It was a while before we got up cleaned up and re-dressed. We didn't completed the mating process again, not yet anyways. I felt myself smile at that thought. We were currently just dead on the bed and tired as hell. "Sorry about that meeting thing." I smirked too Elijah. he chuckled. "I'm not. Although you...." he shoke his head. "I
have one beautiful, daring, brave mate." he said and leaned half his body over me. I wrapped my arms around his neck. "And I have one amazing, sweet, gentle,gorgeous and caring mate. I love you." I grinned at him and he smiled pecking my lips quickly. I realized thats exactly what I assumed he would leave me for, what hismate would be to him. But its me... that's what he is to me. Then he started tickling me and I squirmed, screaming for help. "S-s-stop." I gasped between breathes and nudged him. He 'uufed' but didn't stop and I ended up tangled in his arms my face red as a tomato from laughing so hard, and Elijah just playing with my h"What do you mean was, kat?" Elijah said, his voice breaking, his eyes stopping from staring at Tam. I looked at him, his eyes were watering, my eyes were whitening,frosting, I could feel all of my anger, rage, heart break build and build. "Are you really that stupid? Do I have to spell it out to you? God, you are unbelievable. I can'tbelieve I.. all those times you.. you.. cheated on me. What part of that doesn't click into your head?" I shouted. "Katerina please! " He begged but my heart only crackedfurther. And that's when I hit my breaking point. He's not allowed to beg for someone he doesn't love, he's not allowed to beg for me."No. Don't you get it? I hate you!, Stay the hell away from me. Did you think I was going to be okay with all of this and just say 'Oh yeah, it's okay that you lied Elijah. I love you, let's fuck?" No! You were supposed to love me like a mate should. " I screamed. I held back the tears, the pain, I just ignored it all. I had to do
Cliff handed me to Joel as he walked off upstairs. Joel placed me on the couch beside Rebekah, then sat on my other side. Bekah curled me into her arms not asking any questions, and I was thankful. The living room was silent, and it wasn't just us in it either. Except no-one was whispering, it was just silent with pity. I felt myself break all over again. Cliff came back, and crouched in front of me. "I have a shower running, did you wanna get cl-" "Kat! Can we talk please?" a voice bursted up, and I flinched hearing Elijah booming, and Cliff and Joel growling. They were both standing up in front of me, shaking. "Stay the hell away from her." Joel saidfirst, his voice deathly calm. "I can't do that.. move aside. I want to speak to my mate." Elijah replied, his voice weak, but the alpha command still standing. I flinched again, tears welling for the fourth time in the day. Rebekah let go of me, and stoof up too. "Elijah you have five seconds to leave this room before I hit you wi
"No. You didn't do anything! Elijah was a mistake. That's final. You and I, we have each other. We'll always have each other." She told me. She sounded so young, her voice only slightly different from mine. I wanted to laugh at the thought, but I couldn't bring myself to. "Yeah. He was." I agreed, grimly. She stayed silent."Do you ever think we should have died with mom and dad?" I asked her softly."I can't think like that for two reasons. One, being that my thoughts, don't matter since you're in control, and two being, that I have to stay strong. For you." she said equally soft back and I smiled slightly, only to have it turn into a grimance.Neither of us said anything, we just listened to the wind around us, the leaves rustling, the scitter scatters of the woodlind animals around us. It was nice, it was quiet. But then my thoughts interrupted, and I found myself wondering things that I wished I hadn't."Why us?" I asked suddenly."Why not us?" She replied
