The Alphas and the Elemental

I am such a F*ck up

ARCHER

I stared at my brother, and felt tears sting my eyes. Does he mean he can never forgive me? I know I f**ked up, but I couldn't help myself, I was so drunk, I thought I had dreamed it, like all the other times I had dreamed of kissing her.

Mum and dad are still looking at us, waiting for an explanation. I closed my eyes, and take a deep breath.

"When we were at Astro's party, I had been drinking a lot and Asher and I had an argument about a girl I had been hanging with, just the normal stuff, that I should keep myself for our mate, blaa, blaa, blaa. but this time he wouldn't leave it alone, kept going on and on, Astro came over to try to calm us both down.......ummm,,,,,I kissed her, like really kissed her, then Asher punched me, and Astro was angry, so I walked away from them and spent the night with another she-wolf. now both of them are pi**ed at me, and Astro won't answer my calls."

I sat down and waited for the fireworks, but instead, mum sat down beside me, "Archer, you need to realize that the way you go through girls has consequences. You have a reputation and now Astro must feel that you used her to prove a point. You also stole her first kiss. That was meant for her mate. It's precious and you took it without thought. You need to take a good look at yourself and your actions. You have two days to find a way to fix this."

She turned her gaze to Asher, "baby, I understand your feelings about this, but you need to work this out with your brother. The bond you have as twins is so special, but if you don't nurture it you will break it. If that happens, then you risk not only losing each other, but it will damage our pack. You cannot lead this pack together with a broken bond. The two of you need to fix this together."

Mum and Papa left us alone. I looked at my brother, the other half of me, the better half of me, "I don't want to break us Asher, I can't survive without you next to me. I am sorry, and I have been trying to apologise and talk to Astro, but she has blocked me."

I put my head in my hands, and hear him sigh as the couch dips beside me. Asher's arm goes around my shoulders, "I don't want to break us either. I love you Arch, your my twin. There is no one closer to me or knows me better."

"I know I have f**ked up, and I will do anything to make it right, but I need to know you will let me try. I don't want you to hate me."

"I could never hate you, and I always forgive you eventually, but this time you hurt our best friend, you played with her feelings and you need to make it up to her. I pray she is our mate and I know you do too, but she could reject us over this."

"Me! She could reject me. She would never reject you, Asher."

He punches me in the arm, "and that would be worse. Having just me mated with our mate would shift our power, mating my Luna would make me stronger, and there is no way I am leading this pack without you, so we need to fix it."

Sh*t I never thought of that. If I couldn't get her to forgive me, then I could lose my birthright. F**k I am so f**king stupid.

"Asher, should we call her about my dream? or wait until she is here and can't hang up on me, mum is going to talk to aunt Lewenna, so maybe we should wait to see what she has to say?"

He nodded, "Yeah, let's wait and see what she says and go from there. I have a video chat arranged for after dinner tonight, and I think you should join me, but I want to warn her first, okay?"

I nodded and we left the office. I need that run even more now, so I headed outside and saw pops sitting on a bench by the lake. He raised his hand to me and i walked over to him.

"Come sit with me Arch, tell me what's going on with you." I sighed and sat down, "I don't know what the f*ck I am doing Pop, I feel like I am failing, and I don't know how to stop."

Chuckling he flings an arm around me, "your not failing Arch, being the eldest brings so much pressure, you feel like you should have all the answers, and have your sh*t together, but the great thing about being a multiple is that you don't have to shoulder it all alone, I don't know how a single Alpha can get everything done, and spend time with their loved ones, although maybe we have too much time and thats why we have so many kids."

He chuckles "You have a huge support system, you should talk to Ayla, she is actually really smart behind all that angst." I laughed. The youngest triplet got her personality from aunt Max, all sarcasm and attitude, but he is right, she always tells you the truth, not just what you want to hear. She is also good friends with Astro's brother and future Aplha, Orion, so she may have some insider knowledge.

Pops gets to his feet and stretches, "I promised Maximus a hunt in the forest, I would invite you, but Max doesn't think you are fast enough on two feet."

I grinned and took off into the forest, yelling, "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, OLD DOG." I hear a howl and the pounding of paws, behind me as Papa Max chases after me.

Following the training that Saffron has given us over the years, I swing myself up into a tree, jumping from tree to tree, until I get about two miles in, then I sit and wait. I let out a little of my aura, drawing him in,

I think for a moment that I have underestimated them, but then his scent hits me, and I smirk, he is hiding behind a bush, but it is no good old man, I see you.

Silently I move through the branches, getting closer and closer, until I am right on top of him, But as I am about to jump on top of him, a flash of silver comes out of nowhere and pounces, throwing us both out of the tree.

I shout in fright, and a gust of wind catches us and we land on our feet. Saffron and Max both pounce on me pinning me down and tickling me.

"Stop, I give up, I give up. Both wolves sit up with their tongues hanging out, like they are laughing at me, "you know you cheated, right? You ganged up on me."

"Oh my darling boy, how will you ever learn to fight the enemy, if we don't surprise you every now and then? Besides, when Ace told me you were going for a run, I couldn't resist tagging along."

Saffron stretches, and shakes her gorgeous silver fur, I hold my arms out for my mama wolf and she pushes me over in her haste to hug me.

Pops was definitely right. I am so lucky to have so many wonderful people around to support me.