"It's nice to meet you Renee." He shakes her hand. "I'm Alpha Elijah. These are my Beta's. Cliff and Joel. This here is Joel's girlfriend Tamara, our friend Rebekah, and..." He scratches the back of his neck. Way to play it cool. I roll my eyes. "This is my girlfriend, Katerina." He says and I take that time to pop my head out of his arm a bit and half smile to her. She said a there, her jaw opened slightly, not understanding. And then she rips me away from Elijah and pulls me into a hug, crying. My eyes rim with tears. Oh, Ren. "I missed you so much. I.. we..all thought you were dead. Why did you write me that letter?" she sobs and smacks my arm hard. I look at her and her sad eyes. "Are you okay?" she asks me. I nod smiling slightly and she pulls me into her arms. "I'm fine Renee, really. I'm happy." I tell her and Elijah pulls me back into his arms, kissing my hair.She smiles at me. "Good. I'm so happy you're safe. Kol... he hasn't told anyone but me and Ace about the rejec

"Clear the room." His voice is strong, demanding. Everyone starts to leave the room, quietly obeying. He closes the door behind him. Renee is beside him. My wolf cowers herself away in the back of my mind, scared by his voice. I look up, meeting the bone-chilling stare from my former alpha."Where did you go?" Kol snaps.I flinch, eyes to the floor on instinct and into Elijah's arms again. Figures all my strength disappears. Cliff and Joel come to stand beside us, Elijah lifts my chin up, "There is no need to hide." My lips part. And I turn steadily to meet Kol's gaze."Where the fuck did you go Katerina?" He snaps. I hear Cliff growl in response but Kol's eyes don't leave mine."I ran. Like I should have done years ago." I state, glaring back at him with a new sense of courage. "I know you ran, we felt you leave!" He growls, his voice alone showing his strength. "You left without leaving a single note, Katerina. This pack searched for months trying to find you.

"I'll show you." Ace pipes up, a slight sad smile on his face. I nod. "Untamed, let's go. Ace, lead the way." Elijah's voice is stronger than Kol's, it's obvious. I felt calm again. Ace led us up and throughout the upstairs hallways. "We don't have enough room's at the moment for singles, so people will have to double up. Did you want a few seconds to think about the arrangements?" Ace asks, his voice muffled and nervous. "Yes, that would be helpful. Thank you." Elijah tells him shaking his hand. "It's no problem. We rearraged it so that the left hallway is yours, and our pack is to the right. We doubled up too. Take all the time you need." He tells him. I grab Ace's hand and squeeze it, his eyes meeting mine for a second. He turns to head back downstairs. "Alright, listen up. Mate's and families get the doors at the end of the hallway, people who are doubling up with friend's or others take the one's in the middle. Beta's, Taramra, Rebekah, Katerina and I will have the rooms at the

There's a couple loud knocks on the door that makes me jump. "Open up, Kat." Rebekah yells from the other side. I groan, not wanting to get up in the slightest. Elijah does a soft "mmm" in my ear, pulling me closer. "She's going to kill you if you don't let me get up you know." I tell him and his body rumbles with laughter. "Yes. She probably will." He replies and I laugh, his arms tighten around me. I turn in his arms and peck his nose. He smiles at me and images of our previous... actions run wildly through my mind and I find myself blushing.She knocks again, quickly this time. "I know you're in there. We have plans, let's go." She states clearly from the other side of the door. I groan again, shuffling out of Elijah's arms. Okay, okay jeez. I'm up. I yawn as I slip on Elijahs shirt and my jean shorts, him watching me the entire time. "KATERINA BATHAS OPE-" I open the door just as she goes to knock again, her fist hitting me dead on. "Ow!" I shout, glaring at her holding my

I rushed to my bedroom, open the door looking around, itching to see him. It takes not even a second. "Elijah!" I shout and run at him, catching him off guard He smashes against the wall and I wrap my arms around his neck pulling his face down to mine. He didn't even have time to gasp before I crash my lips to his with sudden urgency and need. He held onto me, responding slowly, which I'm guessing is because he was confused. I pulled away and hoped off of him. He was breathing heavy, running his hand through his 'just had sex' hair. I smiled. "Sorry... It's just." I tell him about what Rebekah had done, and she was right. He wanted to kill her. I told him it was okay, leaving out the part about my gift until now. "I want to show you something." I told him excited. He nodded. I extended my hand, palm facing the ceiling, placed between the both of us. I swirled my fingers around in a circles in it, cupping and curling my fingers, urging what I wanted to happen, and praying that it wou