Her Forbidden Alpha By Moonlight Muse Chapter 61
Chapter61 Father To Daughter
The following day dawned cold and grey and it mirrored the mood within the Alpha’s mansion perfectly.
Breakfast was tense, even the delicious smell of Jessica’s cooking couldn’t lighten the mood. Indigo sat
there, a pout on her face, looking between Elijah and Jackson. She wished they’d put aside their egos
and stop this ridiculous issue between them.
“So do you both have everything packed?” Jessica asked looking at Elijah and Scarlett.
“Yep, all packed.” Scarlett said ying with the scrambled eggs on her te.
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“Yeah, all ready for this ball.” Elijah said in an antagonising tone. “I wonder if anything is going to
change. You sure you don’t want toe dad? To see how I reject anyone but Scarlett?”
“Watch it, I’m giving you one chance. You mighte home with no mate but remember, you won’t be
taking your Alpha position.” Jackson said coldly, his eyes shing dangerously. Elijah simply scoffed.
“I don’t mind, my wolf doesn’t seem bothered either. So I guess we’re good and it might be for the best
right? I mean Scarlett’s an Alpha with a pack…” He said smirking. Although the thought of losing his
own pack hurt, he wasn’t going to let his dad see that. He had put a lot of work into this pack and he
loved it with everything he had.
“You’re a fucking disrespectful asshole you know that Elijah? Your mother would be ashamed if she
saw you today!” Jackson snapped, mming his cutlery down. Jessica closed her eyes trying not to
scream in frustration as she watched her China te crack in half from the force. Her daughters
watched her try to control her wolf, her eyes flickering dangerously. Everyone knew Jessica’s temper
when it came to her dishes.
“I wonder… Shame she’s not around or all this shit wouldn’t be happening to start with.” Elijah growled
coldly.
“Elijah, please can you stop.” Scarlett said giving him a look. Indigo looked at her te suddenly feeling
really upset.
“You know, I don’t know what this mating ceremony will bring but can we at least have one meal as a
family? Before shit goes down?!” She said.
“Indigo,nguage!” Jessica snapped.
“No mom! I’m fed up with seeing all this anger between dad and Elijah! Why can’t we just go back to
normal, back to the way things were? Dad, I don’t get it, why can’t you ept their love? What’s so
wrong with falling in love? You did it didn’t you? I hate being here when all you two do is throw crap at
each other every single chance you get! Dad if Elijah isn’t the next Alpha who will take charge?!
Because you can’t be so stubborn and make the pack be the ones that suffer because of your
ego!”
“Indigo. This is beyond your understanding.” Jackson said curtly, but Indigo simply shook her head.
“No, dad. This time you’re the one who is failing to understand!” Indigo said, terrified to see her family
breaking apart. “I hope they’re mates! Because then I’d like to see how you break your marriage with
mom!”
With those words she ran from the room, not wanting anyone to see her tears.
“Indy!” Elijah said ring at his dad before he ran out of the room after the girl he considered his sister.
Jessica looked down at her broken China te. “All you are doing Jackson is breaking this family apart,
where our own children want to see us separating because of your issues and stubbornness.” She
said, her voice breaking slightly, “Scarlett can you give us some privacy?”
Scarlett looked between her parents and nodded leaving the room, but instead of going too far she
silently pressed herself against the wall, not too close that they could hear her heartbeat but close
enough to hear what was being said.
“Jessica stop encouraging them.” Jackson said, his voice cold.
“If this is about status, then I am ready to divorce you for their sake.” Jessica whispered, her voice
breaking. Scarlett mped her hand over her mouth to stop the gasp that almost escaped her lips. She
heard Jackson’s breath hitch and a chair tumble over.
“Jess…”
“I love you Jackson and I don’t ever want to let you go but I love them too. I don’t want to watch them to
go through any pain, Scarlett has been through so much already, I don’t want her futurepromised
because of me… And Elijah?! I took his mothers ce; do you know how I feel that I’m also taking
away his Alpha position and that I am the reason he can’t happily be with the woman he loves? If we
never fell in love… gotten married… then this wouldn’t be happening right now. I swear Jackson if you
ckmail Elijah with the Alpha position and stand by it, get ready to see those divorce papers!”
Scarlett quickly slipped into the bathroom as she heard the sound of footsteps, knowing her mother had
left the kitchen in a rush. Taking a deep breath, she stepped back out and walked back to the kitchen
once her mother had disappeared up the stairs. Entering the kitchen she saw Jackson had dropped
into a chair, his head in his hands. She felt a sliver of guilt fill her, looking at her stepfather.
