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Have you ever heard the saying joined at the hip? even though right now joined at the wrist may be a more accurate description of my current circumstance the point still remained that right now I was stuck with him.
I was unable to walk away from the nuisance that had attached itself to me, literally. unable to go sit in my room by myself for 10-minutes cool off in fact I was unable to do anything by myself. Wherever he went I went, wherever I went he went.
This all just seems like a cruel joke surely my mum wouldn't literally chain me to the man I had just and so warned her about.
But as I sat on my bed with a numb wrist from the stretching of my arm to reach Elijah who I had made sit on the floor, yeah yeah, I know I know cut your nose off to spite your face but it was worth it 100% I couldn't help but to internally laugh at him as he moaned and fidgeted in attempt to get comfy on my cold, carpeted bedroom floor.
" quit moving and sit still will you?!" I huffed at him.
" easy for you to say from up there on you're nice and warm cosy bed" he groaned back once again tugging on the cuff making me involuntarily move closer to the edge of the bed.
"awh, I'm sorry has the privileged little alpha not had to sit on the floor before? Well too bad you'll sit on the floor like the bad dog you are!" I snapped back at him shuffling further onto my bed.
"ouch, there's no need for the bad dog comments now is there?" he said in a mocking tone as he turned his head to face me raising his eyebrow in the process.
" usually I'd have to agree with you, but you know special circumstances call for special measures" I said giving him my back as I rolled over in bed.
" you know that's not how the saying goes right?" he said back to me, as usual only hearing what he wanted to.
" well maybe not, but if the shoe fits you might as well bloody wear it." I shrieked at him before placing a pillow over my head to block him out with my uncuffed hand.
My peace and Serenity didn't last long before Elijah yanked his wrist and therefore mine down causing me to roly-poly right out of the bed and onto his awaiting lap.
"I miss you" he said brushing my now messy hair out my face.
"well you can keep on missing me, I don't care" I said smacking his hand away and quickly getting onto my feet ignoring the tug of the cold cuff on my wrist.
I continued to make my way forward towards my bedroom door forcing Elijah to quickly get up onto his feet or to be dragged. Unlucky for me he got up onto his feet.
"are you not even going to give me a chance to explain?" he huffed from behind me.
"I did, right before I punched you, remember? Surely I didn't hit you that hard" I said faking shock. "besides I think I've given you plenty of chances don't you?" I said as I carried on walking down the hallway.
"but you didn't actually give me a chance to explain it all, not that it makes any of it better because it doesn't but you deserve the whole story at least" he huffed.
"fine, whatever talk not like I have anywhere else to be." I said lifting our joined wrists with a raised brow.
"so you know Laura wasn't kicked out for not choosing her mate, it's really rather the opposite actually."
"get on with it" I said urging him on as if I didn't care about the truth but I do, desperately so.
" yeah, yeah I'm getting there so Laura's parents don't want her to be with Stephan at all actually, you see ever since she was a girl they have been teaching her how to be a Luna, how to rule the pack.. when they found out she wasn't my mate and that you were, they got angry like real angry she said her father tried to hit her and so she suggested we move in together so her parents would think I've chosen her anyway and wouldn't try to hurt her" he sighed "look I know this still isn't okay but at the time I thought it was the right thing to do... I'm sorry Trin"
" and what about now?" I asked.
" what?" he questioned clearly confused by what I was asking.
" you said you were doing what you thought was right at the time.. so what about now? what do you think is the right thing to do now?" I said while walking down the stairs which was strangely hard when your movements needed to be in sync with the person behind you.
"Now.. Now I think different, then I was still trying to push you away so I thought you moving in with Stephan was a good idea but I soon hated it. I couldn't sleep without listening to you which is why I called every night. Now I'd choose you I'd choose you again and again but I wouldn't just leave Laura to suffer I'd get Stephan to take care of her and make sure she was safe, but you would be my priority.. are my priority." he spoke gently as if afraid to anger me.
" you still could have told me the truth, you chose to lie that hurt but the fact you chose to keep lying that killed.. there is no excuse for that" I spoke to him without turning to face him instead I kept my eyes focused on where I was walking as I made my way in to the living room.
"I know, but like I said I wanted you to know the truth, now you do" he said brushing his thumb over the back of my hand.
I ignored him as I walked into the living room and over towards the TV before quickly dropping to the floor taking an involuntary Elijah down too with a thud.
I reached out and turned my gaming console on grabbing two controllers before throwing one back Elijah who was still trying to compose himself from the fall making a controller hit him in the chest. Ooups.
I scooched back a bit on my bum so I could see the screen properly before loading up zombies of course.
"really you want to play video games?" he said raising a brow at me.
"well if I'm stuck with you, it's going to be doing something I enjoy.. and get to kick your ass at" I said a beaming smile across my face.
