Longing For My Rejected Luna

Chapter 15

*****Erika's POV*****

What was my father doing here?

I thought I had asked Jace to keep any visitors away from my room for the time being.

I didn't want any disturbance.

I pretended I was asleep, maybe if he knocked several times with no response, he would go and leave me be.

But the knock persisted. "Erika Blackwood, open this door right this instant!"

I was going to kill Jace. I swear by the Moon Goddess I was going to end him.

Just one little request and he couldn't successfully carry it out. I knew father was here to offer comfort but I was just not in the mood to answer questions or give explanations.

Having no choice, I sighed, climbed out of bed and went to open the door for him. Head bowed, I greeted my father. "Good day, Alpha." Until I was publicly announced as Alpha, he was still the Alpha.

He suddenly pulled me Into a hug, I fought tears from welling.

Father is hugging me?!

I put my arms around him, reveling in the warmth and parental affection he was dishing out. "hank you, father."

"For what?" He rubbed my back comfortingly.

"For this." I held him tighter.

Cindy also couldn't help it and purred in my head at the kiss my father gave me on my forehead.

I appreciated it greatly, even though I didn't want him to see my vulnerability "We needed this, Cindy"

"Yes, we did" Came her calm response.

"Now, tell me how it went." He pulled away from the hug and led me to the velvet sofa in my room.

the Alpha he was, he faced

his patient and expectant expression, studying mine. Waiting for me to begin to

mother, he had been there for me, carrying

parent who had no care for them, and

Claw the fourth, was not like every other parent I

a ruler and a parent. Over the years, he had managed to combine both responsibilities and

he wanted to rub the wounds in, but

was my mate, father had said he didn't think Alex was prepared to have a mate and because all I had wanted was to be happy with my mate, I

here I was, back in my

dissolved the mate bond,

voice trembled with

unable to

my chin so I was looking at him. "You're an Alpha, Erika. Don't

tears

weakness especially in public, but for three years, that was all I'd been -

turn me into the version of a werewolf that father would have hung his head

played over and over just because I was trying

I had realized

so difficult. I regret not listening to you, I regret not taking your advice." I broke into a loud sob, feeling

pulled

trying to stop the

pull myself together. I drew back and looked him in the eye. "I am done with

inquired, studying my

hard trying to singlehandedly maintain a bond that was supposed to be

weight has left

feeling like I

your best for three years, Erika Alex is not ready for a mate-bond, and you can't force a grown werewolf Alpha to be ready for anything. Leaving was the

"I guess so, father"

pulled opened."Erika I'm so sorry,

say, but dad cut

hell out, Jace."