Iris's POV.
"That bloody idiot." I yelled hitting the table as my beta walked out on me, I know there is no way, he could say yes, he is scared of Rupert. "that punk of a wolf." I pushed the table out of my way, and I too stomped out of the office. "idiot." I decide to go to the training ground, I need someone to talk to or something to vent my anger on.
I was throwing my dagger, at all those sculptures in the training ground as I also swing my swords
"Alpha Iris, are you okay?" I turned and look at Cathy.
"I am fine, what do you come here for."
"Relax, I am no enemy." I turned my face from her. "Can I stay?"
"Why?" I asked still swinging my sword.
"I will be getting my wolf soon and brother said that the claiming is a week after my eighteen birthday and that, by then maybe, I will find my mate and if I don't maybe, someone will want to claim me."
"So, don't you want to find your mate?" I asked.
"I don't want the moon goddess to give me someone, I don't love I will rather not meet my fated mate, if he is not the one, I love." Now my gaze moves to her.
"Did you already have someone you love?"
"Kind of, but I don't think he recognized me."
"Do I know him?" She blushed then nodded. "So who is he?"
"I am not telling." She blushed badly.
"Silly." I throw the sword at her, and I try to teach her, how to use the sword.
"Brother said you are meeting the last alpha tomorrow, what are you going to do?"
I sighed. "I don't know, I don't feel any connections between us."
"I got an idea, maybe you could try it."
"And what is that?" She move closer to my ear and whispered, I tittered at her words. "you this silly girl, you will get spank."
"Just try and see how it works."
" Fine, I will, I will do that tomorrow when I meet him."
"Perfect then."
"Now grabbed your sword." Distracting her from her excitement, I wonder who her love is.
The night was fast, I am meeting the last alpha, I will have to make a decision today and if I can't I will have to face the councils and their sharp tongues, criticizing me.
I dress up, looking super beautiful with my hair braided, I need to do this, I have to make this work, and need to try what Cathy told me, although it sounds stupid maybe, I should do it.
Alpha Asher is already waiting in the garden, he is looking more handsome and more like the same age as me, he is looking different from those other Alpha.
"So you are saying that you are an illegitimate child of the former alpha of the Moonlight pack?" I asked as we walked through the garden.
"Yeah, the pack members didn't like the idea that my father, wanted to make me the alpha but my big brother is an asshole so they have no choice but to stick to me." I tittered at his words.
"So tell me, what do you like in a mate?" I turned and look at him, did he just ask about me? "Come on tell me about yourself, enough of politics and power, don't you get choked with it?" I laughed again. "sometimes I feel I should run away."
"Run away to where?"
"Anywhere but not as a rogue, I don't have the strength of a rogue, they are prone to attack."
"You are very funny." I tittered as he too tittered, he is different from others, and I was enjoying his conversation, he is humble he will make a good leader for my pack beside me but I want to know something, I want to feel that spike, call me selfish while thinking about the well being of my pack, I need to think of my heart.
I take a step ahead of him and turned very fast, taking him unaware, thinking I was falling, he grabbed hold of my waist to prevent me from falling and my eyes move to the side where Cathy was standing.
"Kiss him." She murmured, that was what she told me, yesterday, I take a deep breath, as I cupped his face, his eyes wide open as he stared at me, confused. Within a blink, my lips smashed his, I kissed him, and he too reciprocate the kiss but I wasn't feeling the spike, I place my hand on his chest and pushed him slightly from me.
"I am sorry, I can't," I said in a hurry, as I rushed out of the present of him, I run into my room, I didn't even bother going into the office, I flash water on my face, I need to calm down, I am going crazy, so crazy that I even think of buying that advice of Cathy. How could I kiss alpha Asher and still be thinking of Rupert, I was comparing his kiss with Asher's kiss.
"Iris, you are stupid ." I curse as I stared at my reflection in the mirror, the young male didn't deserve what I did to him, I could I used him. I wasn't supposed to experiment, the only thing I was to do was accept his offer not compare him to Rupert.
Now the council is going to get fucking mad at me. "Oh, Sally help me out on this," I called out to my wolf. "Please answer me, I need advice."
"Get the door."
"What?" I asked, I don't see myself getting an answer from getting the door and what I asked from her.
"You want an answer and I am giving one to you." I sighed. "You should forget it, if you don't want my help." She went mute again, reluctantly I walked out of the washroom, making my way to my room door, pulling the door, Rupert was standing there disappointed, and his face devour from all emotions.
"Iris." His voice was coarse and his look was dangerous, I could feel my heart get excited, now I couldn't say it my wolf that is salivating for him, I too was excited about him.
Why should it have to be him? He is not mind In the first place, alpha Asher would have been the best option. He is handsome, powerful, intelligent, and humble and doesn't have a mate yet. Still, I want this with so much baggage.
"What do you want?" I asked when I found my voice.