" alright, but I won't go easy on you" he bragged as he grabbed the controller from the floor where it fell.
"pfft please.. you don't stand a chance" I said loading up the game.
In fairness Elijah was better than expected but of course was still no match to me with a 9-4 winning score too me.
Of course he blamed just about everything he could ' I can't even use my other hand properly', ' I'm not used to this TV', ' your controller is broken'. and so on.
To be fair to him the last one was probably true from all the times I played with Stephan or evan... Who I still hadn't spoken to, didn't even want to speak to, he was in the wrong massively, just like Elijah and Laura they are took my trust for granted.
"Are you hungry?" Elijah asked snapping me out of my thoughts and dragging me right back down to reality.
"u-yeah I could eat" I stuttered " but there's no food in the house" I added quickly.
" should we order or go out then?" he asked me.
" well I don't fancy explaining this to everyone" I say waving our cuffed wrists about making the metal clatter together.
"We can just order pizza or something I'm not fussy what do you fancy?" I asked him realising I hadn't eaten all day minus the whipped cream this morning with Stephan but that now feels like days ago.
"Yeah pizza sounds good what do you want?" he asked me.
" I told you I'm not fussy, you choose" I said back feeling HANGRY. = hunger anger.
" fine, fine done it'll be 30 minutes okay?"
"Okay, what did you go for then?" I asked turning to try peek at they order on his phone.
"ah ah ah, you'll have to wait and see now" he said turning the phone away from me with a chuckle.
"so secretive, but fine if I don't like it it's your fault" I said raising my chin at him.
" I thought you said you weren't fussy?" he said playfully smacking my hand.
"yes and I am not that does not mean I am fussyless" I said giggling at my made up word.
"fussyless is absolutely not a word" he said beginning to laugh too.
"well it works well so I don't see why it's not, I think it definitely should be" I said mocking in a serious tone but my onslaught of laughter made it for naught.
"fine whatever you keep your fake, made up words but I'm still not telling you, you'll find out when it's here". He said ruffling a hand in my hair making it even messier than it was to begin with.
"fine then but it had better hurry up I'm starving" I said and as if on cue my stomach growled audibly.
"so you are" he said frowning " you should keep food in the house so you don't have to go hungry" he said still frowning.
"well I haven't been here and besides I basically lived off of sandwiches when I did live here".
" why? You can cook I know that much so why didn't you?" he asked me confused.
"I don't know really, I guess I always chose something quick, easy and light then I'd sit in my room and do any work that needed doing, take a shower and go to bed.. my life was such a routine I didn't even realise it then but looking back I never did anything unexpected, unscheduled or different" I said getting lost in thought about just how true my words were.
"did you like the routines? Or do you like doing the Unexpected, living in the moment, doing what you want when you want?" he asked me and I found myself genuinely thinking about my answer. I was unsure.
"I don't know, things were so much easier and straightforward back then but they were... boring? Now things are raw, exciting and enthralling." I said back to him.
" are we still just talking about routines little Tink?" he asked a certain edge of huskiness to his voice taking me off guard.
Before I could even fathom a reply the door knocked. thank God.
"I'll get it" he said quickly standing and half dragging me up with him.
" oh right yeah, we'll get it" he said awkwardly helping me stand fully before leading the way to the door.
"it smells amazing" I said taking a deep breath in and inhaling the fresh scent of pizza as we sat on the sofa.
Elijah opened the boxes and to my surprise he chose a vegetarian.
" you aren't vegetarian though are you?" I asked him intrigued by his choice, I'd half expected him to go for a mighty meaty.
"no I'm not, but I think this has more flavour, here try a bit" he said feeding a slice into my mouth.
It was divine, he was right about it being full of taste that's for sure. I quickly snatched the slice from him before continuing to eat it myself.
He chuckled shaking his head while grabbing and eating his own slice. the pizzas we're quickly gone and I didn't regret a single bite of it not even a single crumb.
" I'm gotta go for a wee" Elijah said finishing the last bit of his pizza.
"okay..go on then" I said raising brows at him confused as to why he felt the need to announce it to me.
" come on then" he said standing from the sofa and bringing me with him. How could I forget he can't just run off to the toilet we're literally connected.
"do you really have to go, can you hold it in until we find the key?" I asked suddenly feeling embarrassed like a school child in sex Ed.
"not gonna happen little pup, come on before I end up peeing on your living room floor" he said trying to force me into motion.
"fine, make it quick" I said leading him to the bathroom through my bedroom.
"aye, aye captain" he sarcastically said rolling his eyes at me.
"well go on then" I said gesturing towards the toilet once we were in my suit. I walked to the toilet and leaned my back against his so he had his privacy.
" I need to use this hand too I can't do my pants with one hand" he now sounded like the embarrassed one.
