couldn’t wait to tell Taylor, now that they said the L-word then their relationship is official.

He can finally mate with her and make her his wife and Queen Luna.

Speaking of Queen Luna his mother was just staring at her husband and mate.

He made this decision without talking to her about it,

mates are supposed to share everything and make such major decisions.

Besides being his wife and mate she is also the mother of the boy whose life will change drastically after this ceremony.

As a mother she had the right to know but he never cared about what she wanted.

She has lost her wolf, she is paralyzed, and she did all that for him, but he has never valued her.

She is going to be using a wheelchair for the rest of her life, but nobody acknowledges her sacrifice.

“Really father? Thank you!” said Ashton hugging his father.

“Alpha, I don’t think that the young Alpha Prince is ready for such a responsibility,” said one of the elders, and everyone in the room nodded their heads in agreement.

“How dare you question my decision.

I am your Alpha and the King of all werewolves.

You should consider yourself lucky to be breathing the same air as I am and you dare question me?” he said using his Alpha voice making the whole room shake.

Everyone except for Ashton bowed their heads in fear.

They knew that if they ever got on the King’s bad side they might as well be dead.

The King is a man that no one wants as an enemy.

“Good, we will be going downstairs.

I invited our allies for dinner to announce this news.

One of the pack house guards is telling me that they just entered the pack territory, let's welcome them,” he said while leaving the room like he didn’t just drop a bomb on everyone.

As Ashton was headed downstair he smelled her scent.

It was as soothing as always and he couldn’t wait for her to hear the news.

He wanted to be the one to tell her personally but now that his father has invited them he might as well be the one to do it.

He went downstairs and joined the others on a big dining table but she wasn’t there.

Her scent was in the air and it indicated that she was somewhere in the pack house but she was nowhere to be seen.

He saw her enter with his sister Ann, like always Ann was looking at the ground…

“Taylor, I was wondering where you were,” said Ashton’s father who seems to be quite fond of Taylor.

Why wouldn’t he be?

She is powerful and intelligent, and having her as an ally is more beneficial than having her as an enemy.

“Good evening, I just saw your daughter Ann wandering around outside and I wondered.

Why would the Alpha’s daughter wander around when the rest of her family and the council is having an important dinner?

Since she is the Alpha’s daughter she is automatically part of the council and hence should be here

Don’t you agree ?” she said with a smirk.

Her tone clearly indicated that she didn’t like that the Alpha’s daughter was excluded.

“Of course, it's just that my Ann is shy you see, but sit,” he said politely but deep down he was burning.

A daughter or a girl shouldn’t be sitting with men.

The only reason he tolerated his wife being there was that they had to put up a front and the only reason.

He didn’t mind Taylor being there because she wasn’t like these other women.

She was strong and intelligent.

Taylor sat down and looked at Ann who was still sitting down.

“What are you still doing standing there, sit down,” said Taylor dragging her to sit down.

The Alpha King had to control his temper.

“I want to announce that Ashton’s crowning ceremony will be held this week on Saturday since it’s the full moon.

I will be stepping down as King and my son will take over after his training in a year’s time,” he said looking at Ashton with a proud smile.

While everyone was congratulating Ashton.

Taylor’s facial expression didn’t betray anything, to everyone there she looked bored.

She took out her phone like what was happening wasn’t important.

When Ashton saw her typing he took out his phone which was on silent, seconds later he got a text.

“Wow, you finally did it, how on earth did you convince him so soon?

We will talk about this later and I am happy for you.

This deserves a five-course meal.” she said.

Bryan looked at Taylor who looked bored while typing away but the smile on his friend’s face told him that he was talking to her.

He has known Taylor for 6 years and she is the best actress he has ever known.

She is very good at hiding her emotions and very good at pretending to hate Ashton.

At first, Ashton would be uncomfortable every time Taylor and her father would come to talk to his father but now just like her, he was a little good at hiding his emotions too.

It surprises him sometimes.

How two people who clearly love each other from the moon and back can pretend to hate each other?

He wondered which was exactly true.

Did they love each other unconditionally or did they mistake their hate for love?