KATOMI - RISE OF THE FAE QUEEN

CHAPTER 8 - THE TRUTH AND POWER

KATOMI’S POV

‘The alpha!’ Bronwyn jumped onto my bed ‘The bloody Alpha is your mate!’

‘So, it would seem’ I sighed, and continued to look at the wall.

I’d been curled up in bed all day, the more I thought about the situation, the more depressed I got.

I’d felt Alpha Wyatt trying to link me since this morning, but I’d shut him out, something I’d never have dreamed about doing before and I noticed that I could cut him off, no one could block out the King if he wanted to link you, but Remi told me because we were his mate that we could block him.

‘I can’t believe it’ She said as she lent over me, causing her wavy red hair to fall over my face ‘But I guess it makes sense, you weren’t this gorgeous for nothing, of course you get the Alpha. You knew I was planning on seducing him when I finally turned 18, I guess that’s out now’

I growled at her, and she laughed ‘I’m kidding’ She smirked and I finally turned over to face her ‘You know Beta Beau is my man, gosh, I can’t wait to sink my teeth into that man’

‘Not now, Bron’ I sighed and closed my eyes.

‘I can’t believe you didn’t call me last night’ She went on, brushing her loose red hair over her shoulder ‘I had to find out from Liz, bloody pack sl*t Liz, though she said she doesn’t believe it herself, what happened last night?’

‘I really don’t want to talk about it right now ok’ I pleaded ‘I want to be alone, please just go home, I’ll speak to you on Monday’

‘Is it true that you rejected him?’ She continued despite my request to leave.

‘Kind of’ I admitted ‘Not that he’ll listen, but I’m going to show him my medical history tomorrow. When I have the courage, he’ll reject me for sure after that’

‘Are you bloody mad’ Bronwyn gasped ‘You can’t reject him, he’s the King, you'll be Queen, your kids will rule the’

Bronwyn fell silent and looked at me to see tears fall down my cheeks, but I quickly wiped them away.

‘Kat’ Bron said sadly ‘You don’t have to say anything, he doesn’t need to know’

‘Of course, he does!’

‘That’s why you’re rejecting him, isn’t it?’ She said angrily ‘You don’t have to do this, don’t tell him, wait until he’s marked you and then tell him, by then it will be too late for him to reject you’

‘So, I should trick him into being with me by giving him false hope of a future he can never have’ I snapped ‘At least not if he chooses me’

‘It’s not tricking him’ Bronwyn growled as she tapped her hand angrily on her knee ‘He's your mate, the goddess chose you for each other for a reason, don’t let this cr*p get in the way of that, doctors are wrong about this kind of thing all the time, they’

‘Enough Bron’ I groaned, I felt more tears spill over, and I wiped them away impatiently, I was sick of crying ‘Please, I want to be alone’

‘Why do you always feel like you have to do things alone?’ She asked ‘We’ve been best friends for years and you never let me be there for you when something happens, you don’t have to be alone’

‘Please Bron, just go home’

‘Ok’ She looked at me with pity ‘But call me on Sunday after you speak to him and we’ll do a movie night, we can stay in and eat junk food, and you can cry all night if you want’

I nodded as more tears fell down my face

‘Oh Kat’ She said gently. She reached out but I put up my hand

‘Don’t’ I wiped the tears away again ‘I’ll be alright’

‘Alright’ She touched my leg softly before getting off my bed ‘Call me on Sunday’

I didn’t remember falling to sleep again after Bron left, but I was suddenly being woken up by yelling.

‘IF YOU DON’T GET HER NOW, I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH YOU WILLIAM!’ I heard Alpha Wyatt shout and my heart started racing but not from fear ‘KATOMI!’

'Please' Remi begged frantically 'I want to see mate, go downstairs, please!'

I sighed angrily, this whole sharing a body thing was old already.

'Fine' I couldn't help but feel self-conscious about my appearance, so I quickly ran a brush through my hair before leaving my bedroom.

Alpha Wyatt was still shouting angrily at my dad for not letting him inside but the moment he saw me he fell silent.

'I was handling it' My dad said as I approached

'Yes, it really sounded like it' I rolled my eyes 'Alpha Wyatt just threatened to have you thrown in the dungeons, why are you here?'

'I have been trying to link you all day' Alpha Wyatt snapped at me and stepped forward 'I don't like being ignored, we need to talk'

'I think my daughter has made her feelings perfectly clear, Alpha' My dad spoke before I could 'There is nothing more to talk about'

'William, I swear to you' Wyatt's eyes darkened 'If you say another word, I will break your jaw'

My dad looked angrily at our Alpha and went to respond, but I quickly turned and touched his chest.

'I can handle this' I told him firmly 'Please just back off'

'Fine' He linked me as I turned back to Alpha Wyatt and gestured for him to go into my father's office.