“Dad…” She said. She hadn’t called him that in a while, after all, they hadn’t been talking properly and
the word felt strange on her lips. He looked up as she approached, both not missing the pain in the
other’s eyes. Scarlett didn’t stop until she was in front of him, quietly she lowered herself to the ground,
her knees touching the ground as she slowly reached for his face. She hadn’t tried to talk to him but
she wanted to give it one shot. For her mum, for Elijah and for herself.
“Scarlett.” Jackson said, looking away as he tried to hide the emotions in his eyes.
“Dad… can you look at me?” She asked quietly. Jackson sighed; he couldn’t refuse his little girl. That
was the problem, he considered her his own and it was too much for him to just ept that she wasn’t
biologically his. He looked into her sage green eyes, seeing the sadness and guilt in them.
“What is it, Scarlett?” He asked. Jessica’s words had hit him like a p and he wouldn’t deny it hurt, the
rejection and the fact she was willing to leave him so easily.
“I know this isn’t the most ideal situation anyone would want to be a part of but it’s happening. You were
and still are the father I never had, I still consider you my dad no matter how messed up this is. Mama
still loves you but she wants us all happy, all we need is for you to ept this, please? If you ever
considered me your daughter, will you not grant me this one wish? I’ve never asked for anything
growing up but today I just want to ask you to ept us. Do you hate me so much that you can’t stand
to see me as Luna of this pack?” She said quietly trying to control her own emotions, to hide the pain
from her eyes, something that was bing increasingly difficult the longer she spent around Elijah.
He had broken down all her walls leaving her exposed, even if he was like that shield standing right
beside her.
Jackson looked at her. “By loving Elijah, it’s a sheer reminder that you didn’t consider us your own.” He
said now stroking her hair, thinking when did she grow up? She shook her head, her eyes shing
defiantly.
“I considered you my father, I’m not lying and you know it. Elijah… I won’t lie. I never saw him as my
brother, I never had that bond he and Indigo have.” She said quietly. “Please dad, this won’t change
anything. Who cares what the world says? The only thing that matters to me and Elijah is what our
family thinks. Please?”
Jackson closed his eyes, sighing deeply before he took her wrists, removing her hands from his face
and held her hands in front of him. “You know Elijah doesn’t care about what I think. Indigo is angry at
me, your mother threatened to divorce me… and now you’re asking me to ept it so calmly…”
“Won’t even one of those approaches work?” Scarlett said, Jackson smiled wryly.
“I once said to you any boy you chose to love would be lucky, well that asshole is more than lucky.
What’s to like about him anyway?” He said frowning. Scarlett smiled, reaching up from where she knelt
on her knees, she hugged him tightly.
“They say a girl looks for someone who’s a lot like her father when ites to love… I guess I did the
same.” She said softly, praying she could get through to him. “I don’t want to lose my father.” She
whispered. Jackson felt his emotions surge as he gave in, he pulled her into a hug.
“You’ll always be my little girl Scarlett, for you I’ll try but you need to talk to him, tell him to stop being a
rude asshole too.” Jackson said almostining. “You know he doesn’t even listen to me.”
Scarlettughed in relief and amusement as she moved back, she had a feeling she would be pulled
into a battle of tug of war more often than not between the two Alpha’s. “I guess I can try, we both know
Elijah has an ego bigger than the size of Ennd.”
“Now that I agree on…”
“You should go to mom.” Scarlett said. Jackson nodded standing up, about to leave the room, he
paused.
“Don’t tell Elijah about our conversation.” He said. “Let hime back from the ceremony at least.”
“Got it.” Scarlett said standing up, unable to stop the smile that was gracing her face. She pped her
thighs, heaving a sigh of relief. She turned to gaze out at the sky outside. It felt like a weight was lifted
from her, right now she felt like she could face the world.
“Blood Moon here Ie.” She said turning and leaving the room. She needed to do a once over, to
make sure everything was packed.
They would be staying the night there and spending the entire day there until the ceremony which was
starting at around 10 pm tomorrow night when the moon was at its peak, it was at that moment that the
mate bond would have a chance to snap into ce. The thought made her nervous yet excited at the
same time.
She spent the next few hours keeping herself busy. Indigo and Elijah had returned, and they even
squeezed in a movie before those who were leaving for the ball got ready to go. Elijah and Scarlett
were going alone together, with the rest taking a few cars and making their own way there. Tomorrow
was indeed going to be a long day but both Scarlett and Elijah were prepared for whatever it brought
their way…