"We should get your hand cleaned up so you can heal." Stark said, snapping me from my thoughts. "Then we are going to get you something to eat. Because from thepuke stench you're carrying, there's no doubt you're wearing everything you ate from the past 7 years." Ace added, teasing. I frowned, wondering why I didn't dothis sooner. "Ace... I forgive you, you know." I told him, leaning into his chest against his shoulder. "We'll see about that after I pull out every peice of wood fromyour hand." he said a kissed my forhead before they both worked picking and plucking.Stark slipped a back-pack from his shoulders and started pulling out mentholated spirit, and bandages. All things medical, and it had me confused as to how theyknew I was even hurt in the first place. So I asked. "Kat, I know when you get your period. Why wouldn't I know you would lash out on everything around you when youraged like a teenage girl with hormones on over-drive?" Stark sai
"What's wrong Kat?" Stark asked me, coming up to my side again. I shoke my head."Nothing, just thought I seen.." I looked back. "Never mind." I mumbled. "Uh...okay." Ace said, joining my other side. I glanced at him, and back to in front of me. "Icould have sworn I sa-" "You're just hungry, and tired. C'mon. Let's get some food in your system, then some sleep." Stark said, cutting off my ramble. I nodded, andstarted walking home with them by myside. Although I couldn't get the feeling that I was being watched off my chest. Shrugging it off, I continued walking in silence.We reached the pack house, and stood outside it for several minutes. "Did you wanna go inside?" Ace asked me. I looked at him with sad eyes, nodding slightly.He opened the door for me, and as soon as I stepped in, I was envelpoed in a huge group hug of Rebekah, Cliff, Joel and even Renee. I was smothered, but the nicekind of smothered. When they pulled away, I was yelled at.
The voices and banging on the bathroom door became reconizable, and I stood up, wiping the last of my pathetic tears, and unlocked and opened the door. "Katerina!Are you okay?" Cliff jumped at me. I growled. "Mind? You're kinda loud." I snapped back. I didn't care at all, no guilt. I smiled again, ear to ear. Cliff forrowed his brows. "Kat..." Joel said my name like he didn't know it was me. I pursed my lips. "What?" I asked back. "You feeling okay?" He asked. I shrugged. " I'll let you know. In the mean time, I'm going to take a shower." I said, and closed the door in their faces yet again. I heard muffling again, urgent, confused voices, but they were cut off when I turned on the water, and finally started to relax.When I got out, I looked at myself in the mirror. Nothing seemed different about me, I looked the same. Red hair, loose curls falling around my shoulders and back.Bright eyes, a luring emerald green. My teeth were laced perfectly in white, and my body
(Cliff's P.O.V)When I woke up, I heard Katerina scattering around, and then leaving the room. I took that time to yawn, get up, and leave dowstairs for breakfast. I greeted everyone, taking a seat beside Joel, and Stark. There was a faint, distant smell, it got me aroused, and I wanted it. Whatever it was. I just couldn't tell what it actually was. Determined to shrug it off, and to to ignore the throbbing pain I felt in my boxers, and jeans, I got some juice and started chatting it up with everyone. "Did you guys notice Katerina.. acting kind of.. mean, yesterday?" I mutered, stopping everyones conversations. "Mean how?" Kol's mom asked. "I don't know, not normal. Not human. Well you know what I mean, she was just weird." I tried toexplain. "Yeah, like she wasn't herself. She treated us like crap." Joel added in and I nodded biting into an apple. "I'm sure she's just tired, guys. She kinda just rejectedElijah.. she feels
I flinched and everything got silent. "Recent events, explain them." His father demanded Elijah. It was Elijah's mom who shouted and halted everyone. I wasglancing around, wanting to find some way to escape. I need this shower, more than anything I need this shower. It basically became a rant in my head, and I glancedaround nervousily. Joel, Rebekah, Stark, and Kol all caught my eye, but I just shrugged and pretended to be interested in my food, waiting for Joel to tell me togo. I looke dover at him sideways every few seconds to see when he would nod, as we listened to Elijah and his parents argue. Half way through Elijah explainingeverything that's happened, consisting of sleeping with his true mate, Joel nodded for me to sneak out. I silently got up, left the room, and ran upstairs to mine. I wasbreathing heavy, dying of heat by the time I closed the door. Rushing into the bathroom, I turned the water to freezing cold, and began taking of my shirt. I