"are you kidding me, is that some sort of pick up line of yours" I scoffed at him.
" how am I supposed to undo a belt and my jeans then pull my pants down with just one hand, no I'm not kidding" he huffed.
"goddess have mercy on my soul, fine but you should learn some more life skills you-you big baby" I huffed back at him.
"gotcha" he said taking control of his other hand now and therefore mine. credit where credit is due he didn't even try any funny business and quickly got himself sorted before washing all free hands, both of his own and mine along with it.
" how long has it been since your mum was last home?" Elijah asked as we both sunk down onto my bed.
" maybe last year at the ball, I don't really remember to be honest" I said with a slight sigh, not seeing my mum had become normal to me now but looking at it from the outside in I bet my situation seemed anything but normal.
"do you not, you know miss her? I mean surely it's lonely to just be here by yourself all of the time" as he said as he laid back with me on the bed there was no sexual tension in this moment only genuine interest in me, in my life and I don't remember the last time someone had that.
"I do.. but I'm used to it, this is my normal besides, I wasn't alone I had Evan and Danielle" I said with a sigh. this was the first time I had truly fallen out with the pair and it felt strange to not be seeking comfort from them like I always did in sticky situations like say for instance, oh I don't know, getting handcuffed to my mate who is more trouble then he's worth and the real cherry on top of the cake is that it was all done by my all so sweet, sweet mother who I'm convinced hates the sight of me, I have my dad's face and she hates seeing it, hates being reminded of what she has lost so instead she stays away. Out of sight out of mind I guess.
"they're still your friends you know, they were stuck between a rock and a hard place and ultimately made a rash decision which ended up being the wrong one. But it was me and Laura in the wrong not them though what they did was real shitty I don't think it was unforgivable" Elijah's voice had suddenly taken on a serious tone as he turned his head to the side to comfort me with a squeeze of my hand and a small but meaningful half smile.
"I know, and I will forgive them I can't stay mad at them for long but while I still am mad I plan on making them pay for it.. and I'm well aware it is you who is in the wrong" I said and cleared my throat afterwards.
"good I'm glad, you three need each other and I get that" his words were now soft.
I'm not sure what words I was going to say but whatever it was, was cut off by a large yawn.
"go to sleep little pup" Elijah chuckled while pulling the blanket and cover up over me but keeping himself out of it.
I shook my head even as I yawned again. " I have a question.." I paused a minute thinking about how I would word the question on my mind "tell me why you were with Laura if you didn't care for her that way, I mean everyone in school thought you were completely smitten with one another?.. I don't get it"
Elijah exhaled deeply turning onto his back so he was now facing the ceiling it was silent for a moment before he started to talk "Laura has been there for as long as I can remember she would play with us when we were pups me, Stephan and my brother.. the true alpha, Laura was always closer to him never really bothered with me back then in all honesty but then when he died Laura said I had taken her mate from her that she'd felt it, felt the bond tearing, breaking apart she said I had taken her true destiny of being a Luna from her. I was too young to realise that she couldn't possibly of known who her mate was at that age the bond wasn't established yet so even if they were destined she wouldn't have felt a thing and now we obviously no that Stephan is her mate which means the true alpha was never meant to be.. But it was too late by the time I figured that out my promise to make her a Luna had long ago been made" he took a deep breath "and as far as people thinking we were the perfect couple they simply saw what they wanted to see. me and Laura had always been friends so being with one another came naturally to us. we'd hold hands and have the occasional kiss on the cheek for prying eyes but that was it.. until we found out about our mates that is. she acted differently when she found out she definitely wasn't my mate I think she hoped she would be, she knew Stephan was hers but she kept it to herself and didn't tell me until I found you, she asked me, begged to me to sleep with her even though we agreed to save that for our mates. she's already done it as I'm sure you've heard of her reputation in school." he sighed while awkwardly twiddling his fingers." she started to go out of her way to make sure you saw us together, she was suddenly always on my knee and kissing me trying to rub it in your face yet she'd still go for Stephan and I understand why because I'm the same with you but she refused to let me go to give it a shot.. I lied to you that night at our spot, that first kiss I felt it, god did I feel it but like I said Laura had asked me to go, she asked me to shut everything down with you, said it would be like ripping the Band-Aid off. I couldn't see through her then I thought that what she was saying was right and what was best for everyone but truth is I was just too much of a coward to act on my own feelings and what I thought was right" he seemed relieved once he'd finished talking as if he'd been waiting to get that off his chest to someone. To me?
"so she basically black mailed you, how could you stay friends with her after that, how could you after you realised she'd lied and manipulated you to get her own way and what she wanted?" I asked confused at how he could be loyal to someone like her.
