Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 21

Catalina's POV

I wake up a few hours later with the same radiating pain. I feel Andrew's lips on me trying to sooth the pain away but it isn't working. I push Andrew back and roll on top of him. I kiss him as he positions his member at my entrance. I slide down his length to get as much of him inside me as possible. I hear him let out a moan when he's fully inside me.

"Lina you feel so good, every time." He says. He grabs my a** and starts moving my hips forward and back and up and down. He moves me around like I weigh nothing. It all feels so good. I start moving on my own and his hand reaches up and cups my bre**t. My hands are on his chest for balance. I throw my head back as I moan for more. Then I feel him spank me and I shoot my eyes down at him. He has such a mischievous grin and I laugh.

"Oh you think that's funny." He says lifting his head off the bed. He lifts me off of him and he sits up getting on his knees behind me. He bends me over and enters me again from behind. With his hands firm on my hips he plunges deep inside me. I can't control the moans coming out of me any more. I lay my head on the mattress as I let my body melt into euphoria. The org**ms roll through me one after the other.

We ride this high for hours, days. When we stop we eat, drink, shower, and sleep. The heat I radiate keeps our apartment hot like a sauna, but Andrew never complains or even says anything about it. Although I do notice him turn the air on more than once. Our showers are always cold. We do this over four days. Finally my heat is over, and we are both exhausted. On the fifth day we just stay in bed but this time to sleep. Each day we had to switch beds so the sheets could be cleaned. We tried to be good while the cleaners were in the apartment. Or at least quiet.

Andrew told me this will happen every so often until we mark each other. I hope we can mark each other soon because that was intense.

On the sixth day we start to get ready for our trip to see Lilith. We're leaving for it tomorrow. Rachel tells me she's coming over. She misses me and wants to help me pack.

Andrew and I are eating breakfast at the table when Rachel arrives with Murphy.

"Hey guys." I say standing up. I know Rachel is going to hug me and hugs are so awkward when one person is sitting and one is standing.

"Lina! I've missed you so much." To my surprise it's Murph. He comes over and gives me a big bear hug. I laugh at the unexpected hug and he pulls away.

"No one keeps my future wife as busy and away from me like you do." He says being funny.

"Ha ha ha you are so funny Murph." Rachel says shooing him away from me. Andrew laughs at the table. Rachel hugs me.

"So no one missed me?"Andrew says looking at them. They say nothing and turn back to me.

"Are you excited for your trip?" Rachel asks. I bust out laughing and they all join me.

"Of course we missed you Drewy." Murphy says like a person would when talking to a baby or a dog. Murphy tries to pinch Andrew's cheeks and Andrew swats his hands away.

"If you are done. I'm going to head down to the office and go over something with Murph for while we're gone." Andrew says. He gives me a kiss and him and Murphy head out. As soon as they are gone Rachel turns to me with a grin on her face.

"So glad to see you survived your heat." She wiggles her eyebrows at me. I can feel my face turn red. She laughs at my reaction. She links her arm in mine and takes me to my room.

"I remember my first heat. Man what an intense time. But you know it stops once you're marked. I'm actually surprised I don't see you marked today. Although I didn't mark Murphy for awhile too, no pressure of course." She says as she pulls out a suitcase. "How many heats did you go through before you marked each other?" I ask.

"Three. After the third round I couldn't do a fourth. They get worse each time. And you don't really know when they will hit. Mine were 3 months apart, give or take." She says. I start pulling clothes out.

"So how long will you be gone?" She asks.

"Andrew said pack for 5 days." I say.

"Well you better be back for all the wedding events or I'm going to give you the evil eye for a week." She says and we both laugh. She helps me pick out what outfits to take and what hair and make up products to take. Once we are done packing Rachel suggests we hang out in the studio so she can drink wine and I can paint. I haven't painted in awhile so I'm all for this idea.

Rachel grabs a bottle and we head over.

