Chapter Six: The Rejected Mate

  Canaan had his plate full today. He had had back-to-back council meetings with his pack members to discuss important pack matters and make decisions regarding pack activities and territories, conducted recruitment interviews for potential new pack members, and again, it was mandatory that he attended the convergence tonight. After the Alphas meeting had ended, Canaan hadn't waited behind to join the party hosted on the mezzanine floor. Instead, he had headed immediately to his room on the north wing. He felt his body lag from the strenuous activities he had been engaged in for the day. Besides, he had never had an inclination towards partying. He avoided them like the plagues. Following the death of his father, Alpha Louis Ramirez, in battle about ten years ago, and his subsequent succession of his reign as the pack leader at the tender age of fifteen years, the responsibility that accompanied the position had weighed down the once convivial spirit in him. What remained was