The Would Be Alpha

"Where is he?!!!" "Calm down Ashton, I'm sure it was just a mistake." "Just a mistake? He's going to ruin my reputation!!" "Your reputation isn't so great, to start with." "Shut up Ryan!!" Ashton launched himself at his bestfriend, canines and claws extending "Hey, watch it!" Ryan tried to step back. There was a knock on the door. "Come in." Ashton let go of Ryan and tried to steady his breathing " Ashton, you called me." A smallish man appeared before me. When Ashton raised his head to look at the man, he felt all his anger resurface. "Luke, did you do this?" Ashton tossed an invitation card in front of the man. Luke took a look at it and nodded. "Yes, I did." "What's my name?" "Ashton Connor" "So why is there only one 'n' here. You typed Conor instead of Connor! Now all the other kingdoms will make fun of me! What's wrong with you?" "Sorry Ashton. It was probably a mistake by one of my boys." "A mistake by one of your boys? One that ruins my image. You think being my father's beta will stop me from killing you?" Ashton hit his fist hard on the desk. "It won't stop you but it should!" Ashton turned in the direction of the voice, ready to pounce on whoever had spoken. "What? Are you going to attack me too?" His father asked him "Dad, I was just........." "Just what? It's absurd to attack your best friend and future beta, but to threaten your father's beta? That's just ridiculous." "Father, my name is Ashton Conor on the invitation cards. The other kingdoms will make fun of me! If they receive an invitation telling them to come to my coronation as Alpha with my name spelled wrongly, they'll definitely laugh at me." "And there's no way to fix it without being violent?" "Dad, you don't understand!" "Apologize to Beta Luke immediately!" "Not happening dad." Ashton tried to walk away. "I SAID APOLOGIZE!!!" his father growled in his Alpha voice and Ashton heard his wolf whimper in submission. "I'm sorry Beta Luke." Ashton said slowly and quickly walked out before his father could ask him to apologize to Ryan too. He got to his room and quickly took off his clothes, then rushed to the bathroom. The cold water always seemed to calm him down. He felt his claws retract and he leaned against the wall. He hated when his father used his Alpha tone on him. It made his wolf weak and too submissive. He had done nothing wrong. He was going to be made Alpha in a month and just wanted everything to go well. He knew people thought he had anger issues but he didn't. He just had no tolerance for crap and stupidity. When he became Alpha, he'd fix everything. He'd make the Moonlit Pack the strongest pack in the world. "And a Luna? " He heard his wolf ask him "Is that all you ever think about?" He replied "You should think of that sometimes." "It's not important. We have more important things to think about." "It's important. Your mate makes you stronger." "I've heard that before. Just hope the Moon Goddess gives us a mate." "She will if you stop being so mean." "I'm not mean and I'm just twenty. There's still more time to find a mate." There was a soft knock on his door. "Haha your dad is so gonna give you the 'good Alpha' talk again" "Shut up" Ashton blocked the mindlink between himself and his wolf, then wrapped a towel around his waist and went to the door. As expected, his dad was standing there. Surprisingly, he didn't even look angry or pissed, he was just calm. "Ashton, can I have a word with you?" "I don't have a choice, do I?" He sighed as he opened the door to allow his father inside. "Get dressed and let's talk." "Okay" Ashton walked to his closet and threw on a shirt, then picked up a clean pair of shorts from a pile. "Okay dad, what is it?" He asked as he sat beside his father. "I know we've had this talk before but I think you still don't understand how you can be a good Alpha. An Alpha of the people. You start by being a good man......." "Here we go again......" he thought as his father started his speech.