LIFE-CHANGING CHOICES
“Uh… it might have escaped the details of my report… on both my visits to the Dark Forest and the Ragdoll club.”
“The she-wolf who kicked your ass?! You gave a report for both of them and didn’t say that she was your mate, bro! Oh, don’t tell me that your ego was hurt that bad?” V laughed in front of his friend and was accompanied by his wolf Roth and even Lyon.
Your Alpha’s right, M. This is about your ego getting all hurt, isn’t it? Teasingly sing-songed his completely ivory wolf with his rough voice in his mind.
Shut up, Lyon!
What, is that your new catchphrase, now human? You need something more original because, I would have thought that you’d have noticed it by now, but that doesn’t work on me! Ha ha ha!
Meanwhile, V saw the Gamma getting more red in anger. Most likely it was because of his own wolf’s exasperating statements. He clapped a large hand on top of one of M’s muscular shoulders…
“Anyway, whatever it is that has you so pissed, I believe it’s worth congratulating you for. It’s great news, even if she whooped your butt so easily, bro,” V said in a firm tone, trying to stay serious despite that playful smile trying to escape from his thin lips. “I hope you’re not gonna tell me that you think the Moon goddess made a mistake with this one, right?”
“I just think that a decision that affects the rest of my life should not be made without thinking about it. Well, I don’t believe she’s… I don’t believe she and I… that we match. I’m actually thinking… about rejecting her, V.”
Silence. Long awkward silence…
V was the one who broke the long ungainly pause between them, “I respect your choices, and understand your position, M. I’ve known you my whole life, but there are times when you’re too stubborn and hard-headed about your own beliefs to see the wisdom of a different point of view!”
“I’m not happy with her, V! Also, I believe that she’s not happy with me…”
“You believe? May I ask how many times have you seen each other already?”
“Twice.”
“And you decide to reject her upon meeting her only after two times? So, what happened to you both the last time you met that made you decide this?”
“It’s not just what I saw… Well, she just… she enrages me, V! She’s so full of herself, keeps ordering me around, when she’s just a nobody in her pack. She’s possibly even using her friendship with the Alpha’s daughter to push her weight around. And yeah… I found her working at The Ragdoll. She didn’t just choose the seediest of places to meet me, but she was… working there… as a stripper!”
If M was expecting V to take his side after a full minute of silence, he was sadly mistaken…
“The first thing that I see in your story is that you’re being an ass, bro! Since when does her position in the pack matter to her being your proper and acceptable mate, huh? Did you expect your mate to be a princess? A damn queen? If she was the Alpha’s daughter, would you even say all those complaints that you’re telling me right now?”
Ma’Heron took a deep breath. He was very familiar with V’s tone at that moment, and he knew better than to interrupt his Alpha. It was obvious that Vince had more to say, and M realized from experience that he had better listen… or else.
“Second, I can’t believe you, M. I know you too well. If you really didn’t care about those details, you wouldn’t lose it just by talking about and to her. You’re too calm and collected for that, bro! Think about it first, twice, or even three times. Just don’t reject her at once, Ma’Heron. You might regret it in the end. Besides, you should get to know her first before you decide to do something as drastically life-changing as rejecting her. It’s only fair that you do that, bro.”
“I told you, V, it’s not just me who thinks this. She doesn’t feel good with me being her mate, either.”
“Let’s suppose that you do reject her. Are you going to stay single for the rest of your life? Because you’re not Aaron, aka The Charmer, who can take whoever stands in front of him with no regrets. And you’re evidently not me, either. Had I already found my mate, I wouldn’t ever let her go, whatever the conditions or circumstances that I might have to do or face to make her mine.”
“But that’s Aaron, V. And that’s you…”
“OK, so let’s say that you finally decide to reject her. You’ll get weak and you might get sick, as well. You might get better with time, but you won’t get over it. And the fact that there will be no other mate waiting for you but her, what then, M? Do you realize that? Come on, make an effort for your own sake, bro.”
“I’m sorry, I know I sound ungrateful and stubborn right now, especially to you, Alpha. You haven’t found your mate and I have and yet… I can only tell you I’ll really think about it, V. For now, as I told you before when I gave the report, I’ll help her friend not to get married and call off her wedding, but that’s as far as I can go and that’s it. Look, I was actually just checking the invitation, where she expressed very openly how my mate really feels about me.”
V checked the envelope and invitation, and couldn’t help but chuckle as he saw the “Bastardo Asselmo” written in attractive cursive letters on both thick lilac linen papers.
“Yeah, I remember you told me about the engagement party. Just be careful, and don’t do anything stupid by putting yourself at risk, or risk her either. Tonight, use your heart along with your mind. And trust your wolf. She’s his mate too, after all.”
You see? Finally, some sound advice and common sense! Damn, why didn’t I get to be his wolf instead of yours?
Shut up, Lyon!