He tensed a bit. They did have quite a bit of a grudge, but in his mind it had been because of her betrayal against him, not his pack. How could his best friend truly go so far as to kill his twin brother. It didn't make sense to him and sure he had noticed that Alex had been rather jealous of her at times because of the attention he gave her, but he thought it was just that. Jack put a hand on his shoulder as he reassured him and Alaric tried to calm himself taking a deep breath.<br/><br/>His father had always warned him that he shouldn't get close to her. She was a descendant of savages who were from the wrong side of the tracks and he never believed that to be true. She was great and better than a lot of the snobs he had in his pack. "I know the history still it's the recent history that hurts the most. I still mourn my brother Alex....uhh I mean my brother Alaric sorry I spoke out of turn."  He said hoping he hadn't been caught. "So don't blame me if I have trouble taking just your word that we would have peace. So I want to hear what happened from you. I know what supposedly happened but not from your perspective. If we are to work together we can't keep secrets from each other." He said as he took his typical stance and hearing the thought of bonding he really couldn't hide his feelings as he was sure that they would have been bonded one day.<br/><br/>The charade of acting like Alexander was failing and the more his true self came out in front of Roxie because really he never could hide his feelings from her. She always knew when he had been feeling a particular way at any moment. When he looked back at Roxie despite all his efforts it was Alaric through and through looking at her. "You're...right there's been enough pain and heart ache and lives lost to this grudge because of ancient jealousy that forever grew between the packs. It would benefit us all to work together."<br/><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="8" data-username="@Alchemy" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/8/">@Alchemy</a>