Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 29

Catalina's POV

I wake up the next morning still feeling like crap. But I need answers. I get up and get dressed. As soon as I'm done I hear a knock.

"Come in." I say and it's Carrie.

"Good morning!" She says as she walks in the room. She sees my tray of uneaten food and looks back at me.

"Not hungry?" She asked wanting more information.

"I was upset yesterday and didn't feel like eating."

"I'm sorry, but you need to eat. Let's go get breakfast that will make us both feel better." She says with a smile. I agree and we head down stairs. We get to the cafeteria and it's just as busy as last time. We take a seat and an omega drops off two plates for us. We dig in and it's just as good today with pancakes, sausage, and potatoes.

"Do you want to go see if your mate will join us for a walk after we eat?" She asks. I don't say anything.

"Oh your mate upset you? I'm sorry Catalina. Maybe he was just in a bad mood? Or in pain still?" She says trying to make me feel better.

"I'll ask after we eat to see but I'm not counting on it." I say. We eat and chat some more. She wants to introduce me to a few pack members today, they never get many visitors so everyone is excited. When we are done we head upstairs to Andrew's room. I hear voices from inside the room. When I walk in I see Alpha Liam standing close to the door and Andrew out of bed and dressed. They both look at me and back at each other.

"What's going on?" I ask confused. They look upset at each other.

"I'm trying to talk Andrew out of doing something stupid." Alpha Liam hisses.

"Very funny Liam. You don't think I see what you are doing?" Andrew hisses back.

"You have always been weak. If someone did what happened to Catalina to my mate they wouldn't be breathing." Alpha Liam says sternly.

"You don't know what happened to her! Don't act like you care." Andrew responds.

"I know because she showed me." Alpha Liam yelled. Andrew looked at me.

"You showed him your scars?" Andrew says to me. My heart hurts. Andrew looks crushed. I walked towards him to comfort him but he put his hands up.

"I, Andrew Lake, reject you, Catalina Black." And with those few words pain ripped through my body and I fell to my knees. The whole room was spinning from pain as I cried out. My body felt warm and I fell to my side. I saw Andrew leave the room and Carrie came into sight.

"Catalina?! Oh my Goddess can you hear me? Take deep breaths. Keep breathing the pain will pass." She holds my hand as tears flowed from my eyes.

What just happened.

"Catalina you are really hot." I hear her say. I felt my body being lifted off the floor and carried.

"Run a cold bath." I heard Alpha Liam say. Then I felt my body slip into the tub. The cold water felt good. The pain was still heavy in my heart, I can't breath, and then I fall into darkness.

When I wake up Im in bed and it was dark outside. I look over and see Alpha Liam asleep in the chair next to my bed. Why was he sleeping in here? I shuffled around hoping it would wake him. It did. He opened his eyes and looks up at me.

"Hey." He says softly. "How are you feeling?"

"Bad actually." I say, too mentally exhausted to lie.

"I know. I had no idea he would go that far." Liam says.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"I went in there to check on him and see if there was anything I could do to help. When I got there he was getting dressed. He asked me to have someone take him to the airport right away. I asked him about you and he asked to have you stay behind. He said something about how it's been one thing after another with you. I wasn't sure what he was talking about. I was trying to have him talk to you when you walked him. I'm afraid I lost my temper a bit with him. I'm sorry you had to see that. I never thought he would reject you. I'm sorry you had to go through that." Liam grabs my hand. Warmth and calm flows from his touch.

"I can't believe that happened. I don't know what I'm going to do now. I can't go back to his pack and I can't go back to my parents." I start crying.

"Catalina you are welcome to stay here." I look up at Liam's face. He has gentle eyes.

"Why are you so nice to me?" I say bluntly.

"Haha I like to think I'm nice to everyone but truthfully. I feel drawn to you. I know I shouldn't say this after what just happened to you, but when I touch you I feel something. My wolf wants to protect you. I don't know what's going on but I want to keep you around." He said it so honestly to me. I felt the same.

"Is Andrew still here?" I ask.

"No he left right after. We took him to the airport." He said. He didn't even wait to see if I was ok? My heart is broken. How could he give me up so fast? Like I meant nothing to him. I cry more.

"I'm sorry I will leave you. I just wanted to make sure you would wake up." He says standing up. I grab his hand.

"How long have I been asleep?" I asked.

"Three days." He said. Then I noticed how he looked. Had had scruff from not shaving, bags under his eyes, his hair was messy.

"Have you been here the whole time?" I ask. He only smiled at me.

"Why?" I asked

"I don't know Catalina. I just know every time I tried to leave this room I couldn't." He said. Then without thinking I pulled him into bed with me and laid my head on his chest. It calmed me. Hearing his breath and his heart beat. We didn't say anything. I feel asleep in another mans arms that night.

When I woke up the next morning I was alone. I rolled over and saw a tray of food and a note.

