Refusing my Alpha mate

Clair

He had the audacity to interrupt me and make fun of me, after everything I was going through, wasn't enough for being a woman trying to lead in a world ruled by men, and with no space for me. At least he let me finish the meeting without interruption again, after we finished most of the Alphas left and I saw from the corner of my eye Tommy getting up and asking Arthur to leave, but his gaze was on me, and it was almost like it was something physical and warm, he slowly stood up and Tommy grabbed his arm, which Arthur simply let go and walked towards me.

At that moment, a chill went up my spine and ran through my entire body.

And the closer he got to me, with long and firm steps, the more I felt my heart accelerate to the point of hearing it beat inside my head. I remembered Arthur very vaguely before I left, he was already tall, but now he seemed even taller, and the closer he got, the more I realized that in fact I barely reached his chest, he had very short dark blond hair, and a beard with a square, chiseled jaw, while his light green eyes practically glowed against his tanned skin, he was so handsome it was almost disconcerting. When he arrived in front of me, his body covered me completely.

Would he come to attack me? Did he feel so embarrassed that he would physically attack me after everything I said? I was ready, expecting the attack, and prepared to retaliate if necessary, I took one of the daggers from my waist holster and waited for the blow, but I heard a whisper in the place.

"Clair? Can I talk to you?" I turned sideways, my eyes widening in amazement at the gentle tone of voice he used.

"Yes, but if you expect me to take back what I said you…" I started to say, but he just shook his head while laughing.

"I don't expect it and I know you wouldn't." Arthur laughed and looked down as he saw my hand open and release the dagger, which I held so tightly that the marks on the hilt were imprinted on my fingers. "Wait, you didn't think I was going to…" He asked now furrowing his eyebrows and shaking his head. "What kind of monster do you think I am?" His words hit me, like I did something wrong and maybe I really misjudged him.

I just put the dagger away, without responding.

"Did you have something to talk about?" I asked firmly, lifting my gaze to meet his. And he stared at me for a few seconds, so deeply that it made my breath catch in my throat, my mouth went dry, and it felt like he was reading every inch of my soul.

"I wanted to apologize for my attitude at the meeting." He just said, with the firmest, most imposing tone of voice I'd ever heard him use, and well, an Alpha apologizing? I was completely unresponsive, should I thank him for his apology?

"Okay." I just said, turning to leave, when I felt a hand, squeezing my arm.

"Wait." He said, holding me in place, and I have to say that his touch ignited something in me that I had never felt before. My eyes went to his fingers that were holding my arm tightly, and up to his green eyes. "I'm really sorry. We'll both be Alphas one day, I don't want our relationship to start off on a bad note." Arthur said as if he completely and absolutely felt every word he said. And he was so close, his smell was so strong, it made me dizzy, I was almost losing my mind.

"Then you should have taken a shower and prepared yourself better before coming to the first meeting, Arthur." I said shaking my arm to get out of his grip.

After the meeting, I tried to get this whole incident out of my head, but I couldn't, I went to train to align my mind, but it was as if that stupid idiot was always hovering around my thoughts.

I finished organizing the items for tomorrow's ball, It was more like a dinner, but it was the ball a week before the Moon Ball, I wasn't trained to do Luna's duties, but now I needed to do it the same way. My father didn't have a Luna since my mother passed away during my birth, Veronica, the Beta of our Pack, ended up taking on many of the roles while I was still a child, but as I grew up, she passed it on to me, at the same pace as my father. I raised myself to be the greatest warrior Alpha that ever existed.

My father's plans at the beginning were to actually have many children. When my mother became pregnant the first time, he had hoped to have her first male child, to be his successor, the new Alpha, and he never told me, but it is rumored that the scream of disappointment when he learned that his first child was a girl it was heard for miles, it just wasn't as loud as the scream of pain upon learning that he had lost his wife and Luna. They say that I almost died at birth too, that I fought hard and survived, but that my mother wouldn't stop bleeding after childbirth, which was simply not common in wolves, and to this day we still don't know exactly what happened, only that she died minutes after giving birth to me. Her name was Ivy, and everyone in the Pack says that I was born the most exact physical copy of her, minus the personality, the personality was entirely my father's.

But everyone tells me that my father, after losing his wife, took me in his arms and said. "Now it's just the two of us, little warrior Clair, the two of us against the world, you were born fighting, and we will fight whatever is necessary together, and you will be the most incredible Alpha that ever existed."

He never called me Luna, always Alpha, and since my birth, he has fought for the Council's law so that I could take over the Pack, and he has always trained me not to need anyone, much less a mate. While a young Alpha would normally carry out 2 trainings at a time, I would do 5 or 6. Normally an Alpha needs to know everything, but if you choose an area for you to specialize in, legal, custody, administration etc... I chose them all, I simply trained every day and night, to be ready, to never need to prove anything to anyone, for my fame and my achievements to precede my actions, and most importantly so that no one ever doubts that I am capable, primarily the Council. 3 years ago, we managed to change the law, and this year I will be the first female Alpha to take over a Pack alone.

The ball was important, it was the last meeting of the Lunas and Alphas in the region before the Moon Ball, this year the Ball was at my Pack, each year it was at a different one, and besides, this was my first ball as an adult. Even if I was going to reject my mate, it was still a big responsibility, and it made me nervous, but I hid this feeling and insecurity with all my might.

The next day I tried to busy myself with my training, finalizing all the details of the ball, but my brain was spinning thinking about whether Arthur would come, I shook my head trying to get rid of that thought. It was such a busy day that before I realized it, it was already night.

I took a shower, got dressed, and went straight to the party, I was in my territory, it was my Pack, and my guards, and everyone saluted with pride, the feeling of respect they had for me was so great and so beautiful, that It gave me chills every time.

"Our future Alfa Clair Troffenholl." The gate guard announced, and opened the hall doors for me,

And after the announcement of my arrival, when I entered the room, the bodies tensing in my presence, and the looks of admiration from the other Alphas, made me feel proud of having achieved all this.

What are you thinking about our two caracters? Arthur and Clair, each one is your favorite?