"I've never thought about it like that and I don't think it's what she wants, remember I told you about her parents and how they raised her to be a Luna I think she acted out of fear of punishment. I always believed Laura to be a good person, the victim in fact but I've seen a different side of her recently and I don't like it I can't make excuses up for her anymore" Elijah's voice was flat as if it held no emotion but I know that wasn't true.
"why won't you say Williams name, he may have been the true Alpha to everyone else but to you he was a brother" I said an edge of caution to my voice as I know people don't speak about the late William ever since his death 10 years ago he was only 16 when it happened I was only 7 and Elijah was only 8 when the role of alpha was thrown onto him without choice.
"I do not deserve to say his name, he is the one who's supposed to be preparing to be pack Alpha, it should be him claiming and marking A Luna for the pack, but he didn't get the chance, that was his birth right and it was taken from him" Elijah's voice was no longer emotionless it now seethed with anger. At himself.
" if the Gods took him back then it was always meant to be that way. same as my father I thought he was supposed to live to find his mate and be happy but the God's clearly saw it differently. they obviously chose you to be the Alpha this was your birth right too trough fate" I spoke slowly not wanting to poke at the bear.
"fate? what cruel fate and God's take a 16 year-old kid. This wasn't to fate this was down to failure. William isn't like your dad Trinity, he took his own life Williams was taken from him"
recognition soon hit his face as he realised what he had said "God I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that I just me-" Elijah quickly sputtered to apologise.
"I know.. and I'm sorry too, you're right it is an unfair comparison the two are nothing a like with the only thing they have in common being death. But whatever the reason the gods and goddesses chose to accept his soul when it came they knew in doing that you would become pack Alpha and they wouldn't have burdened you with such a fate if you couldn't handle it. For the record I agree that William would have made a great pack Alpha, but I think you can too. don't get me wrong you're not perfect by a long shot but you're trying I think he'd be proud of you... For the most part at least" I said with a soft half smile at him though his eyes remained on the ceiling.
"I think the gods got it wrong this time... the first thing I did was promise the lunas position away as if it was that simple. it seems I made a deal with the devil and it's only now catching up with me" Elijah's eyes met mine for a quick moment before once again returning to the ceiling as if transfitted on the lifeless, boring white that had often been my target of sight when lost in thought.
"I doubt that" he said a sudden dark manor taking over him.
" well we can agree to disagree on the matter, your parents will be home to host the ball, are you looking forward to seeing them? You said you'd imagine I'd get lonely without my parents but you don't have yours here either" I asked him.
"I look forward to them meeting you, but I don't care for seeing them they don't care for seeing me that much is clear they make their disappointment in me known and so I prefer it when they're away" Elijah said with a heavy sigh.
"meeting me? And I'm sure they're not disappointed in you Elijah" I said now also turning to face the ceiling as if it would help me get into his head space.
"you are my mate they'll sense it and expect us to make an appearance together, happy couples and all you know what they're like and trust me you don't know the half of it" is words once again falling into that empty tone I've decided I now hate.
"then tell me, we may not be friends right now but you are still to be my Alpha and I your loyal omega.. you can talk to me, I'll try not to judge" I said trying to lighten the mood.
Elijah shook his head in this displeasure before biting his lip and saying " I can't, even if I wanted to little pup, family secrets and all, you know how it is" he said with a fake smile that might fool anyone else but I could almost feel his emotions as if they were my own.
"if you're talking about the circumstances of Williams death I know about it.. My dad was friends with your mum" I said grimacing at the two things, first the memory of my dad telling me that the death of little William was not an accident like the rest of the pack was lead to believe 'fell too high while climbing trees' was the story people were told, but no he had been killed, the circumstances had still been kept quiet however and the second thing being the 'friendship' between my dad and Elijah's mum. she was his first love and second chance mate before he'd met my mum but he'd let her go when they found out her true mate was the alpha, convinced to give her a better life and ultimately destroying his own, I don't know how our Luna will react to finding out her sons mate is the daughter of her long-lost love. The one that got away.
" friendship.. yeah I think that's a minor understatement" Elijah said shocking me, I'd assumed he's not known about his mother's past.
"ye-yeah it is, and just how do you think she'll react to finding out I'm your mate?" was that whiny voice mine?
" well if you're anything like your dad she'll love you, she speaks about him a lot you know? besides I think she'll just be glad it's not Laura, she never trusted her she always thought she was a ' bad egg' in her words" Elijah said seeming to smile at the memories of his mum.
"a bad egg huh? I think me and your mum will get on just fine" I giggled.
"I guess we'll find out tomorrow" he said smiling "but I think you're right you two definitely will".
Our yawns we're the queue for our conversation to end, I laid there on my back still joined to Elijah by force falling asleep to the thought that Elijah had completely evaded the conversation about the truth behind his brother Williams death.. Or should I say murder.