Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 86

Catalina's POV

I walk out to the lobby to see Andrew speaking with the councilmen, right on time. I walk over to them and greet them.

"So glad everyone could make it."

"We wouldn't miss it for the world. Besides we need to come and discuss your council training." Eric says.

"Council training?"

"Yes, you will need to come to the Citadel for training." George explains.

"How long is training?" Andrew asks.

"Oh just 6 to 8 months."

"6 to 8 months!" Andrew and I say in unison. I look at Andrew with worry on my face.

"Don't worry. We spoke and you don't have to come right away. However, you won't be able to sit on the council until you have completed training." George explains.

"We'll figure it out love." Andrew says placing a hand on my shoulder. I wrap my arm around his waist and hug him. I don't ever want to leave him again.

"My dear, don't worry we will figure it out." Eric says. I smile and nod.

"Let's just get you two married and we will worry about the red tape later." He adds with his own smile. Andrew walks them over to the elevator when I see Alastair across the room. Andrew picked Murphy as his best man, Todd and Alastair for his groomsman. I am not surprised he didn't choose Jet, but he did make him and Mateo ushers during the ceremony.

"Hey Alastair!" I say pulling him into a hug.

"Hey High Alpha, or should I say bride to be." He teases.

"I'm just excited to get this show on the road."

"Well the rehearsal is only a few hours away. Who am I walking down with again?" He asks.

"Sarah." I look around the lobby to see if I see her, I don't.

"I don't see her, but I'll introduce you later on." I say.

"Alastair! Glad you could make it." Andrew shakes his hand.

"Well I'm in the wedding, how could I not make it?" Alastair says.

"Let's go up and meet Murphy in the library, Todd should be here soon." Andrew and Alastair disappear up the elevator. Library my butt, they are going to have drinks. I want to have drinks, but Rachel and Cassie are out that leaves Sarah. "Sarah!" I mindlink her

"Hey Lina what is it?"

"Where are you?"

"I'm pulling up now, is something wrong?"

"The lack of drink in my hand." I hear her laugh. I see her walk through the door and she comes running towards me. Her arms wrap around me and she almost takes me to the ground.

"Well let's fix this problem. Where to?"

"Let's go the the apartment and have some wine." Sarah agrees and follows me up. When we get to the apartment I grab us two glass and a pour us some wine. I hand her a glass and joint her on the couch.

"So what's wrong?" She asks.

"What makes you think something is wrong?"

"For one your eyebrows, two the wine, and three your eyebrows." I sigh and relax my face.

"I just found out I have to go to council training for 6 to 8 months."

"Ouch, when?" She asks.

"They said there's no rush, but I can't officially sit on the council until I do."

"So just take some time after the wedding..to be married." She wiggles her eyebrows and elbows me in my arm at the word married.

"Then just go get the training. I'm sure you can have visitors or go away for a weekend. And with technology you can FaceTime every night. It will be ok Lina. If there's couple that can survive anything, it's you guys." She's right, we can do this. It's just 6 months. I took a sip of my wine.

"Lina, where are you?" Cassie asks in my mindlink.

"In the apartment drinking wine with Sarah."

"Good, my sister is with me and she could use a glass."

"Cassie and her sister are coming up." I tell Sarah.

"Have you met her sister before?" Sarah asks.

"No, but she'll be my cousin through marriage." Sarah and I drink our wine and talk about any changes at Red Stone Pack.

"I haven't seen Jet in like two weeks." Sarah says, just as Cassie and her sister walk in.

"Cassie!" I say getting up from the couch.

"Lina!" She wraps me in a big hug.

"Lina this is my sister Poppy."

"It's so nice to meet you. Would you like some wine?"

"Yes please!" I go grab another glass and pour some wine into it. I hand it over to Poppy. Poppy drinks it down in one big sip.

"You ok?" I ask.

"Weddings always get me this way. Still no mate." She says taking a seat on the couch.

