CHAPTER FIVE
ELIJAH’S POV
“Mum said that to you?” I ask in anger and Ella silently nods her head with a sad look on.
She just told me that my mum attacked her and said really mean things to her and I just can’t take it in anymore.
I can take her not liking Ella, but disrespecting her is going way over board and I’m not going to let that slide.
“I’m gonna go talk to her”
“No Elijah, that won’t be necessary. Let’s just let it slide. I promise I’m good”
“But I’m not, this has got to stop. I’m not going to let her disrespect you, not now, not ever!” I scold as I storm out of my bedroom and stride over to my mother’s chambers.
All my life, I have loved and respected her, considered her decisions, but right now, I won’t take her disrespect.
Ella is soon going to be my wife and Luna of this pack, she has to learn to accept that fact and respect her.
“Mother!” I call with my Alpha voice as I storm into her living room and when I see her watching TV, I halt on my tracks and cast her a stern look.
“I hope she also told you that she had a good time taunting Cassie in her cell all morning?”
“What are you talking about?” I ask confused and she rises from the chair and walks over to me.
“I presume Ella told you all what I said to her”
“Yes she did and right now I’m so mad at you, mum you need to learn to accept and respect her”
“You don’t tell me what I need to do Elijah. I will never accept Ella into this family.”
“Well too bad for you, I do not need your opinion on that.”
“Good, so why are you here? Why do you care what I say to her?”
“Because you are hurting her?”
“Hurting her? Really?”
“Yes mum, why do you always taunt her?”
“Because she deserves it. Did she even tell you the entire story?”
“I do not need to hear the entire story mum. I know what you are capable of doing and the things you can say to Ella for absolutely no reason”
“If you are just going to keep taking her side without asking wanting to know what truly happened, you might as well just leave”
“Mum… I can’t believe you are siding with a total stranger on this”
“What total stranger?”
“Cassie of course! Why are you siding with her? She is our enemy”
“That’s where you are wrong. Cassie is not a stranger, neither is she our enemy. She is your rightful mate and that automatically makes her my rightful daughter-in-law and the real Luna of this pack, not some opportunist you picked on the streets”
“Mum! You have to stop!”
“If you don’t want me calling her names, then tell her to avoid me and also, never bring such a lazy complain about her to me again. It makes me sick in the stomach”
“You are absolutely unbelievable!” I storm out of her living room and make my way to the dungeon.
I don’t know what Cassie has been feeding my mother with, but I’m going to make her stop.
I love my mother and I need her. I need her support in ruling this pack and having her turn against me because of Cassie is not something I can take in. I need to handle this issues before it gets out of hand.
As I draw closer to her cell, her pheromone fills my nostrils and I stop on my tracks and inhale deeply. As I walk closer, the scent become stronger and more tantalizing, causing all the hair on my body to stand erect.
I hate the fact that she affects me so much.
I hate the fact that I can still feel the mate bond trying to make me like her.
I hate the fact that I have to hate her!
When I arrive at her cell and my eyes fall on her, my heart does a series of summersaults. Her thick black hair looks absolutely gorgeous!
I clear my throat and put on my poker face as she raises her head up to look at me.
She can never know that she affects me this much.
“Here to reprimand me for talking rudely to you dearest Luna to be?” She asks as she rises from the floor and takes a few steps closer to the barred door.
“What exactly do you think you are doing?”
“Excuse me?”
“What did you say to my mum?”
“I told her she has such a good heart and that she has beautiful eyes too, just like yours. You should be grateful she passed on such beautiful genes to you” She says softly and I fight my urge to blush.
This girl will be the end of me.
I scoff and look up at her.
“Do I look like I’m in the mood to joke around with you?” I ask sternly.
“You look like you are trying to suppress a blush and a beautiful smile. It’s okay to smile and say thank you when someone compliments you. It’s called good manners”
“You crazy…” I close my mouth and give her a dangerous piercing gaze but the smile on her face does not fade away. “I need you stop filling my mother’s head with unnecessary stuff, stop trying to brainwash her”
“So pathetic to watch you say all this bullshit Elijah”
“It’s Alpha Elijah for you!” I scold with my Alpha voice but she doesn’t flinch. She just stands there and stare at me like nothing just happened.
