Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 76

Catalina's

POV

"Can you really talk with Kehlani?" Asks Rachel.

"I mean I can for sure try. I still feel a connection to her even though she isn't apart of me anymore." I explain.

"Well good. I think with our combined efforts we can figure this out." Raymond says. He sounds very convinced, maybe it's for his wife or maybe it's for himself. Everyone nods in agreement, and they go talking amongst themselves. Raymond bends down to me. "I knew if anyone was going to get my Andrew back, it was going to be you." He whispers to me before going back over to Flora. I look around the room at everyone again, this time I notice everyone isn't as joyful. After a few hours of talking with everyone I start to feel a bit tired. I lock eyes with Gamma Lucas.

"I'm actually starting to feel a bit tired." I say to him in his mind. He nodded and inconspicuously wheeled me into my room. Jet and Rachel followed behind. Gamma Lucas and Jet helped me into bed, which I hated. I hate feeling weak. I hate needing help. "We'll let you rest hun." Rachel says.

"Oh no, don't let me stop the fun." I say as I reach out for her arm.

"It's ok Lina. We will all get together again. Soon." She says and turns to leave the room. Gamma Lucas leaves the room with Rachel, leaving Jet. He takes a seat on the bed.

"You ok?" He asks me.

"Yeah. I'm just tired. When you think about how my brain has spent 3 months doing nothing all day, today has been pretty busy." I say with a giggle. Jet doesn't laugh. He gets weirdly serious.

"I missed you so much while you were gone. I wanted to do a good job in your absence, but I feel like I failed you." I reach out and touch his arm.

"Why do you feel that way?" I ask him.

"Because of what's happened to Andrew. I wanted to fix that for you, but I couldn't figure it out. And in one day of you being awake you've already come up with a plan. How do you do it?" He asks.

"Oh Jet. None of this is your fault. You are being too hard on yourself. We all have different strengths." I say. Jet takes a deep breath.

"I'm just sorry you have to overcome something else." Jet places his hand in mine.

"We'll get through it." I smile. He nods in agreement. I get a feeling he is lingering. He pats my hand and gets up to leave. Before he leaves the room.

"If Rachel is still out there, can you ask her to come here. I want to ask her something." I ask.

"Sure thing." He leaves the room. A few moments later Rachel pops her head in.

"Hey hun you wanted to ask me something." Rachel came over and sat on the bed, in the same spot as Jet, but she looks a lot more comfortable than Jet did.

"Yes I do. And I want you to be as honest as possible, ok?" I ask.

"Of course, what is it?" She leans in to me.

"How was Jet while I was asleep?" Apparently I'm calling my coma a 3 month nap, but I just don't know how else to put it.

"He was kind of a wreck. A lot of people's attentions were on Andrew of course. And with Andrew not really doing his Alpha duties, Murphy stepped up and Jet and Raymond helped a lot to. So he stayed pretty busy with that but..." She says and takes a break, like she's waiting for me to finish it.

"But.." I say for her to continue.

"But I did notice Jet wasn't the same. He looked to be taking your absence just as hard as Drew was. Then when Andrew took a turn for the worse, Jet withdrew into himself. It was as if he didn't know what to do in the world so he pulled completely back. When Andrew started turning violent, Jet made himself your bodyguard. Some people.." she trailed off like she didn't want to continue. "What?" I ask

"Some people think Jet is in love with you." She looks away from me when she says that. I scuff at the thought.

"If he loves me, why would he be working so hard to get Andrew back? Why would he feel so bad that I can't be with Drew?" I ask. "That's what I think." She says. Could you love someone and still try and bring their mate back? Maybe I've just never had a guy friend. "How do you feel about Jet?" She asks sheepishly. I almost laugh.

"I am completely in love with Andrew. Jet is a great friend and a great Beta. But that's all he will ever be to me." I say. Rachel smiles. "People just like a bit of drama because their own lives are boring. I suppose. Don't worry about them." She says with a smile. I yawn. "Well I will leave to let you rest. I'm so glad you are awake. I have missed our girl talk." She says with a wink. She gets up and leaves the room. I lay in my bed listening to the silence. Ok I need to talk to Kehlani, but how? I've never called on a God or Goddess before. They would just appear in my dreams, but I wasn't lying about still feeling a connection with Kehlani. I feel and see my new wolf Hope, and I still see and feel Helia. But there's this faint, almost ghost like, image of Kayla. Maybe if I focus on that connection she'll feel it too? Worth a shot. I close my eyes and try to focus on Kayla, what she looked like, what she sounded like, what she felt like. I even tried calling out to her. Nothing. I opened my eyes and jumped a little when I saw someone in my room. It's Kehlani! "Kehlani!" I say with a smile.

"You called me?" She says back.

"Yeah I know. I just expected you to show up in my head, or in a dream, or something. Not like in my room."

"Well it's good to see you too." She says.

