Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 30

Liam's POV

I finished with my meeting and head over to Catalina to see if she wants to get lunch and to save her from Carrie. I knock and I hear "Come in." I enter and just see Carrie. "Where's Catalina?" I ask her

"She wanted to make a call so she's in the spare office." She said.

"Let's get some lunch." I say and she follows me out. We head down to the spare office to get Catalina. I knock but no one answers. I knock again. Nothing. I peek my head in and that's when I feel the heat and see fire. "Catalina!" I yell and then the fire is gone.

Catalina's POV

"Catalina!" I hear and then the fire goes out. I see Alpha Liam and Carrie standing at the door staring at me.

"What was that?" Carrie asked. If anyone was going to ask what it was, it was going to be her.

"I uh it umm." I couldn't form words. How do I explain this. I don't even fully understand it.

"I think you have some explaining to do." Alpha Liam says. He doesn't look happy. I nod.

"We'll do it in my office." He says and we make our way to his office. We get in and we all take a seat.

"I don't really know where to start." I say.

"Try from the beginning." He says. So I do. I start from the beginning and tell them everything I know about my wolf and my Phoenix, well mostly everything. When I'm done I just sit there waiting for them to say something. "Catalina thats a lot to take in." Alpha Liam says.

"I understand if you want me to leave." I say

"Catalina that's not what I meant. That's a lot for you to take in. I honestly don't know how you are handling all of this." He says. It surprises me.

"I honestly don't think I am which is why I have little episodes like you witnessed in the spare office."

"Have you ever tried doing it on purpose?" He asked.

"No I haven't." I said.

"Well maybe it would be good for you to try and control it or maybe feel a release." He tells me.

"I could give it a try but it takes a lot out of me. I'd need to wait a bit. And it would need to be somewhere I can't hurt anyone." I say

"I'll think of somewhere." Liam responds.

He is being so supportive it feels nice. I was sure he was going to have me kicked out.

"What triggered you? Was it your phone call?" He asked.

"Yes and no. I called my friend Rachel and she was worried and nice. Then her mate the pack Beta told her to hang up. I just don't understand what's going on and why everything in my life has changed so much." I say. I feel tears in my eyes.

"I'm not trying to upset you Catalina. But if the people in your life can't support you through this difficult time, maybe they aren't real friends. I just want you to know I'm not going anywhere. No matter what." He sounds so sure of the things he's saying, so.. confident in his words. It makes me nervous that I'm going to mess up my words and embarrass my self. I just nod.

"Me too Lina. You're stuck with me whether you like it or not." Carrie says matter of factly.

"Thank you." I reply.

"Don't thank her just yet. Give it a week and she'll be driving you crazy." Alpha Liam says with a laugh.

Carrie sticks her tongue out at Alpha Liam and we all share a laugh.

"Well I know we have a lot to take in, and I still have a lot of questions but let's come back to this. Catalina we were coming to get you for lunch but I think we missed it. We can go out in town and grab some food if you like?" He asks. Carries eyes widen. "I get to come too? I missed lunch." Carrie asks. Alpha Liam just laughs

"Only if Catalina wants to go." He says. Carrie looks at me with puppy dog eyes.

"Sure, just let me change first." I say. Carrie cheers.

"Of course just meet us downstairs when you are ready."

I go back to the room and pick out a new outfit. I fixed my hair to a half up half down look, and throw on some mascara. I come out of the room and ran into someone.

"Oh goddess, I'm so sorry." I say.

"No sweat cutie." He says back to me. I look up to see a very handsome guy standing in front of me. I smile at the name.

"I haven't seen you here before. I'm Jet." He tells me, holding his hand out.

"I'm Catalina." I say grabbing his hand and shaking it.

"Nice to meet you. Where you headed?" He asked.

"Downstairs to meet up with Alpha Liam and Carrie." I say.

"I'll walk you down." He says as we start walking. Jet tells me that he is a Gamma and an elite warrior. He was easy to talk to. When we got downstairs I noticed Alpha Liam wearing a scowl on his face. But as quickly as I noticed it, it disappeared. "I knew it was only a matter of time before you met Jet." He said as Carrie giggled.

"She literally ran into me. I couldn't not introduce myself." Jet says to Liam.

"Well nevermind we are off to town." Alpha Liam says.

"Alpha a word before you go?" Jet asks.

