Fated To The Alpha (Complete Fated Series collection)

Book 3 Chapter 5

Andrei POV

Kat managed to talk to her, but she shifted back to her wolf before I could even see or talk to her. Kat then bitched me out for putting a muzzle on her, and I suddenly felt ashamed of what I had done. I knew it was wrong, but I didn’t have much choice unless I forcefully marked her to get her in the house. Of course, being a rogue, I have no command over her, yet Kat did, which I wasn’t sure she would. But I felt relief knowing Kat, the Queen of Alphas, had influence over all wolves, not just pack wolves.

Kat brushes my mate's fur; at least I had her name, which was one thing, I guess. She then stands and comes and hugs me, and I walk her to the door and unlock it. I turned to see if Sage would run for the door, but she just sat on her hind legs, shaking like a leaf. I could smell she was scared of Kat leaving her with me.

“Can you make her shift back, maybe command her?” I ask Kat, and I hear Sage whimper behind me, I look over my shoulder, and she presses herself against the wall like she could get it to swallow her and save her.

“You want her to shift back? She has to do it on her own; I won't force her.”

"How am I supposed to communicate with her when her wolf refuses to respond to Donnie in that form?"

“Figure it out, Andrei. I am not forcing her.”

"You can't be serious; what am I supposed to sign to her or something? Come on, Kat, that's ridiculous."

“She feels safer in that form, she doesn’t know you, and she doesn’t trust you yet,” Kat says, standing in the doorway. Having the door open made me nervous because I knew if she ran, Kat would order me to let her go.

I growl when I suddenly hear Kat's voice in my head as she forced the link; I couldn’t force the link to her, yet it always spooked me out when she did it to me, perks of being a Queen.

“She knows you can’t mate with her in that form, Andrei; I could guarantee if you shifted, she would shift to her human form,” she says, her eyes pinning me on the spot.

“Why?” I ask her.

“She watched her parents and her mate die at the hands of the rogues that had her; she has been on that damn chain before she shifted, since she was kid Andrei, her shifting between forms was her only way to stop them r****g her, yet even that didn’t stop them from beating her into submission” Kat snaps at me. A growl tears out of me, and my hands clench at her words, my Alpha aura forcing its way out in pure rage at her words.

Hearing a yelp, I look over at Sage, realizing I scared her.

“Shh, he won’t hurt you, Sage; I promise he wasn’t mad at you,” Kat tells her, yet she still remains tense. She must have said something to Kat because Kat nods to her before glaring at me.

“Give me the muzzle,” she says, holding out her hand. I groan but retrieve it and hand it to her.

“This the only one you have?” She commands, and I press my lips in a line before stalking off toward the basement door. I unlock it. The basement smelt heavily of bleach, and I pulled the door closed behind me, not wanting Kat to see what was down here in my torture chamber. Going over to the wall, I grab the four other muzzles before stomping back up the steps and opening the door.

Sage backs away from me, her eyes on the muzzles in my hand. I walk over and hand them to Kat.

“See no more muzzles, but don’t bite me,” I tell Sage, and she whines, looking at Kat. I could see she wanted to go with her.

“Have you got any she-wolves that would come stay for a night or two?” I ask her not liking the idea, but if it means I can get her to shift back even long enough to speak with her. Kat thinks before looking at Sage.

“Would you feel better if I had someone come over tomorrow to stay here, a woman maybe?” I had no idea what sage said to her, but Kat nodded.

“You can stay tonight by yourself; I will have to organize someone.”

“Maybe one of the older members, a motherly figure,” Mateo suggests to her. Kat nods to him.

“I will send someone tomorrow, okay? I promise if I can’t find someone” She looks at me for a second, and I sigh.

“If she can’t find someone, we can go stay with Kat,” I tell Sage, not wanting to, but I would if I have to.

“Did she reply? What did she say?” I asked Kat; this non-communication thing was going to drive me nuts.

“She just asked if it was only one night, she would be by herself,” Kat tells me. Instead of biting my tongue, I fight the urge to growl at her wanting to be away from me. I nod to Kat before watching her leave and close the door behind her. Turning around, I find Sage frozen to the spot, her eyes on the door.

Ignoring her potent fear filling the room, I walk past her toward the kitchen, ignoring how she recoiled. I start to cook dinner, throwing together a lasagne. I placed it in the oven before loading the dishwasher, and I could hear her walking around upstairs. When I am done, I mind link Zane to come over. After a few minutes, he was at my door, and I heard the knocking. Opening the door, I let him in. Sage must be hiding somewhere, but I knew she couldn’t get out.

“Can you do me a favor and run into town for me? You can take my car,” I ask him, not really wanting to leave my mate here alone.

“Sure, what do you need?”

“Clothes for her”

“What size?” He asks, and I scratch the back of my neck. I had no idea what size, but she wasn’t very big from what I could see when she was crouched next to Kat. I could see all her ribs and her spine.

“Wait here,” I tell him, walking up the steps to see if I could find her and get her to tell me what size clothes she wore.

“Sage?” I call out to her, she doesn’t make a sound, and I am forced to follow her scent. Walking into the spare bedroom, I find her wolf under the bed. She growls, her cerulean blue eyes peering back at me as I got on all fours and looked under the bed.

“Do you know what clothes size you are?” I ask her. She just stares; She should be able to mind link me because I am her mate, yet she remains silent. Just stares at me. I sighed, getting up and heading for the door when Donnie spoke.

“Extra small, she thinks,” I stop.

“Sage spoke to you?” I ask him, but he shakes his head.

“No, Sierra, her wolf told me, her human is angry, she told you” I nod, leaving her be and going downstairs.

“Size?”

“Extra small and grabs some in small just in case, make sure they are warm too,” I tell him before handing him my wallet.

“Anything else?”

“Um, hair ties and a brush, I don’t know girlie s**t, I guess,” I tell him.

“This would be so much easier if there were some women here,” he mutters, I pretend not to notice, but I know my men are lonely.

“You will find your mate,” I tell him, and he nods before I open the door letting him out.

“Hopefully, those that lost theirs get a second chance too,” he says, and I nod; I hope the same thing.

Closing the door, I head upstairs, hoping her wolf may speak some more. I grab some towels and some of my clothes; she will have to roll the pants to hold them up if she decides to shift back. Walking into the bathroom, I set them on the basin before walking into the spare room.

“Zane has gone to get you some clothes; you can shower if you want. I put some clothes in the bathroom, and you can lock the door; I mean it, Sage, I won’t hurt you,” I tell her.

She doesn’t move, and I walk out, heading back downstairs. I sit in the living room, turn the TV on, and watch the news while I wait for dinner to cook. After about 20 minutes, I hear the bathroom door close, but when 10 minutes pass and I don’t hear the shower running, I walk up the steps. I stop at the bathroom door and knock on it.