"Well I'm mateless too. Don't stress about it." Sarah says.

"Yeah, but are your parents constantly comparing you to your perfect sister? Sorry, I don't want to be a downer. What were you guys talking about before we came in?"

"We were talking about my other pack and my Beta, Jet." I say.

"You are the Alpha of another pack, Luna to this pack, and the High Alpha. Now I really feel like an underachiever." Poppy gets up from the couch and heads for the wine. Sarah and I giggle. Suddenly the door flys open as Rachel makes her way inside. "So here is where you all are hiding."

"Not hiding, drinking." I say.

"All the boys are in the library doing the same thing. And surprise surprise, Jet is with them."

"Why is that a surprise? You said he's your Beta right?" Poppy asks.

"Andrew and Jet don't really get along. It's a long story."

"One we don't have time for, because you need to get ready." Rachel says. She takes my arm and leads me to the bedroom.

"It's just the rehearsal Rach, not the actual wedding." I say.

"Yes, but there will still be pictures taken and a dinner afterwards. It won't kill you to look nice."

"I always look nice!"

"Let's just change dresses, fix your hair, and clean up your face. And maybe change your shoes." I sigh and roll my eyes. I let Rachel pick out a tight white turtle neck sweater dress. It only came down to my mid thigh.

"I'm going to be freezing in this."

"Ok high boots or tights?"

"Tights." Rachel picked a pair of thighs and black booties with a bit of a heel. I got dressed and she put my hair up is a messy ponytail. She touched up my makeup and went for a natural look.

"See, done. That wasn't too bad. Just wait for the wedding day." She moves her eyebrows up and down.

"Can't wait for that." This time I grab Rachel's arm to head back out to the girls. When we walk out I see Andrew, Murphy, Alastair, Todd, and Jet have joined us. But something is wrong, the guys have stopped at the front door and the girls are just standing and staring at the guys.

"What's going on?" I ask as I walk over to the girls. Suddenly Jet rushes out of the room and Poppy starts crying. Then it all makes sense, they're mates. Poppy is being looked after by her sister, I need to get to Jet. I head for the door,

"I need to talk to him." I say to Andrew. He just nods. I head out the door, where to look. He didn't go down the elevator it's still at this floor. I head to the library and it's empty. I look in the gym, also empty. I check the theater next and I replace him sitting in the dark. I take the seat next to him.

"Jet?"

"Yeah, it's me."

"Are you ok?"

"I messed up Lina."

"What did you mess up?"

"Did you see? I was just frozen and then I ran away. I just didn't expect to replace another mate. I was prepared to be alone forever."

"Jet you didn't mess anything up. I'm sure once you explain everything to her, she'll understand. She's been waiting for a mate her whole life. And you will be an amazing mate for her."

"But what if I'm not a good mate and that's why Julie turned out the way she did?"

"I thought you were going to stop blaming yourself for Julie?"

"I can't help it. I don't want to admit it, but I'm worried. I don't think I can live through something like that again."

"I know Jet. But you have to talk to her. And I have a plan. Come on." I grab his hand and pull him out of the seat.

"Cassie? I think we need to leave Jet and Poppy alone for a bit. He has a lot of explaining to do."

"I agree."

"Can you bring her to the library?"

"We're on our way." I drag Jet to the library.

"I don't know if more drinking is a plan." Jet says.

"That's not the plan. This is." I point to the door and in walks Cassie and a sobbing Poppy. I see Jet's body tense up. Poppy tries to control her crying.

"Poppy. Cassie and I will leave you two alone to talk this out. Is that ok?" I ask her. She wipes her face and nods. Cassie and I leave the room and close the door behind us.

"He better not ruin this." Cassie says.

"He's worried. After what happened with Julie. He thinks it was his fault."

"That is the only reason I didn't kick his a**" I wrap my arm around her shoulder.

"How sweet of you."

