Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 28

Catalina's POV

After we were done watching the training we headed back out. We were walking to a lake Alpha Liam wanted to show me when a girl runs up to us, she looks to be about my age. "Alpha Liam!" She calls out.

"Ah Carrie! To what do I owe the pleasure?" He asks with a smile.

"Honestly I can't wait any longer. I need to know who she is." She says pointing at me. She is smiling and shifting her weight back and forth with excitement.

"I knew it would only be a matter of time before you'd show up." He laughs.

"Carrie this is Catalina Black." He adds.

"Oh goddess it's so nice to meet you. Has my cousin been showing you around? Has he been behaving? What pack are you from? Do you have a mate? How old are you?"

"Woah Carrie breathe. It's her first day out of bed. Maybe just one question at a time." Alpha Liam says placing his hands on her shoulders. Carrie takes a couple of deep breaths and smiles.

"I'm sorry I've just been dying to meet you since Beta Jerry found you. It's kind of boring out here, not much happens." She links her arm in mine, like Rachel does, and we start walking again. "Ok let me start over. I'm Carrie, Liam's cousin. What pack are you from?" She waits for my response this time.

"I'm from the Moon Lake Pack." I say.

"I've heard of them. Do you have a mate?" She asks.

"Yes he was brought in with me." I say

"The Alpha, so you're a Luna. Oh my goodness I'm so sorry I didn't know." She unlinks her arm with mine and bows slightly. Alpha Liam just watches.

"Oh I'm not Luna yet, please don't bow." I link our arms back and continue walking. She smiles at me.

"Why aren't you a Luna yet?" She asks.

"Well that's a long story, but basically we haven't made it official yet." I say

"It's also very personal Carrie." Alpha Liam says sternly. Carrie looks back at him apologetically.

"Don't apologize to me." He replies.

"I'm sorry Catalina. I have a problem, I tend to ask any question that comes to my mind. It gets me in trouble a lot." She says. Alpha Liam laughs. "That's for sure."

"It's ok. I have the opposite problem. I don't tell people anything." I say

"Great I have a feeling we'll be great friends." She says leading us to the lake. When we get there is it lovely. It's not too big, I can see the other side, red and yellow flowers grow around the edge of the water. It's nice and quiet out here. "It's peaceful out here. Sometimes I'll come out here to be alone. Not many people come out here." Alpha Liam says.

"Feel free to come to the lake when ever you want while you are here." He looks down at me and smiles.

"Thank you. It's lovely." I say. I take a moment to take it all in, I can feel his eyes on me and I like it.

I need to get back to Andrew.

"I'm actually feeling a bit tired. Can we head back?" I ask.

"Oh I'm sorry of course. You must be exhausted. Let's head back." He says looking concerned. We head back to the pack house and Carrie continues chatting with me. When we are back at the pack house we head upstairs. "Hey can I come visit you tomorrow? Maybe your mate will feel better and will join us?" Carrie asks.

"Sure I'd like that." I say. She hugs me and then heads back outside.

"Sorry about her. She's full of energy and questions." Alpha Liam says laughingly.

"It's ok. Thanks for showing me around." I say reaching for the door handle.

"Any time Catalina. I'll see you later." He says. When I enter the room Andrew is sitting up watching tv.

"Hey how are you feeling?" I ask getting into bed next to him.

"I feel fine." Andrew says not taking his eyes off the tv.

"What is wrong with you? Why are you acting like this?" I ask

"Lina I told you I need time from you." He spits back. My heart aches.

"Fine I'll see if I can replace another room since you don't want to be around me." I say as I get up from the bed. I left the room and walked down the hallway to Alpha Liams office. I knocked on the door and waited. "Come in." He said and I opened the door.

"Catalina is everything alright?" He asks standing from his desk. I hadn't noticed the tears rolling down my face. He comes up to me and stands right in front of me. He wipes a tear from my eye and tilts my head up to his. "Your skin is so warm." He remarks.

His eyes were so beautiful and I melted at the sight of them.

"What's going on?" He asks. His hand on my face calms me.

"I need a different room please." My voice is shaking.

"Here have a seat and tell me what's going on." He pulls me to a seat and takes the seat next to me.