"Of course, ladies will you head to the car? I won't be long." Alpha Liam smiles at me. Carrie links arms with me and we head out the door. I felt eyes on me and when I looked back it was Jet, he smiled and winked at me. When we were outside,

"Jet is the pack flirt. When Liam saw you two come down I heard him growl. He likes Jet and I thought he was going to be the next Beta but Liam hasn't given it to him." Carrie says. When we get to the car Jerry opens the door for us and we get in and he closes the door.

"Does Beta Jerry not have any kids?" I asked.

"He has a daughter, but she found her mate and went to his pack." Carrie says.

"Don't worry I'll give you all the gossip for this pack. Before you know it, you'll know everything." She laughs. Alpha Liam enters the car.

"What's so funny you two?" He asks with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm just giving Lina some much needed information on the pack." She says.

"So gossip?" He says with a smile.

"Well if anyone has the gossip it is you Carrie." He adds and starts the car. We drive for a bit before we get to a small town. It was small but cute. Carrie was pointing everything out to me as we passed; the book store, the school, the hotel, a few places to eat, the town hall. Then Alpha Liam pulled the car into a spot and we got out. We were in front of a dinner that looked like it was from the 50s.

"They have the best milkshakes." Carrie says dragging me inside. We sit down at a booth and a older woman comes over and takes our drink order. Carrie orders me a cookies and cream milkshake.

"You have to try it and if you don't like it I'll drink it." She says with a smile.

"How noble of you." Alpha Liam teases. We all laugh. The waitress comes back with our drinks and we all ordered. I got a cheeseburger because it's one of my favorites. We chatted for a bit and I learned Carrie is a cousin on Alpha Liam's mom's side. "Do you have any siblings?" Carrie asks me in between sips of her Diet Cola.

"Yes I have two older brothers." I said.

"And what do they do in the pack?" She asked.

"Well my older brother will be Alpha after my father steps down. I don't know what my other brother will do." I say. They both look at me.

"I didn't know you came from an Alpha family. What pack?" She asked.

"Blood Forest." I say. They share a look.

"I know they're a rough pack." I say not making eye contact.

"It's not that.. they were attacked." Alpha Liam says bluntly. I look up quickly.

"Attacked? When? What happened?" I asked.

"I don't really know too much. I heard about it from the council meeting. Another pack attacked them. The pack that attacked has gone quiet. I have heard an Alpha survived but not a lot of people are left in the pack." He says.

I wonder who survived. Do I care? They all knew about what was going on with me. They don't deserve my sympathy, but I had it for them anyways.

"I can try and replace out more for you if you would like." He asks me.

"Please. I don't want to reach out to them myself. I am just curious. Do you know who it was that attacked?" I ask.

"Moon Stone Pack." Carrie gasped.

"Their Alpha gives me the creeps." She says.

"Who is their Alpha?" I asked.

"Alpha Jackson." Alpha Liam says. I feel the blood drain from my face, I feel dizzy. I grabbed on to the table to steady myself.

"Catalina are you alright?" Alpha Liam asks.

I can't speak. My eyes are closed. Then I feel a warmth wrap around me. I can breath again. I look up and see Alpha Liam sitting next to me and his arm around me. He looks concerned.

"Catalina are you ok? What happened?" He asks me. I take a couple of deep breaths.

"I'm ok. Sorry." I say in between breaths.

"What was that?" He asked letting go of me. I was quiet for a moment.

"M-my scars." I whispered.

"It was Alpha Jackson?" He asks. I could feel his anger. I nodded. He leaves the table and Carrie gets up and sits next to me. She grabs my hand. I hear Liam leave the diner.

"I'm sorry Lina. Maybe we shouldn't have brought it up here." She says.

"No it's fine. I just ruin everything." I say, feeling bad about making Alpha Liam so upset. Carrie stiffens.

"Lina don't you dare say that. What that man has done to you is unforgivable. Liam is just a protective person. He gave Sarah such a hard time about going off to college. He just needs to let out some steam. He'll be right back." Carrie says. Our food arrives and I have to admit I've lost some of my appetite. A few minutes later Alpha Liam came back to the table. Carrie excuses herself to the bathroom.

"Catalina I'm not mad at you. I needed to step away or my wolf would have shifted right here." He explains softly.

"Call me Lina, please." I tell him. He looks at me and his face softens.

"Lina nothing that has happened to you is your fault. He is a disgraceful Alpha. I wish to go to war with him." He says.

"WAR?" I say.

"You can't do that. People will die." I add.

"People have already died Lina. And he could be hurting people today like how he hurt you." He says.