"I know. Now let's go get this rehearsal started. After 20 minutes, we finally manage to get everyone down to the great hall for the rehearsal. I love looking at everyone's face as they enter. Honestly I did another look around at how beautiful everything is. "Ok everyone, let's get into the beginning position." Eric yells from the alter. Andrew is standing next to him with a grin plastered on his face. The music starts, it's the 'How Long Will I Love You' song from the movie About Time. Murphy and Rachel walk down first, then Todd and Cassie, followed by Sarah and Alastair. I asked Raymond to walk me down the aisle, and he of course agreed. I wrapped my arm around Raymond's.

"You ready?" He asks. I just take a deep breath and nod. We walk down the aisle and my eyes are glued on Andrew. I know this is only the rehearsal, but it feels like the moment. When we get to the end, Raymond kisses my cheek and puts my hand in Andrew's. I step in front of Andrew and smile at him.

"This is the part where I say all my lines and marry you crazy kids. Do you plan to say your own vows?"

"Yes we do." We say together.

"That makes my job easier. So once I pronounce you man and wife, you kiss and then the bride and groom will exit first followed by the maid of honor and best man, and so on." Andrew leads me back down the aisle followed by everyone else. "And that ladies and gentlemen is the show more or less. Any questions?"

"No? Good now let's go eat!" Eric says and everyone cheers. Andrew holds my hand as we head out to the lobby and into a limousine that is waiting for us. Andrew and I get in first. Murphy, Rachel, Todd, Cassie, Alastair, and Sarah all join in our vehicle. Of course Murphy replaces the champagne and pops it open, then he grabs a small bottle of sparkling cider for his wife. Rachel passes out glasses. Once everyone has some Murphy raises his glass.

"A toast! To our dear friends Andrew and Lina! I hope your marriage is better than mine." Rachel jabs Murphy in his side with her elbow. Everyone erupts with laughter. "I'm just kidding, there is no possible way to have a better marriage than ours." Murphy kisses Rachel's cheek.

"But seriously, I wish you both the best. Together forever!" Murphy says and we all cheers our glasses. The car pulls up to the restaurant. We get out of the car and go straight into the restaurant, it was freezing outside. Inside the restaurant, Flora, Lilith, all of the councilmen, Gamma Lucas, and Mateo were all waiting for us. I went around the room hugging everyone who has come and we all take a seat. The table is beautifully decorated with the colors of the wedding. Everyone was in such a good mood and the restaurant smelled like amazing, like garlic and seared meat. Andrew had his hand on me the whole night and I didn't mind one bit. Half way through Jet and Poppy showed up, looking much better and with smiles on their faces. I get up and hug Poppy. "How are we doing?" I pull back from my hug and look at both of them. Poppy smiles and takes Jets hand.

"He explained everything to me and I have to say I completely understand. I can't believe everything you both have been through." I wonder what all he told her, but I'm glad they are better. They both deserve to be happy. "Great! Come on and grab a seat. Everyone is just telling funny stories about each other." I say ushering Poppy to a seat near Cassie. I head back to my seat.

"Well I don't have many stories of either Andrew or Lina, however the first night I met Andrew will always stay in my memory." Alastair starts.

"He had been drinking with his warriors. Then suddenly he starts singing, and it's not good. And he wouldn't stop singing until he completely passed out at the table. I had to carry him to bed." The table cracks up with laughter. "Sing for us Andrew." Murphy teases.

"No on your life." Andrew laughs. The rest of the night was much the same and filled with laughter.

When the dinner was over Andrew and I headed back to our apartment.

"How was your evening my love?" Andrew asks.

"It was really nice. How was yours?"

"One of the best." He squeezes my hand.

"Are you ready for bed?" I ask.

"Actually there is one thing I've been wanting to do all night." Andrew pulls me in and kisses me. His hands cup my face and he deepens the kiss. He picks me up bridal style and carries me to the bedroom where I come undone over and over again.