Lover's Quarrel

Atasha's Point of View

"So our plan is to tell Alpha Gregory that you’re the one that let Astrid sneak into the Crimson Moon Pack," I yelled at Peter, sitting in his wooden chair and scratching his head and his ears. He’s obviously wishing for his own suicide. Once the Alpha knew, he would be dead.

"We have no other choice." Atasha, that’s the only way. Listen to me. I need to take responsibility. You need to tell Alpha Gregory that Trisha Deveraugh is your twin sister who cursed you. Once that happens, I’ll admit that. The Moon Goddess, hopefully, will give us her blessings and let us win. "

Elijah then stood up from his seat and patted Peter on his back.

"Thank you, Peter, for being so loyal to my family. for admitting your mistake. However, we can dodge a bullet here if we just let this all go and I and Atasha could start a new life elsewhere.

"But Elijah, we need to save your bloodline. Trisha will bear cursed pups. That would be the end for Montreal. If the rumor that the Montreals are cursed would spread like wildfire, the Crimson Moon Pack's future will be jeopardized. We don’t want that to happen. All of the sacrifices of our grandfathers can be washed away in an instant. "

"Who cares Peter? I can build my own empire with my own pack. None of this matters anymore. My father disowned me. I think that’s enough reason for me to step away from this mess and create my own future. "

Elijah then walked out and went outside of Peter’s house.

"He would not go anywhere, Peter, I’m making sure of that." You’re right, we have no other choice but, to tell the truth to Alpha Gregory. "

But suddenly, Peter then palmed his face and he then panics as he remembers he needs to do some work at Margaux’s residence.

"I need to go now, Atasha. I’ll need to deliver something and I’ll be home at six."

Peter then grabbed his bag and went out to his house. Elijah then went back inside. He was still silent.

"Why don't you want to go back to Devon’s place and start a new life?" His voice was shaking, and I could sense he was holding out his emotions. I was very careful not to piss him off and explain why it was important to me to stop Astrid.

"Why, you ask? Because I care... I care about you, and this time around I want to fight for what’s right for you. This land right here, this is your home. It’s important to you, right? "

He began to cross his arms and didn’t want to look me in the eye.

"Atasha, you know that I treasure you... I’ve waited a long time just to find my mate, and there you are standing in front of me. Breathing and living... giving me good moments in my life. I just don’t want to lose something very important to me. Trust me on this,  it’s not worth the risk. "

He then holds my hand and gently rubs it through his fingers. Pleading for me to come with him back to the undergound tunnel for us to meet Devon.

"Please, baby, let’s step away from this pack... I don’t care if this is my homeland. It took hundreds of efforts just to finally get here. Where you are now, a cursed free she-wolf, why are we going out there and putting you back in danger?"

"Elijah, listen to me. When I was your slave... I always wanted to go back to the Silver Moon Pack. To find my sister now that I know the truth... I couldn’t sleep at night peacefully knowing that I didn’t do what was right. Elijah, you are supposed to be the Alpha, right? I know that you wanted this. You no longer need to think about me. I know that you care... I can see it in your eyes. You don’t want your brother Zach to lead the pack because you know that in yourself he’s not capable of leading this land that you truly, truly love. Especially knowing that she’s being manipulated by my sister. Did you get what I was trying to say? "

He closes his eyes and took a deep breath. I glanced at his face and I touched it with the palm of my hand.

"I'm with you in this battle, mettle! you join me and help me to reach this far. So let me back you up on this one. Even though I'm friends with your brother but I'll stand up and fight with you on this because I'm your mate and this is what we do. We lift each other up. That's why don't ever think about running away because I know the true Alpha within you wants to fight."

Elijah then embraced me with all of what I just said. My heart was pounding to say all of that to him. Did he knew that my legs would fail me and I'll stumble upon my feet after saying those lines? Did he knew that I'm about to break out and started to cry?

My tears were just pooling in my eyes and I couldn't help but cry when he embraced me.  It's hard to act brave knowing I'll be in danger or else what would happen next with both of us but I did the right choice because Elijah deserves to be the Alpha of Crimson Moon Pack and he deserves to be happy.

"Why are you crying mettle? Don't worry, I hear you. I understand what you're saying. I can't thank you enough for doing this for me. This is enough motivation to step up and save my pack against Astrid. It just doesn't feel right for me to fight against the sister of my Mate."

"It's fine, she's Trisha now remember? I'll stop her calling Astrid from now on and you should too. Because she's now a Deveraugh"

After that, we spent our whole day waiting on Peter to come home to deliver the good news but the bad news is Peter never goes back to his home and we found out the next morning that he was already dead.