Longing For My Rejected Luna

Chapter 72

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He was about to reply when | saw Paula walking into the room, there was an impatient spring in her step, as

though she could not wait to reach our table. She took a seat on my left as Kat had already occupied the seat on

my right.

She was not looking okay at all. Did she have a fight with her mate? | looked at Kat, she too was having the same

thoughts. What had Gage said to her? And why was she so gloomy? She was holding her tears, she did not want

to cry.

I looked at Alexander, he looked at bewildered too. If it turned out he had a hand

in Paula's current emotional state, | would not just refuse to help him, | would kick him out of my pack in the

most humiliating way possible.

"Are you okay, Paula? I'm in a meeting here, maybe you could go wait forin the room."

"Yes, | agree. Let's go, Paula. I'll stay with you." Kat agreed and stood.

"I have something to say to Alpha Alexander." She spoke up. But before she continued, she took my glass of wine

and downed it. "Whatever you're going to blGage for, do not. He has no idea | am here, he was not aware |

was going to be coming here. | only told him I will be visiting a friend but | never told him who the friend was. So,

do not punishor blhim. Understood?"

"You do know you're talking to your Alpha, Paula. If you want to talk to me, do it with respe..."

"I would advise you actually listen to what she just said. Do not blGage for this and she's not lying." |

interjected.

"Erik...Uhm, sorry. Alpha Blackwood, | would suggest you allowdeal with my pack mem..."

"Paula is my best friend and | would not allow her mate bond be in jeopardy just because of what you may want

to think. Unlike you, | know how to address an issue fair and square." | was referring to the day he'd askedto

publicly apologize to Seren even though | was innocent.

That day was still fresh in my memory. | still remembered everything she had said and how he had believed her

over me, | would not allow him do that to Paula and Gage. These were mates and | would not let him ruin them

with his insensitivity to their plight.

He knew what day | was referring to and actually had the guts to glare as though | was sbad memory he

wanted to eject from his head. | did not need any soothsayer to tellhe still believed | had done it. Well, he

was at my mercy this tand | would deal with him accordingly.

"We are both Alphas and | know you will not be pleased when you're being told how to run your pack or deal with

issues arising within your pack mem..."

| cut him off again. "Fine, Alpha Robertson. | apologize for telling you how to run your pack. | believe before you

ascended the throne, you already know how to deal with issues. Any kind of issues." | smiled.

He got my meaning. "That is not..."

"And so | take this to mean that | have been relieved of any willingness to help, and will be returning to attend to

other important issues. Have a good day, Alpha."

| stood and pulled Paula up from her seat.

Kat stood with me, she took our bottle and two glasses with her.

"l agree, Paula."

The three of us paused. With a slow, deliberate turn, | faced him. "You agree to what?" | asked him.

"| agree not to hold Gage responsible for this surprise."

"What surprise?" | crooked a brow. | was toying with him, it madefeel quite powerful to be able to deal with

him that way.

Now, | had power and now, he was

at my mercy. | could decide not to help and | would be fine but whatever that had made Alexander leave the

comfort of his pack to this place, it was quite desperate then.

| knew him enough to know he had pride and he would not have agreed if he knew he could handle it himself.

This mademore curious to what was happening on his pack and how brutal this war was.

"That you're the Alpha of Blackwood pack." He response was somewhat defeated and meek.

Alexander, defeated and meek? That was another reason to be concerned, and curious.

"Oh, that surprise." | smirked. "Such is life, Alpha Robertson. That is why we must never treat people shabbily or

disrespect their presence in our lives, don't you agree?"

He was silent at first.

“Don't you agree, Alpha?” | repeated, putting more authority in my voice.

By leadership rank, | was higher than him. He was third ranking and he knew this.

He knew if he engaged withor tried to mess with me, he would no longer have a pack.

| turned to Paula. "Have you heard him?"

She nodded. "Yes."

"Don't worry, you're relationship with Gage will be fine."

She nodded.

"Please Alpha how soon can you help me? Let's join forces to win this war and restore peace back to my people."

He was pleading. He was desperately begging for help. As an Alpha | knew what it meant to have your legacy on

the path to extinction.

And it was going to be a thing of shif an Alpha with a pack as big as Moon Forest becthe laughingstock

in a war. Though not the biggest, but they had earned

enough reputation to just be

defeated in a war.

A big surprise tobecause | never thought this day would come. What had happened to Moon Forest and its

Alpha?

"Things are not done that way, Alpha." | told him. This was my turn to test him as he had done me.

"I don't understand."

"This war does not concernor my men, so if | am going to risk their lives,

terms and conditions apply."

"Please, don't be like..."

"Cback when you're ready, Alpha Robertson."

| walked out of the meeting room with my girls beside me.

A sly smile appeared on my lips.