'We can speak in here'

Alpha Wyatt opened the door and waited for me to enter before he followed me inside.

The moment he closed the door I felt a rush of nerves, I hadn't been in here since we'd kissed last night, and I couldn't help but blush when I remembered the feeling of his lips on mine.

'I understand that it was a shock for you finding out that we are mates' Alpha Wyatt said gently as he came over to me 'And you’re scared, but I am still your King, do not ignore my links again'

'You didn't want to talk to me as a King' I argued as I continued to look at my feet and fidget with the hem of singlet 'You wanted to talk about us, but I've already told you that there is no us'

Wyatt growled angrily, and his eyes darkened, and I shrank back until I felt the door against my back.

'And I have already told you that I am not accepting your rejection'

‘You don’t get to decide that we’re mates if I don’t want to be!’

‘And you don’t get to decide that we aren’t mates just because you don’t want us to be!’

'I don't think there's anything to talk about than' I told him.

'No, please' Remi pleaded.

'You should go' I went to walk around him, but he grabbed me around my waist and spun us, so I was pinned against the door like last night.

My heart began to jump out of my chest.

'I am not going anywhere until we talk properly' He looked down into my eyes

I couldn’t help but look at his lips as butterflies erupted inside my stomach, so I quickly looked down again.

‘I don’t want to talk’

‘Well, I do’ He said firmly ‘So come for a walk with me’

‘No’

‘I am not above ordering you, Katomi’ He threatened me ‘But I would really love it if you would come willingly’

‘Please Kat, go!’ Remi begged.

‘I don’t think it counts as willingly if you threaten me with an order’

‘Kat, please would you just come with me?’ He pleaded ‘I promise to behave and not touch you’

‘Please, Kat!’ Remi begged again ‘Please, please, please!’

‘I just want to talk’

‘Fine’ I gave in ‘Now please let me go’

The King instantly moved back and let go of my waist, but I couldn’t help but feel a weird sense of longing for him to put his hands back on me, but I pushed that desire away.

‘Thank you’ The King smiled, and I looked away. Why was he so damn attractive!?

I opened my dad’s office door and stepped back out into the hall to find him pacing angrily.

‘Are you done?’ He asked, and I nodded ‘Good, Kat go back’

‘I’ve said I'd go for a walk with Alpha Wyatt’ I interrupted him, and his eyes darkened.

‘No’ He snapped and stepped closer to me ‘Katomi, you can’t do this, you need to make it a clean break’

‘ENOUGH!’ Alpha Wyatt shouted and we both showed our throats, but he gently took my face in his hands and pulled my face up ‘You don’t have to show submission to me Kat, please try to fight that urge from now on and William, my patience is running out, stop interfering, Kat is no longer your daughter, she is my mate and I will not tolerate someone trying to come between us, let’s go!’

I gave my dad a sympathetic smile before I left the house with Alpha Wyatt close behind me, I started to walk towards his car, but he took my hand and shook his head.

‘We’ll stay close to your house’ He told me and led the way towards the forest ‘It might make you feel more comfortable’

‘Thank you’ I smiled and pulled my hand back ‘You said you wouldn’t touch me’

‘When I said I wouldn’t touch you, I meant kiss you’ He commented as I blushed.

‘You shouldn’t, anyway’ I commented ‘You’ve never even asked my permission’

Alpha Wyatt froze and turned back to me with a guilty expression ‘I’m sorry about kissing you last night without asking you first, I wasn’t in control, but I will ask before I do it again’

‘And if I don’t give my permission?’

‘You will’ He smirked and winked at me before he started walking again.

‘Keep dreaming’ I whispered and followed after him.

I heard movement behind us and spun around, I thought my dad might be trying to argue with the King again but instead I saw a gray Lycan, Raj, he was a warrior my dad had trained.

‘Take the next hour off’ The King ordered, and Raj bowed his head low before running away from us.

I looked up at Alpha Wyatt, but he didn’t explain why Raj was here in the first place, not that it was business, instead he gestured for me to continue.

I let it go and started walking again while I crossed my arms across my chest. The urge to hold Alpha Wyatt’s hand was very strong, and it was a little cold, I should have grabbed a jacket

The wind picked up, and I shivered ‘I need to get a jacket’ I looked back in the direction we’d just come from ‘I’ll get it and come back’

‘No need’ Alpha Wyatt grabbed my arm gently to stop me.

He pulled off his hoody and held it up to me, leaving him a white T-shirt that showed his muscular form.

‘But now you’ll be cold’ I said shyly ‘I can get my own jacket, I promise I’ll come back, I just’

‘Take it’ He ordered, and held it open. He pushed it over my head and I quickly slipped my hands and arms through the sleeves ‘Don’t worry about me, Kings run hotter than normal Lycan’s, I don’t need a jumper, I wear it out of habit and not necessity’

‘Thanks’ I blushed, I hated myself for doing it, but I couldn’t stop myself from pulling the neck line of the hoody up and taking a deep breath of his scent left on the material.

