The Alpha's Silent Rejection

Chapter 6

Carson Point of view

“Mate,” My wolf Cleo whispered in my head as I was busy staring into the girl's eyes standing at the entrance of the gym.

However, that one word was like a bucket of ice-cold water on my senses and instantly my soft gaze hardened while shock ran like electricity in my veins. I never wanted to have a mate in the first place, but a human as my mate was just another level of fucked up.

My wolf was just as shocked as me because he too was expecting a she-wolf as his mate, and this made no sense to him either. Cleo had gone completely silent after whispering mate while I mentally screamed in frustration.

After a few more seconds of staring, I let go of the bar and made my way to my mate. She was taller than most she-wolves that ranged anywhere between 5'3 to 5'6 and this intrigued me. No doubt, there were models who were taller than my mate too, but she was just very different.

Be it her eyes or her height, she stood out in a crowd. She was really gorgeous to the point that I would have dated her in a heartbeat, but she was my mate and I wanted nothing to do with my mate. I could feel her eyes on me the whole time I was walking, but I didn't glance at her and continued to walk towards her till I was standing close enough to hear her heartbeat as if it was mine.

“You should meet Miss Wesley, I'm very busy at the moment,” I spoke in a dismissing tone.

From the corner of my eyes, I was taking in her every reaction and when her face contorted like she was about to cry; I felt bad for a few seconds before reminding myself that it's just the mate bond and nothing more.

I was no longer feeling bad for her at the reminder and watched her gulp before nodding her head. When she realized I'm not looking at her, she looked up and whispered okay while I was trying to not get sucked in her black orbs.

The soft “Okay’ from her mouth did something to my insides, and I wanted to be close to her just for this once because after that I was never going to give in to this mate bond. So, I let myself take a close look at her and couldn't believe how beautiful she is.

She was flawless with her creamy skin glowing naturally, and lips that resembled rose petals. My eyes couldn't focus on anything but her lips, and unknowingly I was already bending down to kiss her. I was so close to her lips when suddenly the reality crashed on me, I should not be doing this. My eyes then flickered to her eyes and noticed that she has her eyes shut tightly. I knew then and there that she was expecting a kiss, and I took that opportunity to break my mate ever so slowly. Instead of straightening, I moved to her ear and inhaled her scent, which was surprisingly very different, and I couldn't put a finger on what she smelled like. I shook the thought of her scent out of my head and whispered, “Stay away from me.”

Without waiting for a second more, I straightened and turned around before walking back to the pull-up bars. My mate whose name I still didn't know stood at the same spot for some minutes and then walked away without a single word.

I sighed, knowing that rejecting her won't be easy because she is not a wolf and she can't accept my rejection until she knows about my kind. I was engrossed in my thoughts when the gym door was pushed open and I thought it is my mate for a second before I heard the annoying voice; that I knew so well.

“Carson, you are in trouble.” Benjamin, my best friend, broke the news to me.

“Benji, I'm trouble.” I reminded my future Beta while turning to him.

He chuckled at my words before running a finger in his messy auburn hair and spoke, “Alpha got to know about you hooking up with Tiara from the rival pack and he's furious.”

"Oh god, not again. Why does he need to interfere in my sex life? She was a good fuck, that's all.” I told Benjamin while walking towards the locker room

Benjamin followed behind me in silence and I knew he was going to give me a lecture about my habits like always. When my ears picked up the sharp intake of air, I knew he was going to talk. "Why don’t you think about your mate, Carson?”

I turned around and glared at him while his bottle-green eyes challenged me to not answer his question. “I do not want a mate. How many times do I have to tell you this? I am going to choose the one for me.” I replied to him with barely controlled anger.

The word mate was like gasoline to my anger, and I knew why? The fact that I have found her and I can't just reject her because she is a fucking human was not something that I liked. “I know that but you should still be careful, you never know what the moon goddess has in store for you,” Benjamin advised me and walked to his own locker.

“You are going to be punished for sleeping with a rival, Alpha’s word for you.” He informed me before collecting everything from his locker.

"I already know that. Anyway, where are you going with all this stuff?” I queried him when he began putting everything in a bag.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you. I'm leaving for my official training tomorrow.” He answered while continuing the task at hand.

“But you were supposed to leave a month later. There is still a month before you graduate from college and we don’t go for training without our official degrees. Also, I did told dad that we will be going together.” I reminded him while stopping him from packing anymore.

"Yea, about that, your father talked to the Dean and I'm graduating a month early now, so that I can leave for my Beta training sooner.” He clarified and looked at me straight.

“You did not tell me this, why? I'm supposed to be your Alpha in a year and I'm your best friend, yet you didn't find it necessary to inform me.” I almost yelled in anger.

“I just got to know this morning about it. I would have told you sooner had I known.” He calmly responded, making me feel guilty for my outburst.

“I'm sorry, I just am sad that you are leaving. We were supposed to go together and I'm mad about it.” I told him honestly.

Benjamin was a year older than me, making him my senior in college and leading to his early training. I had requested my dad to hold his training so that we both can go together, but instead, he's sending him an entire month early.

“It's ok, I know you didn’t mean it. You have always had a temper, but then I should expect no less from the future Alpha.” Benjamin remarked while picking up his bag, ready to leave.

“I'm going to miss you, Benji. Do not get yourself killed in the training or else I'm to coming hell just to kill you again.” I threatened my best friend while pulling his lean frame in a bro hug.

"Yes, Captain. Now, I gotta go, and might I remind you, mister, you have a class in five minutes.” He told me before heading towards the exit.

All the future pack Alpha's and Beta's needed to attend the training program after graduating to make sure it prepares them to lead the pack. These trainings are deadly and there have been times when the future Alphas and Betas ended up dead but no one has the authority to question the training. The training program is administered by the five strongest Alpha's around the world to make sure there is no conflict.

My father happens to be the head of the program because our pack is the strongest, the reason why I told him to let Benjamin stay for a year, but he has to do the opposite.

Now, not only I don't have my best friends at my side; I also have a human mate to reject.