A Little Bit of Patience

Chapter Two - The End's Beginning

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Somewhat edited, whelp. And also if it seems a little repetitive or some facts are different than what they were last week, please tell me so I can fix it, but keep in mind I do these about a week apart. Sorta hard to keep everything up to date.

And Claude will be here in the next chapter! This is a chapter to give you all the details about the arranged mating.

Anyways! Enjoy

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Chapter Two - The End's Beginning

"You say that as if he wasn't going to," Ashlynn said wryly as both Landon and her dad made a 'huh' noise and at least six wolves from the other side of the door gasped or swore in amazement.

She reframed herself from freaking out out loud and exploding in a big fest of shouted exclamations only in fear of her dad's sanity. While on the inside she was questioning her own sanity. 

He said yes.

Ashlynn held out her hand in the now silent room, and Landon handed her the letter. As soon as the paper touched her hand, she had to stop her hand from tensing and crushing the paper. She wasn't angry. Just... in shock. Being accepted as a mate to one of the top five Alphas was a big thing.

There had to be a reason why, then. Ashlynn wasn't the most beautiful of them all (though she strutted what she had like the saying told her to), her pack was useless and only had five acres of territory, and none of them were exactly 'warriors'. What exactly could this man want with her?

Luckily the letter was so kind to tell her.

"Dear Ashlynn Sheridian-" Ashlynn stopped and blinked. Well, this was awkward. A dawning sense of embarrassment began arising. "They spelled my last name wrong," she whispered, horrified, into the silence. Crap, was she going to go into this mating with him not knowing her last name? What if he announces her misspelled name or something and everyone will think her name is 'Sheridian' and not 'Sheridan'? It'd be a slippery slope and before she knew it, she would be renamed as Sheridian.

Ashlynn, calm the freak down. She was starting to hyperventilate over silly things. She would never make it through the letter if she let herself freak out. She took a deep breath and continued.

"We are pleased to bring news that you have been accepted to be in all ways tied to Alpha Claude Sherwood of the Ohioan Sheer Frost Pack. From your description and picture, you fit all the criteria for the very few who were contestants." Every single sentence was starting to make her really angry. "Please refrain yourself from changing dramatically now until the week you are to arrive -oh, I can't finish this shit!" She exploded and crushed the paper in her hand. She was so angry she didn't even worry about paper cuts.

It wasn't even from the alpha himself! It was from... from some secretary! Yes, Ashlynn wasn't naive. She knew this whole arrangement was political, but a hand written letter from her future mate would have been nice. She was giving up her soulmate opportunity and all for him. Ashlynn had been nervous yet somewhat excited going into this. Now she was just angry and bipolar. 

It took five seconds to realize her mistake before she gasped and put a hand to her mouth. Her attention snapped to her dad, waiting for him to react to her yelling and swear word.