Reject My Alpha President (Iris and Arthur) novel Chapter 243

Chapter 243

We rock in comfortable silence for a while, listening to the chorus of crickets and the occasional distant howl of a wolf. Once

again, my mind drifts back to the she–wolf we saw earlier.

“Arthur?” I say, breaking the silence.

“Hmm?”

“Do you think… Do you think my wolf will ever emerge? Or is it possible that I’ll be one of those wolfless people?”

It’s uncommon, but not completely unheard of; there are people who possess werewolf genes but never have a wolf. No one’s

really sure why it happens–some claim that their wolf’s spirit abandoned them, that it’s some kind of omen or something to be

ashamed of–but it does occasionally happen.

He glances at me. “Where’s this coming from?”

I shrug. “Just curious. I mean, if my wolf hasn’t shown itself so far…”

Truthfully, it’s a fear I’ve been carrying silently since discovering my heritage. My parents are both powerful werewolves. Caleb

can shift with ease, or at least so I’ve heard. Even Miles already shows signs of having a wolf, like when he was able to recognize

Arthur as his father right away and having a proclivity for eating meat, despite being so young.

But I’ve never even felt an inkling of a wolf inside of me. It’s why no one ever thought I was anything but human for so long.

Arthur turns fully to look at me. “First of all,” he says, “there’s no doubt you’re a werewolf. The DNA tests confirmed it, and I’ve

seen your eyes glow.”

“That was one time, and you said it was just for a second. It could have been a trick of the light-”

“I know what I saw, Iris,” Arthur insists. He takes my chin between his thumb and forefinger and turns my head to make me look at him. His eyes are soft, but shimmering like the stars overhead. “It was beautiful.”

I duck my head, oddly embarrassed. “But what if glowing eyes is all I ever manage? What if I never shift?”

“Then you never shift,” he says simply. “It doesn’t change who you are, Iris. It doesn’t make you any less of a Willford, or any

less of my mate.”

“But wouldn’t you be disappointed? To have a mate who can’t shift?”

Arthur sighs softly. “Listen to me. I fell in love with you when I thought you were fully human, remember? When I beli d we could never share that part of my life. It didn’t matter then, and it doesn’t matter now.”