"I don't know what's going on. Andrew says he needs time away from me. He's being cold towards me. He's never been like this." I say "I'm sorry I don't know why I'm telling you this. I just feel." "Comfortable." He finishes my sentence.

"Yes, I don't know what it is." I say.

"You are welcome to use my sisters room while you both figure it out." He says.

"Thank you. I'm sorry I don't know why I feel like this or what is going on." I say.

"Don't be sorry. I'm sure it will all work out. Do you remember where the room is?" He asked. I nodded not trusting my voice.

"Why don't you go take a nice bath and when it's dinner time I'll have it brought up to you, ok?" He says. I nodded again and headed to his sisters room. A bath sounded like a good idea. I turned on the water, got undressed, and slide into the warm water. I soaked for awhile thinking about what was going on with Andrew. How can he say he loves me and then the next moment push me away like I'm nothing. Maybe I'm too much trouble. I bet his life was normal before he met me. Now it's nothing but problems and pain. Maybe Kayla knew he couldn't handle being with me and that's why I couldn't mark him. I haven't talked to Kayla in a while and she was quiet. But I honestly didn't want to talk to her right now. I got out of the tub and wrapped myself in a robe I found and stepped into the bedroom. I dried my hair and turned on the tv. I had been watching tv for a bit when I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in." I said and Alpha Liam stepped in with a tray in his hand.

"Dinner is served." He said with a smile. He brought the tray over and placed it in my lap.

"Thank you." I said.

"Of course. How was the bath?" He asked.

"Really nice actually. I'm feeling a lot better." I say.

"Good. Is there anything you need? I spoke with the nurse and Andrew is almost completely healed so you should almost be ready for travel." He says.

Yeah If Andrew even wants me to come back with him. I think.

"I can't think of anything I need. Did you get in touch with my pack?" I ask.

"Yes Jerry got in touch with someone named Murphy, I believe the pack Beta." He says. I nod.

"He said Andrew's father made it back to the pack."

"That's good." I say.

"Rachel is worried about you and I promised you'd call her tomorrow." He says with a smile.

"Thank you." I reached out and grabbed his hand without thinking.

"Of course. They both seemed worried about you more then Andrew which was strange." He takes a seat on the bed next to me. He looks concerned.

"I know this is none of my business but I have to ask, has Andrew ever hurt you before or been aggressive towards you?" He asks in a low tone. "What? No Andrew has never." I say.

"I'm sorry. Just the way they sounded on the phone, and the way he acted towards you made it seem like something has happened to you." He says looking away. "Something has happened to me. But not with Andrew." I say even quieter. His eyes meet mine.

"I'm sorry Catalina I don't mean to pry. And if you don't want to talk about it we don't." He says this time grabbing my hand.

"I was abused by my family and pack Beta. I was also tortured by another Alpha from another pack. I hid the scars so people don't see them." I say trying to be vague.

"You can hide your scars?" He asks

"Yeah."

"Can I see?" He asks

"If not I understand. I'm just curious." He adds. I think for a moment.

"Ok but I'm not ready to talk about them."

"I won't ask a thing." He says. I concentrate and thin my skin. My scars appear, I had almost forgotten how many there were. He moves the tray off me and offers me his hand. I take it and get out of bed.

"Take off the robe." He says. I'm surprised by his request. But I have underwear and a bra on underneath so I slip it off. I feel his eyes on me tracing each scar. I feel his fingers on my shoulder following a scar. I shiver at his touch. He is quiet. He walks around me and then I feel his finger on my side, he traces the long one on my hip.

"My Goddess, I'm so sorry Catalina." He whispers.

"The man who did this to you should pay with his life." He says sharply. I hear the anger in his voice. He hands me back my robe.

"Thank you for showing me. I'm sorry I will need to leave you. My wolf is trying to take control for some reason and I need to calm him. Enjoy your dinner." His eyes were dark and then he left. I stood there for a moment a little shocked and a little vulnerable. I haven't willingly shown anyone my scars before now.

Why have I been so willing to do so? What was happening between me and Alpha Liam? What was happening between me and Andrew? I crawl into bed and cry myself to sleep. I'm feeling overwhelmed again. I hate this feeling.