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.

would have been snuffed out of me, a little show of weakness and I

have 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 was

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 to return to my pack and take on the royal mantle. There was an agreement my friends were not aware of, I did

love or have a mate ever again. At the time, it had been an easy agreement to sign. I had

that was done and gone. I had agreed and I just had 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

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 had found something. A clue, probably. Something to help me lead

say that." Kat said, intruding

"I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be insensitive and

her

to know before we proceeded with

I'm not. I understand how you're feeling at

in

release

own bed. "Guys, this is not just about her

it about then?" Paula wanted to

that has been happening to us. There's no clue, girls. None at all. We don't know who poisoned my father because there was no driver with him. No 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 would have no clue,

out the floor with

they knew exactly where to find her. That was her favorite spot, and I used to go 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

form, almost bleeding to death with broken bones.

achieve such feat within a day. How had they being fast enough to notice it was Kat? How quick had they known I was going to be at the river? Alone? Tasyra cane just as soon as the whole thing with Kat happened and she was barely gone after