Katerina's P.O.V I left Ace and Stark to catch up in my room as I waited in the living room for Elijah to get back. I had a brief conversation with Kol when I saw him upstairs, and Iactually liked talking to him. I was never going to forgive him for rejecting me, all I ever wanted from him was acceptance, and now that I no longer felt the pull of him,I was happy just to try friendship out with him. We talked for maybe an hour or so, random things, all positive, no meanness. It was relaxing, and it didn't bother methat we were sort of past the hating stage, and more just in the strongly dislike. I felt him getting close and closer, my mate, so I thought I should... beg for forgiveness? Nah. Play another perfect trick on my beautiful mate? Hell yes. I smiled inwardly and I thought over what I was going to do. He did it to me once, so I figured.. hey, what the heck? Let's do it back to him. Just more extreme. Now I had a blush on my cheeks.

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. "Ihave 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

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

"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

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