Regret

Allison’s POV

"Hey baby girl," Theo said and I felt jealous for the second time in a short while. Who was she? Is Theo cheating on me already? 

"Hey, Theo, who is she?" The girl asked as she entered the office, not taking her eyes off me. 

"Allison, meet Tessa, my baby sister. Tessa, meet Allison, my… mate" Theo said the last part in a whisper. There was silence, an awkward silence. I watched as his sister looked at me like someone that just fallen from the sky. 

“She smells like a rogue.” Tessa spat.

“Tessa!!!” Theo warned.

“That’s because I’m one.” I said. There was no need to hide who I was. I wanted to know if she would accept me for who I am. It was clear that she did not.

“You are a rogue? Theo is that true? You can’t accept a rogue as your mate, you’re the Alpha.” She said to her brother.

“That’s my decision to make,"  Theo growled, taking a step forward. His voice was now a bit harsh.

“How could you? How could you do this to us, to mom and dad? Have you forgotten so soon what her kind did to us? Theo, you can’t do this.” She said, getting teary. Then she turned to me. “You better go back to wherever you’re coming from, you can never be our Luna.” 

"Watch it, Tessa, you're going too far." Theo said.

“Am I? Probably you need a reminder of what rogues truly are. She’s a rogue and not different from others”

“I said watch your tongue, I’m still your alpha.” Theo said in his alpha voice, making Tessa bow her head a bit. He was pissed and I could feel his power in every corner of the office.

"Theo, please stop," I said. "Theo stop it, you're hurting her," I said louder this time. His aura dropped a little, and she raised her head looked straight at him with teary eyes, and then one last glance at me. 

“Just leave.” She said calmly. With that, she ran out of the office slamming the door on her way.  

“I’m so sorry about her, she’s a good kid. I don’t…” Theo tried to apologize but I stopped him. What’s even the need of apologizing? I should be the one apologizing for disrupting their peace. 

“It’s fine. I’ll leave, I wasn’t planning to stay anyway.” I said trying to take my leave, but he held my arm stopping me from going any further.

“No please, don’t go.” He said.

“But I can’t stay either, your sister hates me and obviously your pack won’t accept me.” I spat “I have to go before someone suspects that I’m here.” Theo heaved a sigh knowing I was right.

“Alright. I’ll let you go.” He said, then turned to his table to get a note with a stamp.

“Take this note, it has my stamp on it alongside an order to let you in whenever you want. You show it to the pack warriors and they'd let you in. You might not be able to come into the territory freely like you did tonight, but with this, you can do so." He said. I hesitated at first but collect from him. "I still want to know you, Allison, I’d appreciate it if we see again.” He said. I gave him a glance not wanting to look directly at him.

"Please tell Tessa how sorry I am, especially for what my kind did that hurt her so much," I said. Theo was trying so hard not to have a breakdown, it made me wonder to what extent rogues have hurt them. With that, I turned to take my leave. I took the same way that I walked through when coming. I could feel him behind me, but I didn’t look back. It was useless coming here, I never should have come. 

Theo’s POV

After making sure that Allison had passed my territory without any issue, I took one last look in her direction and silently wished her a safe journey back home. I walked back to the pack house with the thought of what happened a few minutes ago. I hate to say this but I wished she wasn’t a rogue, things would have been easy right now. I knew Tessa was pissed because rogues were the cause of our parent’s death. I was mad too but this feels different. The pack members would respect whoever my mate is, but I also want my sister to accept her because she's the only family I have left. It would be hard for her to accept Allison but I would want her to try.

Allison is still finding it hard to be my mate and Luna for fear of being rejected by the pack, Tessa acting this way would only make things worse. Soon, I was at the pack house. It was really quiet in here, I guess everyone was asleep now except the pack guards of course. I was about to go to my room when I heard sobbing. It was so quiet that you needed an alpha's hearing to know it was there. I knew where it was coming from, so I turned in the opposite direction. I knocked on her door twice, but she didn't answer, so I opened the door. The sight before me broke my heart. Tessa crawled up in a ball form while holding mum and dad's picture to her chest. 

"Hey, baby girl." I tried teasing her with the nickname, but she gave no reply.

“I’m so sorry.” I said, feeling frustrated and worried. I could feel her sadness right now, something she hadn’t felt in a long time.

“I miss them.” She said with a shaky voice.

“I miss them too.” I got into the bed and cuddled her. 

