Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 37

Catalina's POV

I texted Sarah and she's coming to see me. I texted Carrie but she hasn't answered yet. I hear a knock at my door and get up to answer it. Now that Jet is back I can't just tell people to come in anymore. I opened it to see Sarah smiling. "What's up Lina? You ok?" She asks as she steps into the room.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just bored" I say.

"Well you are in luck. A few people are getting together to go to the game house. Want to go?" She asks

"Game house?" I say.

"Yeah that's what we call it. One of the homes was turned into a gaming house with pool, video games, arcade games stuff like that."

"Why haven't we gone before?" I say excitedly.

"It's not as much fun if it's only a few people. And everyone was so busy with everyone gone for the war. Now everyone is going to be there."

"Sure we can go." I say. Sarah smiles and takes my hand. We head out the door and down the stairs. I don't hear any voices from Liam's office when we pass by. We walk outside and head away from the pack house.

"Have you heard Jet is officially taking the Beta position? He going to be so full of himself." Sarah laughs.

"Liam wants to do the announcement ceremony for us." I say and Sara stops. She smiles wide. "Lina I'm so excited. When?" She asks.

"In a week I think." She looks shocked.

"That's fast. Ok after today we'll have to spend every day planing." She starts walking again.

"My friend the Luna" she says out loud and giggles. We walk a bit longer and come to a large two story building. I see people hanging out on the porch. We walk up and people say hello to Sara and I, some even call me Luna. We walk in to 3 pool tables and darts, card tables, and what looks like a bar in the back. It has a good amount of people, but we could still walk around. Sarah drags me over to one of the pool tables where Mateo and Jim are playing.

"Hey Luna, Sarah. What brings you here?" Mateo asks us.

"Lina was bored so I thought this would be fun." Sarah says.

"You have to call her Luna Sarah." Jim says. I smile at their respect for me, it was nice.

"It's ok really. I'll wait on the formalities until after the ceremony." I say. They nod.

"Well I'm still calling you Luna." Mateo says and Jim nods in agreement. Sarah rolls her eyes, "men" is all she says.

"Well Luna we have pool and some arcade games, darts if you're feeling lucky. What do you want to do?" Mateo asks me.

"What are you the best at?" I ask. Mateo beams at the question.

"Darts" he says quickly.

"Let's do it." I say. Mateo hurries over to a dartboard and we start playing. He was really good. I was alright at best. I honestly just wanted him to do something he's good at. We played a few rounds and then Carrie shows up. "Hey Carrie, where have you been?" I ask.

"Sorry Lina I was helping my mom out." She explains.

"Carrie! Guess who gets to plan the announcement ceremony for Lina!!! US!" Sarah said coming up behind Carrie. Carrie smiled,

"Oh my goodness when is it?" Carrie asks

"In a week." Sarah told her.

"We have so much to plan. I'm going to go get my mom to send out the invites now. Tomorrow we'll go shopping for a dress." And just as quickly as she came, she left. We played some more darts and then some pool. I actually was having a lot of fun. But it felt like my life was just one big circle. I just did this announcement ceremony with Andrew and look how that turned out. I know it's a formality I need to do. I need to cut my link to Andrew and his pack. Don't I?

"Kayla?"

"I can't make this choice for you. This is your first choice Lina. You can keep your connection with Moon Lake pack, or you can cut is and make a new link here." She says

"Can I have both?" I ask. Kayla grins.

"Now you're thinking."

"So I can have two packs?" I ask.

"Lina you can have ALL packs."

"Right, High Alpha. I guess I don't really know what that looks like."

"Soon Lina, very soon. Just keep the course." Kayla says. I can do this! I can... my attention is brought back to the game of pool I'm playing when Sarah claps my back. "You in there Lina? It's your shot." She says.

"Oh sorry." I hit and knock a stripe into the hole. Sarah cheers and I hit again. Only this time I miss. We play until it's dinner time and we head back to the pack house. "Thanks for taking me I had a lot of fun." I tell Sarah. She smiles at me.

"I'm glad." We make it back to the pack house and see Jet and a few others in the living room area talking. When Jet sees me enter he gets up and comes over to me. "Luna can I speak with you for a moment?" He asks

"Sure Jet. Sarah I'll meet you in there." Jet gestures to the porch and we step outside. He closes the door behind us.

"Lina I am now the Beta of this pack and there are things I know. I want to tell you. You need to know what really happened out there."

"Jet, don't." I cut him off and he looks surprised.

"I can't know the things you want to tell me yet. I need a week. One week before you spill your guts to me." I say. He's still looking surprised. He looks around. "Lina I'll give you a week, I just hope we have that long." Jet looks down in thought. "Can I ask you a favor?" He says.

"Go ahead."

"If it all goes down, let me come with you." He says. I nod. I'm not sure what he means of what will happen, but he's been the one trying to help me. "Kayla, can we?" I ask.

"Yes" I was happy actually she said yes.

"Yes Jet. You can." He smiles.

"Catalina Black, I, Beta Jethro Wood, vow to protect you until my dying breath." He says.

"I, Catalina Black, accept your vow of protection." I say and we smile.

"Let's head back inside. Jethro." I say with a huge grin on my face.

"Hey don't tell anyone!" He says. I giggle.

"Not a soul." We head into the cafeteria and join Sarah's table.

"What's so funny?" Sarah asks me.

"I'm not allowed to say. But you would replace it hilarious." I tell her. Sarah looks at Jet.

"No way, it's bad enough she knows, I'm definitely not telling you." He says. Sarah looks disappointed, but she shrugs it off. We eat and chat a bit and then I see Liam enter the cafeteria looking around. When his eyes replace me he smiles and waves me over. I excuse myself and walk over to Liam.

"Hello beautiful." He says as he wraps his arms around me and pulls me in.

"Hey. You ok?" I ask.

"Actually no. I'm exhausted. I slept terribly the last 6 days. I need sleep."

I look up at him and see the fatigue in his face.

"Will you join me?" He asks with a sad look. How can I say no to that face.

"Fine, but you need to sleep. No monkey business." I say sternly. He gives me a flirty smile.

"I promise nothing." He replies. We head upstairs into my room. The closer to my room we get the more I see how tired Liam actually is. When we get inside Liam gets undressed and collapses on to the bed. I get undressed and join him. I'm not as tired but I know he needs me. He pulls me against him and he kisses my neck.

"Lina I love you so much. I can't tell you how much I missed you. I missed the way you smell." He whispers.

"I love you too Liam. I missed you a lot." I whisper back. And just like that, he was asleep.