“I will call you whatever I want.”
“You have a death wish, don’t you”
“Adorable how you and Ella say the same lines in the same situations. Admirable mate bond”
Now this girl is frustrating me big time.
I’m here to intimidate her and make her stop making things worse for me, but it appears she is the one intimidating me.
What the…
I turn on my heels and start to walk away to avoid any more intimidation.
“Alpha Elijah” She calls and I swiftly turn around to face her before I realize that I wasn’t supposed to do that.
“I want you to know that you are alive today because of me, I saved your entire pack from chaos, and I’m not in here because it’s your wish, but because I want to pay for my father’s sins. Also, I want you to pass on this information to Ella, the next time she shows up here, I will not refrain myself from ripping her head from her shoulders. Find something for her to do, she seems to be idling too much and that’s not good for a future Luna”
I swear, these words ring on my mind for the entire day!
Who exactly is this girl called Cassie?
CHAPTER FORTY-TWOELIJAH'S POVMum Ella and I are seated at the dinning about to eat dinner and with the way mum is looking at Ella, I'm scared that she might swallow her any time soon.I won't have a problem if she does that.Now I understand why mum used to look at her with contempt.Now I understand why mother hates her so much. She has a repulsive character and i can bet my life that she takes lessons from the devil.Right now I can't even look at her in the face because I hate her so much, I don't been know why she's still here.The m
CHAPTER FORTY-ONECASSIE'S POVAfter crying for a whole lot of hours, I decided to pull myself together and go talk with my elders and leaders as planned.As I walk towards the conference room where meetings like this are always held, I suddenly recall the last meeting we heart and my heart clenches in pain.When Elijah had demanded that I come stay in his pack else he will enslave them all, they didn't even hesitate to throw me away. Before I could even tell them I will go so they will be free,they lashed out on me.I felt betrayed and unloved by my own people.That only proved the fact that
CHAPTER FORTYCASSIE'S POVIt took me all my strength and morals to stand my ground and not forgive Elijah yesterday.The guy cried before me, but that didn't make me believe him.He said he wasn't conscious of what he was doing because Ella drugged him, but that is not a story I'm going to believe.All he needed to do was to go and talk with Ella, how did he get drugged?He is a chronic liar and a cheat and I'm never going to give him a chance to play me again!Well...that's enough about Elijah and his lies telling.&n
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINEELLA'S POVI had a feeling this wasn't a great idea.I had a feeling this plan of mine would backfire, but I refused to listen to my instincts.Now look where my stubbornness has landed me.Alpha Elijah hates me and in less than no time, he is going to send me packing from his castle.The shame, the humiliation, the mockery!I won't be able to bear all that from my mates.Also, I love him very much And I really don't want to leave him for Cassie.
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTELIJAH'S POVI step out of my car with the saddest look on.The talk with Cassie didn't go well at all. She refused to believe me when I told her that I didn't sleep with Ella intentionally.She called me a liar, a cheat, a cruel heartbreaker and many other names I can't remember.All my pleas and explanations did not move her and all I could do was leave her be.I understand where she's coming fromI would react the same way if I were in her shoes. Betraying the mate bond is such a big deal and I'm ready for the punishment sh
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENCASSIE'S POVLayla keeps whimpering in pain as we flee across the woods, headed for my pack.He lied to us.He deceived us.He cheated us.He said he was going to marry me, that he felt nothing for Ella, but just that same night, he went and slept with her.Who does that?I'm never going to forgive him for betraying my trust in such a brutal manner.I hate him!Layla arrives at a little stream that separates my pack from Elijah's and without any hesitation, she skips over it and as she lands on the soil of my pack, I feel the connection with my pack come back alive.The familiar smell of my pack members and the minklink.I can mindlink anyone I want right now, something I couldn't do when I was at Elijah's pa