Liam was right. He could be, he probably is. But I don't want anyone to get hurt for me.

"Why would you risk your people?" I ask him. He doesn't answer right away.

"Because I care about you Lina. I think you and I are meant for each other. I can't explain it. I just feel it." He didn't have to explain it. I felt it too.

"I don't like the idea of people dying for me Alpha Liam." I say.

"Please call me Liam. It doesn't feel right you calling me anything else." He said.

"I'm going to petition the council. I'm sorry but I feel strongly about this. I understand your concern. But it's not right Lina." He says so firmly. I nod and Carrie comes back from the bathroom.

"Did we talk it out?" She says looking at us both.

"I told her I plan to petition to go war with Alpha Jackson." He says flatly.

"War?" She sounded just like me.

"Yes. I'm not going to sit here and do nothing. He attacked her, he attacked her family, he has no right being an Alpha. I'm not going to sit around until he replaces her again."

He was right. Alpha Jackson will try and replace me again. I still don't like this. I think they knew, because we were quiet for the rest of the meal. When we were done we left the diner. I was headed to the car when Liam grabbed my hand.

"Not yet. I want to take you somewhere." We walked down the street to a store. When we walked in my eyes were drawn to all the art on the walls. It was beautiful. I looked around and realized we were in an art studio.

"I love watching you discover things." He whispers in my ear. It sends shivers down my spine. I blush.

"Liam! What a surprise." A man with a thick beard and long hair reached out his hand to Liam. Liam shakes his hand and smiles.

"I love all the work you've been doing." Liam says gesturing to the walls.

"I've been pretty busy. Carrie is that you?" He teases and Carrie hugs him.

"Sebastian I would like you to meet Catalina." Liam says.

"The pleasure is all mine." Sebastian says and bows his head to me and I giggle. I can tell he's a human and that surprises me.

"Would you like to see what I'm working on." He asks me in a whisper, knowing the others can hear. I nod my head and he takes my hand and leads me to the back of the studio. Liam and Carrie don't follow. We stop in front of a half finished canvas. It is beautiful, it's a landscape with a log cabin. He has to finish the sky. I inspect the colors he's used and the brushes, he was an impressionist.

"You're an impressionist." I say. He looks a bit surprised.

"How can you tell?" He asks getting closer to his painting.

"You paint for the light. Like Monet." I say. He smiles wide and laughs.

"You are observant. Do you paint?" He asks.

"Sometimes, but nothing like this." I say.

"Humble I'm sure. Good. Do you want to finish it?" He asks me bluntly.

"Oh I'm not an impressionist. I'm more of a Romanticism kind of girl." I say.

"I think they would be beautiful together." He says.

"I don't know how much time I have here." I said. Then Liam comes around the corner.

"Why don't we come back tomorrow? You need to go shopping anyways for some clothes." He said.

"Perfect! I will leave everything as is for you dear." Sebastian said. I smile at both of them, this will be fun to finish. We head out of the studio and head back to the car.

"Did you like it?" Liam asked.

"Yes, but how did you know?" I asked.

"I have my ways." And he winks at me.

When we got back to the pack house I realized how tired I was. I made my way back to the room and decided on taking a bath. I soaked in the water water and it felt nice. I stayed until the water cooled a little and then I got out. I was in a towel drying my hair when I heard a knock at the door. "Come in." I said thinking it would be Carrie or Liam. When I stepped into the bedroom I was surprised to see Jet.

"Oh sorry I thought you would be Carrie." I said

"Sorry to disappoint." He said with a smile. Oh he was definitely a flirt.

"I came by to tell you the Alpha is making arrangements for your own room. He said they should be ready by tomorrow. He would have come himself but he has a meeting with the council." He said and he took a step forward.

"I'm glad to hear you are staying with us." He says. I feel my cheeks grow warm with blush, I really should be wearing more clothes.

"Thank you for letting me know. I like it here so far. Everyone has been very nice and welcoming." I say trying not to act affected by his flirting. He takes another step towards me.

"If you ever need someone to show you around let me know. I can show you places no one else can." He says in a low voice. I clear my throat trying to get control of myself. "Thank you very much." I say as I walk over to the door.

"If you don't mind I need to get ready for bed." I say and open the door. He smiles at me and walks towards the door.

"See you around red." He said as he walks out. I close the door and take a couple of deep breaths. Man he's attractive. What is it with this pack and hot guys? I change in to some pjs and crawl into bed. It's not long before I drift off to sleep.