Longing For My Rejected Luna

Chapter 47

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

"Why don't you release the girl, Rika?" Paula probed again. For the umpteenth time.

I groaned in annoyance, giving her my disapproving stare.

"I support her, Rika." Kat nodded from her position on her bed.

I shot Kat my meanest glare, she only sighed, clearly unperturbed by what my glare meant.

"What are you girls saying? I should just let her go?" I could not believe they wanted me to do that.

"You're doing this to teach the father a lesson, aren't you? Do it to the father directly and leave the girl out of it." Paula opined.

"It is true. Elder Grigshade committed the crime, his daughter should not have to do with anything. It's been complete twenty four hours already, release her." Kat urged further.

"Have you forgotten she wants to elope with your mate?" I asked, trying to use that point to get her by my side. How could my two best friends be against my decision?

They should even understand the most? They should be supporting my decision not go against me. Elder Grigshade would never learn to respect me and if I must get that respect, it was through the thing or rather, the person he loved the most and held dear - Tasyra.

This was not even supposed to be part of the discussion e should be having. I wanted to know how that guy's body just disappeared without trace, no evidence that someone was killed, according to Jace. Not even the knife he'd brought with him that had ended up becoming his own death weapon.

show of weakness and I would have been gone. Father's legacy would have been destroyed because

been with the same drive and passion that dad had possessed. Not even the kind I was possessing. Ever since dad had let me know I

be my mate, dad had thought it would not work but had allowed me to with an agreement form to fill. Now that the plan to stay married had not worked out, I was

said if my marriage would not work, then I would rule as Alpha of Iron Claw and never fall in love or have a mate ever again. At the time, it had been an easy agreement to sign. I had never thought Alexander would prove to be difficult and

to focus on the issue at hand — finding the truth. Which was what I was trying to do, I had no prove that Tasyra was guilty, despite her father's disrespectful words to me but if I let her

no dead body in the river, no trace on how he got there or even who had sent. I was beginning to regret why I had not searched him that day. Maybe if I had searched his body, I might

say that." Kat said, intruding my

I'm not

her go."

you still angry?" I wanted to know before

you're feeling at

exhaled in relief.

you release her?" Paula

own bed. "Guys, this is not just about her dad exhibiting a crazy

about then?" Paula

escort whatsoever. He was alone, and chosen it thatway for reasons best known to him. Now, it was Kat, she would have died and we

out the

there with her. Pack members barely go there and don't think those people were from this pack and if they were sent, someone from this pack had sent them. They might have thought they were going to see me, but ended up seeing

in her wolf form, almost bleeding to death with broken bones. That particular memory panged my heart, even when I'd heard Paula's scream as she'd been scratched on

to notice it was Kat?