"No I mean of course it's great to see you. I guess I didn't think it would actually work." I say.

"Lina, a part of me will always be with you. I was proud to be your wolf. And I'm glad to see you have woken up."

"Do you know why I called on you?" I ask.

"Yes."

"Have you known the whole time?" I ask

"Yes."

"Is it the reason you kept me asleep?"

"Yes." I was only guessing at that last question. I can't believe this.

"Just like old times. Keeping me in the dark, not telling me things. AND IM JUST SUPPOSED TO GO WITH IT." Oh I'm fuming mad. I feel Helia right behind my eyes wanting to take over. I feel the heat rolling off of me. I am so over this. I am the Damn High Alpha, and I'm not in control of anything.

"Lina. Breathe. We are going to fix him." Kehlani holds her hands up to try and calm me down. I take a few deep breaths in and out.

"What do you mean, fix him." I say through my teeth.

"What I'm about to tell you won't make you feel any better. So I just need you to try and stay as calm as possible."

"Tell me." I snap, probably not being helpful.

"Fine. Andrew has been well let's say reprogrammed." I look at he blankly. "What?"

"Or at least that's what he is trying to do. He wants to make you a trigger. Like pavlov's dog." She says.

"What? He?"

"Dolus. He is a spirit of trickery. He is a master at cunning, deception, craftiness, and treachery. The ultimate trick? The woman you love is the woman you want to kill on sight. But I think Andrew is fighting him. Andrew's self comes through for periods of time. That's how Jet came up with the plan to make him believe you were already dead. They thought if you were dead then he would leave Andrew alone. Unfortunately, trying to trick a trickster isn't easy." She explains.

"But I don't understand why."

"My guess, is Zeus." She says.

"But he's locked away. And how is he inside of Andrew?" I ask.

"He's a spirit like I was. I couldn't take form, so my mother put me in your form. Like I was in your mind, so is he in Andrew's mind. As you had control over your body so does Andrew. The difference is, I was not trying to take you over. I fear that is what Dolus is trying to do." She explains.

"So how are we going to fix Andrew?" I ask.

"We do the same thing we did for me."

"What?"

"Dolus is an easy spirit, he is driven by ambition. If we offer him the chance to become a God, I think we can strike a deal." She says

"What about Andrew? Will he be different after Dolus is gone?" I ask.

"That is unsure. Andrew's had him in his head for 3 months. That's not too long, but it could be long enough. We won't know until we get Dolus out of there."

"How do we do that?" I ask.

"We need to talk to the Moon Goddess."

"What are we waiting for?" I ask.

"That's the hiccup. I don't know where she is. But I have a plan for that too." She explains.

"You are full of plans." I say.

"Lina I want your life to be happy. You have been through so much. You of all people deserve all the beautiful things of life." She says. I smile at her. "What is your plan?" I ask.

"Well for you it's easy. I need you to go to sleep."

"Oh that's easy. I already exhausted." I say.

"Perfect. When you fall asleep, I am going use my connection with her through my connection with you to pull her into your dream." She explains

"I hope this works."

"If it does. I need you to explain what is going on and our plan. The moon Goddess can make Dolus into a god. She needs to offer him that." Kehlani says.

"Let's do this." I say as I get comfortable in bed.

Flashback 3 months ago

Andrew's POV

"She is stable, but she's not healing herself." The doctor says. Why isn't she healing? Why isn't she waking up?

"But give her some time Alpha. She took two direct hits from Zeus. She needs time." The doctor tries to reassure me. It's been two days with no change. What am I suppose to do?

"Please wake up baby." I whisper. I know soon Rachel will try and convince me to sleep, eat, or shower. How am I suppose to leave her?

It's been two weeks since the war and Lina is still asleep. I'm only able to get an hour or two of sleep a night. Recently I have been day dreaming about Lina dying which shocks me back to reality. I spend all my time next to her bed. I know everyone is worried about both of us, but I'm only worried about her. The doctors have nothing new on her condition.

"Andrew." I notice Rachel in the room for the first time.

"Hey Rachel."

"Andrew we need to talk." She says.

"About what?" I ask.

"About how much time you are spending here." I knew this talk was coming.

"What about it?" I ask.

"The doctors and nurses have suggested visiting hours." She says.

"Visiting hours?"

"Yes. To limit the amount of time spent here by visitors so doctors can perform checks and visitors can get some rest and maybe be an Alpha." She says. "Seriously Rachel? She's my mate." I say.

"And she's my best friend and High Alpha. But this is not what she would want." She says pointing at me.

"That's not the same." I say.

"Andrew it's been two weeks and nothing has changed. You have a pack that needs their Alpha. You can't put them off. We don't know when she'll wake up." "Get out Rachel." I say.

"But Andrew"

"GET OUT." I use my Alpha voice on her and she jumps. I scared her. She looks shocked but leaves. What is going on with me?