“I don’t like her.” Tessa pointed. I had noticed that already.

"I know," I answered, not knowing what else to say.

“Where did you two meet?” 

"We met this morning during the attack," I said, remembering our encounter for the umpteenth time in 24 hours.

“She’s a rogue. Why won’t you reject her Theo? Why should your mate be a rogue?” Tessa asked looking straight at me.

“It’s not so easy Tessa. She’s my mate, my other half. I can’t… I can’t just simply tell her to leave. I don’t even know her yet. I don’t even know why or how she became a rogue, why she would choose that life. Tessa, let’s give her a chance to prove herself.” I paused for a moment, I waited for her reaction but she only sighed, then I continued. “Since I became alpha I’ve always wanted to meet my Luna. I have a feeling that there’s a reason this is happening. We don’t even know her well enough. I’m not asking you to like her immediately but accept her as my mate first.” 

“I’ll try. I’m not making any promises though.” She said. I was glad that she was going to try at least. 

“I’m sorry for using my alpha voice at you.” I apologized. She simply gave a nod and closed her eyes. I felt her breathing getting slow and in a few minutes, she was asleep.     

Allison’s POV

In no time, I was home. I sneaked back inside like I did when going out but this time I was unlucky.

“Where have you been?” I gasped as I heard a voice behind me. I sighed when I saw that it was just my friend and roommate, Gabriella. 

“Hi Gabby” I greeted trying not to answer her question. 

“To the room.” She said. Gabby was an inquisitive person by nature, I knew this night wouldn’t pass by without me making an explanation. She has been a good friend to me. She was the first friend I made when I came here. 

I laughed a little. “Yes ma’am.”

The second we got inside, she asked again. “Allison, where have you been and what are you holding.” I hid the paper not letting her see more of it. 

"I just went for a run," I said trying to get ready for bed. But she huffed and said.

“Whoever taught you how to lie, did a very bad job. Who goes for a run in the middle of the night and comes back with a masculine scent all over? Whatever it is you're keeping to yourself, you better be careful because Will would get mad when he finds out and you know what that means." She said, getting into her bed to sleep. The last sentence was all it took for me to tell her.

"Ok! Alright, I'll tell you but you have to promise not to tell anyone," I said, hoping I won't regret this later.

“I promise, I won’t tell anyone.” She said with sincerity.

“I found my mate.” I said in a low voice. She jumped out of her bed to mine.

“You did? I guess it was that it explains the strong masculine scent. Wow, who is it? Jake?” she asked. I looked at her in utter disbelief. How could she guess a thing like that?

“Hahaha, very funny.” I said sarcastically. 

“Come on, tell me.” Gabby pleaded.

“Is his scent that obvious? Alright, but keep your voice down.” I said and she nodded. I told her about everything that had happened within the last 24 hours. 

“Your mate is an alpha? And his sister hates you because you’re a rogue?” she asked and I nodded “What are you going to do about it? You know this is dangerous both for him and for you.”

"I don't know Gabby, he refused to reject me," I said. “He is supposed to hate me but somehow he doesn’t.” 

“That’s what the mate bond does. It’s pretty hard to just reject your mate simply because she’s a rogue. I think the moon goddess made you two mates for a reason, you should think about that.” She added. I thought about it and I knew she might be saying the truth. Gabby had not found her mate, but she knew a lot about it. 

“What about the piece of paper?” Gabby asked once more. 

“Oooh! That. It's just a written note with a stamp. I don't think I'd be needing it anyway." I said, throwing the paper into the drawer by my bedside. After some minutes of silence, Gabby spoke.

“Allison?” She called.

“Yes!” I answered.

“Be careful.” She said in a worried voice.

“I will.” I answered again.

"I mean it. Please be very careful, Jake would do anything to put you on Will's bad side. I don't want you to get hurt." Gabby gave me a worried look.

"I'll be careful. I'm stronger than him anyway, he can't hurt me." I said, with confidence that Jake's strength was nothing compared to mine. But I knew he was planning to make Will dislike me.

“Will trained with us this evening, it was really aggressive. He hasn’t said it openly but I think he’s planning to attack a park. Do you think so too?” 

“Eeeeeeh He said something about that but I never knew he was being serious about it.” I answered.

“I feel sorry for the pack.” She said. The thought of Will attacking Moon Shine pack was terrifying and I hope it wasn’t them.