Catalina,

I had a meeting this morning I had been putting off for a few days. Please eat some breakfast. Carrie is coming by later, she has been asking for you nonstop. Prepare yourself. If you need me for anything you know where my office is.

Liam.

I looked at the food and my stomach growled with hunger. I ate the food and it was good. I turned on the tv and laid in bed for awhile. I heard a soft knock on the door and said "Come in."

Carrie peeked her head in the door, "Can I come in?" She asks. I smiled.

"Of course." I said. She comes in and sits next to me on the bed. She was quiet and I had to admit it felt odd.

"Carrie please ask me questions it's too quiet in here." I finally said. She lets out a breath I guess she was holding in.

"Oh good, Liam told me to be gentle with you and not to make you upset. How are you feeling? I've never seen some one get rejected before. What did it feel like? Your body got so warm, is that normal?" She finally stopped asking questions when she saw a tear in my eye.

"Catalina I'm so sorry my damn mouth. Please don't cry." She grabs my hand.

"Call me Lina. Please." I say. She smilesd and patted my hand.

"You know my real name is Carolina, but I don't really like it much so I have everyone call me Carrie." She says trying to distract me. It's working.

"I like them both." I say with a smile.

"There's one thing I have to ask but it's a bit personal. Well actually two things." She says

"Ok shoot." I say bracing myself.

"What did Andrew mean about your scars? And what Liam said about hurting you?"

I sigh. Can't hide from the past forever I guess.

"I didn't have a good past Carrie. I was abused by my family and another Alpha. He gave me the scars I have." I say.

"I don't see any scars, sorry if that sounded insensitive." She said.

"I hide them."

"Really? How?" She asks me.

"I thicken my skin." I say

"Can I see? If not that's ok I understand."

"Sure why not." I say. I thin my skin, I'm in a tank top so most will be visible. I watch as her eyes fall on my scars and a small gasp escapes her and her hand covers her mouth.

"Oh Lina. I can't imagine what you went through." She says. I thicken my skin back up.

"It was awhile ago. You said you had two questions?" I say trying to move away from my painful memories.

"Oh yeah, my other question is, what is going on with you and Liam?" She asks.

"Oh I don't really know. Why?" I asked.

"Liam has been distraught since your rejection. He never left this room. He thought you were going to die. This morning it was like he was walking on air." She said. I had no idea.

"Well I woke up last night. And he might have slept in the bed with me. I don't really know what's going on. He calms me. I needed that last night." I say.

"Has Liam told you about his mate yet?" She asked.

"No"

"His mate died 4 years ago." She said.

"I think he thinks you are his second chance mate." She adds.

"What is that?" I ask

"The Moon Goddess can give you another mate if your first one dies or rejects you." She said.

"It's rare but I've seen it." She adds.

"I've never heard of that. Interesting." I say.

"Do you think he could be?" She asks

"I'm not sure. I'm honestly confused about a lot that has happened over the last week and my heart is still in pain. I need time." I say.

"I'm sorry you are right. It's too early for you to be thinking about that. I just love my cousin and I want him to be happy." She says. We settle in the bed and watch my favorite movie. She leaves and comes back with popcorn and we just enjoy watching tv and hanging out. It was nice. It made me miss Rachel though.

"Do you think I could make a call?" I asked her.

"Sure. Come on I'll show you where the phone is." She says hopping out of bed. We walked into what looks like an office space.

"This is a general office room. There's a phone on the desk you can use. I'll go back to your room to give you some privacy." And she stepped out of the room. I picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hello?" Rachel said

"Rachel it's Lina." I said

"Lina thank goddess. How are you honey I've been so worried." She asks.

"I'm hurt Rachel. Have you seen Andrew?" I ask. Why was I asking about him.

"No, only Murph has seen him. I heard about what he did and I honestly can't believe it. I've never been more disappointed and shocked in my whole life. I never would have thought he would do something like that. I'm glad you are ok from the rejection. I've heard some don't survive. I miss you honey." She says

"I miss you too Rachel."

"Are you safe? Where are you?" She asks

"I'm safe. I'm at the Winter Stone Pack. They have been really great. They offered for me to stay." I say

"STAY?" Rachel says. "Who are you talking to?" I hear Murphy in the background. "I'm talking to Lina." She told him. "You need to hang up Rachel." He tells her. "What? Have you lost your mind? It's Lina." She replies. "Rachel you have to trust me. I'll tell you everything but you need to hang up." He says. He sounds serious.

"Lina I have to go. I'll talk to you soon. Be safe." She says and hangs up. What was up with Murphy? I feel like I'm losing everyone. I'm so mad. What the heck is going on with everyone and everything? Why does my life s**k? Moon Goddess how could you let this happen to me. Kayla or Kehlani or whatever you call yourself! Where are you? Answer me! I felt rage flow through me. I was so mad I wanted to scream, I wanted to explode, I wanted to drown in it. Then I see fire.