"Why didn't you tell me about Julia?" I ask her as she settles on the couch.

"Oh honey I'm sorry. I honestly didn't think about it. From getting you out of your shell, you being attacked, to planning your ceremony, then you almost dying it just never came up." She says hoping I'm not mad at her.

"I'm not mad. I just feel like I don't know Andrew as much as I want to." I say looking at my blank canvas.

"I know hun. How did you meet Julia?" She asks

"We had training before my heat kicked in. She's really good. I think I really like her." I say.

"Julie is a spit fire. That girl has energy I don't even know where it comes from. How was the training?" Rachel says sipping her wine.

"Yeah I noticed. I broke her nose." Rachel almost spits out her wine.

"You did? Sheesh way to go Luna warrior." She laughs. She's never called me Luna. And then inspiration hits, and I start painting. I paint for a while and Rachel drinks wine and reads a magazine. Every so often she tells me about something she's reading or something that happened over the days Andrew and I were tucked away from the world. I finish the painting hours later.

"Lina it's beautiful. It's you!" She says. I painted me as a warrior Luna. With Kayla in the background. It's all the parts of me. I love it.

"Thanks." I say.

"Babe are you hungry?" I hear in my mind link. Just then, like the thought of food, my stomach chimes in.

"Starving." I say back.

"Meet me at home and we'll order something." He says. Home. I guess this is home.

"Andrew wants to meet at home and we'll order food." I tell Rachel.

"Excellent I'm starving and I just heard your stomach." She links her arm in mine and we head out. When we get in the apartment, I see Andrew, Murphy, and Julie hanging out on the couch. "Hey hey Luna!" Julie says. "And Rachel of course." She adds

"Hey what are you doing here?" I ask.

"Well I figured since I've been MIA I'd stop by before you guys leave." She says as I take a seat next to Andrew. He places his hand on my thigh.

"Guys what are we eating? I can't talk about anything else until we decide." Murphy says looking pained with hunger.

"What do you want?" I ask Murphy since he seemed to be in the most discomfort.

"Pizza...and wings....and garlic knots..and"

"We get it. You're hungry." Rachel cuts him off before he can add more food to the list.

"What do you say? You want pizza?" Andrew looks down at me.

"Sure." As soon as I say this Murphy stands up and gets his phone out of his pocket. He orders the food. Too much if I'm being honest and we all chat. Julie recounts our training session and how I beat her. "She broke your nose?" Murphy asks.

"Yeah it was a solid punch." Julie says. I feel a bit embarrassed, I'm not known for hurting anyone. But they all seem to like the idea that I can throw a punch. It's so strange how a life can change over the course of a few months. When the food arrives we all dig in. It's pretty good too. I'm surprised to see Murphy and Julie each eat a whole pizza.

"Warriors, they eat like elephants." Rachel says noticing my surprise. Murphy and Julie laugh.

"Are you bringing any warriors with you on this adventure?" Murphy asks. I didn't even think to ask.

"We'll have some on the flight with us, but they can't come to the location with us. My dad says she's reclusive." Andrew replies.

"Is she dangerous?" I ask looking at him.

"Well if you can break Jule's nose I think you can take this lady. And besides my dad says she's harmless. Well harmless to you at least." He says.

How is she harmless to me.. What about them? I feel like my life just keeps giving me questions with no answers. And I haven't talked to Kayla in a while because she is the main offender. I wish she would tell me what to do, or what needs to happen. I start getting annoyed thinking of everything I can't control. I just want to be happy and have a normal life, but no, I had to be abused and tortured. Now I've found my mate but I can't mark him. I can't be normal. I feel the heat start rolling off of me. I close my eyes. I let my thoughts spiral. I can't even hear them talking anymore over the sounds of my own thoughts. They echo in my mind. Why did I let them hurt me? Who will I become? When will I know? Then I hear. "CATALINA!"

I shoot my eyes open and see the fire.