Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 81

Andrew's POV Being a spectator in my own mind is it's own kind of prison. Seeing Lina being awake and not being able to talk to her or hold her crushes me.

"You will be with her soon enough. I have a feeling she's coming up with a way to save you." The deep voice in my head says. I sit in the back of my mind watching him live my life. He has stopped torturing me, but he still won't let me have control. I watch Lina, my father, and everyone else come to the cell. I hear them talk but I'm not completely sure what is said. I see the cell door open and people come in, including Lina. There seems to be a lot of movement in the cell. "What is it about you?" I hear the deep voice ask Lina.

"What do you mean?" She says surprised.

"I was sent here by Zeus, you made a powerful enemy little wolf. He wanted you to join him. But you refused, who wouldn't want to be a God? Apparently that one person would be you. Now in this form, your mate is fighting me. He fights for you. Why? What is so special about you?" He asks her.

"He's my mate. We fight for each other." She says. That's right I will fight for you Lina.

"True, but there's definitely a power in you and everyone can feel it. Everyone here would die to protect you, I can feel it." He says. What is he getting at?

"I am everyone's alpha. They trust me with their lives, and I trust them with mine." She says

"Does he know you are immortal?" He asks.

She's what?! Did he say immortal?

"What?" She asks.

"He will grow old and die, while you will not." He says. Is that true? Is that because she is a Phoenix? While I'm thinking about the conversation Lina and Dolus just had, they get into position and start some spell. Once the spell was over the Moon Goddess appears. "Enjoy her while you have her.. wolf."

The voice says to me before everything goes black.

When I open my eyes the light in the room is too bright. I try and move my hand to cover my eyes but they are being held down. I start to panic when I hear the sweetest voice.

"Hey, hey it's ok." I hear Lina say. I squint my eyes and look over at her.

"Lina." My voice is dry and scratchy.

"Yeah it's me. Just rest." She coos at me. I turn my head in her direction, then I see her. Her beautiful red hair and her eyes. The eyes I fell in love with. Her smile and her smell. My body relaxed when I felt her take my hand. I must have fallen asleep again, when I opened my eyes this time the light was much softer. I looked around the room and saw my father in the chair next to the bed. I moved and his eyes met mine. "Andrew?" He says.

"Hey dad." I say. My voice still dry. He gets up and grabs me a cup of water with a straw. I try and move my hands to take the cup, but they are restrained. I take a sip. "Thanks." I say.

"Why am I restrained?" I ask.

"The doctors did it as a precaution." He says.

"Oh Andrew I'm so glad you are awake. How are you feeling?" He asks trying to change the subject.

"I feel really tired and weak. But other than that, alright." I say.

"Where's Lina?" I ask.

"She'll be right back. I sent her to go get something to eat." He says as he sits back down. I notice for the first time how much older my dad looks. His once salt and pepper hair is now more salt than pepper. He looks tired too. I'm sure the late year has really put stress on him and it's showing.

"Dad are you ok?" I ask. He smiles at me.

"I'm getting there." He pats my hand.

"How long has it been dad?" I ask.

"Oh you were only asleep a few days." He says.

"I mean, how long was that thing controlling me. How long was I in that cell?" I ask.

"About a month. Then Lina woke up and she figured out a way to get you back." He explains.

"Dad, could Lina be immortal?" I ask.

"Well she can't die son. So by definition yes." He says.

"So she won't grow old?" I ask.

"Now that I'm not sure of. There's a lot about Phoenixes we don't know. It's quite possible." He says. Just then I can smell Lina. Her scent fills the room before she enters. She walks in and my eyes meet hers.

"You're awake!" She says as she walks to my bedside. She takes my hand in hers.

"I will leave you two. It's good to have you both back." My dad says as he leaves the room.

"I missed you so much." She says.

"I missed you too." I try to move my hand but remember it's restrained.

"These stupid things." She says and unlatches my hands. I take her face in my hands and look into her eyes.

"Do we have anyone else to fight?" I ask her. She giggles. "No." She says.

"Do we have anything else we have to over come?" I ask.

"Nope." She says.

"Thank Goddess." I pull her face to mine and our lips collide. I feel the tingles of our mate bond. I have missed her. I have missed the way she smells, her taste, her touch. We pull our lips apart and she rests her forehead on mine. "We have so much time to make up for." She says. I move over and make room for her in the bed.

"We have all the time in the world." I say as she climbs in next to me. We spent the next few hours just being in each other's company. We didn't talk much, but we didn't mean to. I had my mate and nothing stood in our way. We eventually fell asleep in each other's

arms.

The next morning we were awaken with a squeal.

"Oh no." Lina says.

"What is that?" I ask.

"That is Rachel."

"Why is she squealing?"

"Because I might have told her she can plan our wedding as soon as we get you back." She throws the blanket over her head in an attempt to hide.

"Does she have to do it right now? And I haven't even asked you to marry me." I say. She pokes her head out from under the blanket and glares at me.

"Yet. I haven't asked you yet." I say quickly. Her face softens. Rachel comes into the room like a gust of wind. She is carrying binders and bags with her that she tosses on the empty chair by the bed.

"Andrew, Lina. I am so glad you are both alive and ok. Because now we get to plan the most exciting day of your lives!" Rachel squeals again.

"There are no more Alphas, war, or Gods to get in the way of this." She adds triumphantly.

"Lina come out from under there. We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way." Lina peeks her head out again.

"Rach I've had Andrew for like one day. Can't we just enjoy this?" She whines.

"No! I'm not going to allow something else to come out of no where and distract us from a beautiful moment we all deserve to have." Rachel literally stomped her foot at this.

"He hasn't even asked me." Lina says.

"Oh please like he's not going to ask you." Rachel scuffs.

"We are planning this. You better plan how you are going to ask her."

"And besides, you will be in here for a few days. What better way to spend your time." She adds.

"This will be the worst torture I will ever face." I say, getting a giggle out of Lina and a glare from Rachel. Rachel spends the next few hours making us pick color themes, guest lists, venues, and food options. I tried to mind link Murphy to come and get Rachel, but he pretended to be going through a tunnel and to have a bad signal. I will get him back for this. Finally I convinced her to have a meeting with my mom and her mom to help organize and plan. Our next task is to pick a date, but it doesn't feel right, since I haven't officially asked her yet. I need to get out of this bed.

"Alpha, so good to see you." The doctor says coming into the room.

"Is that scary girl with binders gone?" He asks looking around the room.

"Yes Rachel is gone." I say laughing.

"Oh good. She threatened a nurse to not disturb you all." He said coming to the side of the bed.

"So how are we feeling today?" He asks.

"A lot better than yesterday. But to be honest, still a bit weak." I tell him.

"It's to be expected. You barely ate, slept, or did much of anything for three months. Your body needs time to regain muscle and store up energy. You'll be back on your feet in no time." He says. "How long do I need to stay in here?" I ask.

"You've only been awake one day. We'll test you today and tomorrow we can test again to see your improvement. But I don't think it will be more than a few days." He explains.

"I'll be back in a bit so we can test you." The doctor leaves the room.

"See just a few days. And I'll be here." Lina says squeezing my hand.

"I just want to feel like my old self." I say.

"How do you feel, like inside your head?" She asks.

"You mean do I feel damaged from the torture?" I ask. She looks away. I know she thinks this is her fault, but it's not.

"I feel fine, I just don't like feeling weak." I squeeze her hand. The doctor comes back and he takes me to another room for testing.

"I'll be back before you are even done with testing." Lina says and kisses me.