Rejected, But Mine

The High - Alpha

Along with the entourage, a black Rolls-Royce moved on the earthen road towards the Red Moon pack house. The vehicle itself clearly displayed the power it's occupants held, one particular man among them sitting in the back seat.
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I watched the passing landscape through the tinted window. This is the first time I am traveling outside the capital for an official purpose after returning from New York.

I was sent to the US when I was six as decided by my father who is the current high-alpha. He stated that it is to provide me with better education and more exposure. But I still doubt that was his intentions.

I was sent there along with my friends, Knott, Bright, and Tutah so that I won't feel lonely or miss my home. They were all children of people who hold important positions in capital. We met one more student, Prem at our college who we befriended immediately. He has just started his career as the chief photographer of the famous fashion magazine his family owned.

The one in the passenger seat is Knott, he will be my beta once I ascend the throne while Bright who is driving the SUV would be my advisor. Tutah who is handling the PR couldn't attend the ceremony since he is on a trip with his husband.

I am already twenty-one, and my father has urged to take the reins once I returned finishing my college. I know why he is pushing me though. He took over from my grandfather when he was merely seventeen since grandfather fell sick. He just wants to retire and whisk my mom away for a world tour. My father is benevolent and just. He is calm and hardworking both while handling the subjects or our business empire. But to achieve all these, he had his mate, my mother beside him, and I don't.

It's better to have your mate beside you when you ascend the throne. During all those official meetings and parties that I attended at the capital, people would casually shove their sons and daughters towards me. My father did advise me to take a chosen mate, and he almost succeeded in choosing one for me. But my mom was my saving grace, who was adamant that a fated mate is superior and stronger. She also questioned him how would he feel if his father pressurized him to marry someone else than my mother . That has shut him for good, and I was happy about it. But that came with a cost. Now I was supposed to be on my 'mate-hunt'. If that's the case,why don't they just label these alpha-naming ceremonies of different packs as 'dating-ceremonies'?

I absolutely resent this Red Moon pack with utmost dedication. The ruling council ran the pack with mismanagement and lack of leadership skills. They treated their subjects with no empathy. That last time I came here was for beta Suttiluk's funeral. There is no self-growth or community development happening in this pack. My father for some reason turns a blind eye on this whole pack but once I ascend the throne, that's the first thing I am gonna deal with, to put them in their places, especially the brat, Sam, whom they are naming as their alpha. Although we own the university, that slob terrorizes the students, especially same-sex couples, like the university belongs to him. It's a shame that I didn't get to attend my college here.

"Everything is still the same.", Knott voices out my thoughts watching the barren lands and underdeveloped infrastructure.

Just a couple of hours , and I can leave this depressing place, I convinced myself . We are almost near the house.

" Your highness, we are here."

I close my eyes. " Bright, for god's sake, we are not at the palace."

"We have reached the pack house, Arthit.", he smiles at me through the mirror, which never reached his eyes. " Then....get out of this damned car, you jerk. I am famished, and my stomach is growling at me.", he snaps.

If it was someone else, they wouldn't have seen the light of another day. But these are my friends, they have the freedom, just like we know our limits. I straighten my jacket, and get out of the car.