‘Does it smell nice?’ He smirked and continued to walk down the path.

I growled angrily when a memory sprang forth in my mind.

‘Oh, so now I’m allowed to like the way you smell’ I snapped and marched ahead of him, I’d admitted to him once that I liked his scent and he’d yelled at me ‘Because I remember you telling me the day Shay went into labour that I only liked your scent because you were my Alpha and I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone that you smelt nice to me!’

‘Kat’ Wyatt sighed and stopped me from walking ‘Baby, I’m sorry, but I had to. If someone had figured out that we were mates, you could have been in danger, I have a lot of enemies. Anyone of them could have tried to hurt you, keeping you safe was the priority’

‘You could have told me’ I snapped at him ‘I would have kept it a secret’

‘I wanted you to have a normal childhood’ He told me, but I could hear the guilt in his voice ‘A safe childhood’

‘Yeah, because my childhood has been so safe’ I growled.

‘I did my best’

‘Yeah you and my dad both’ I snapped ‘Both of you are trying to keep me safe, but neither of you, asking me what I wanted’

‘Speaking of your father, he told me you haven’t left your bed today’ He changed the subject, I think, to try and calm me down

I blushed, I was going to kill my dad ‘I just wanted to be alone’ I shrugged and tried to sound like I wasn’t depressed at the idea of having to lose my mate.

‘Let’s sit down’ He gestured to a large tree.

I frowned in confusion, I thought he wanted to go for a walk?

I sat down with my back against the tree with my legs tucked up under me while Alpha Wyatt sat beside me, so we were facing.

‘You don’t have to deal with things alone Katomi’ He told me ‘You can talk to me, we’re mates, I love you and I want to be there for you’

I rolled my eyes ‘Mates’ I spat ‘What a joke, you never cared that we were mates every time you took another girl to bed’

Alpha Wyatts face fell, and I knew he felt guilty again, but I didn’t care.

‘You only think you want me now because of the mate pull’ I continued ‘It’s not me you want, it’s just magic, it’s an allusion, you should choose another mate’

He took my hand and placed it over his chest, I tried to pull back, but he was too strong

‘Do you feel that?’ He asked ‘Do you feel how much my heart races when I’m with you? That is not an allusion and if it is magic then it’s the best kind of magic’

Alpha Wyatt didn’t ask my permission before he gently placed his hand over my heart, making me blush as my heart went crazy.

‘You don’t feel the mate pull yet and your heart is beating just as fast as mine’ He continued with a smug smile ‘That is not an allusion, we were made for one other, I will never accept your rejection, I will never reject you and pick another, I would rather die alone’

‘Alpha’

‘Stop calling me that!’ His voice rose angrily, but then he took a breath ‘Please Kat, just call me Wyatt’

‘I can’t do that’ I shook my head and pulled my hand free This time he released me and moved his own hand off my chest ‘I don’t want to give you false hope, I don’t want to hurt you, but I’m not the one for you, we aren’t made for each other, the goddess messed up’

‘Why do you feel that way?’ He asked ‘Why are you rejecting me? You feel the same way as I do, I know you do so why are you pushing me away?’

I couldn’t get the words out yet, I needed more time, I shook my head and looked down and Alpha Wyatt sighed and rubbed his face.

‘How about this’ He said gently and placed his hand under my chin to lift my face so we were looking into each other’s eyes ‘How about we don’t talk about the fact that we’re mates and just talk, we can get to know each other a little outside of our roles as Alpha and Beta’

‘Why?’ I asked ‘What’s the point?’

‘The point is’ He answered as he pushed some of my hair back behind my ear, making me shiver and Remi purr happily ‘Maybe you’ll realize that we have more in common then you think and maybe you’ll stop thinking you’re not good enough to be by my side, I’m not perfect Katomi, I promise you’

‘I know you’re not perfect’ I snapped and pushed his hand away

‘Oh really’ He laughed ‘And what makes me not perfect?’

I knew he was baiting me, attempting to get me talking but I fell for it, my stupid temper getting the best of me.

‘You’re a complete sl*t for one thing’ I snapped, did I just call my King a sl*t? What had come over me? ‘And a hypocrite’

‘A sl*t’ He smirked and lent back comfortably and his hands ‘I’ll give you that, I have made a lot of mistakes when it comes to women, but how am I a hypocrite?’

‘You got mad at me for spending time alone with Logan’ I pointed out, and his eyes darkened ‘But all we were doing was talking but you’ve slept with loads of women’

‘Firstly’ He said as his eyes returned back to their normal golden brown color ‘I am sorry for everything I said to you on Friday, I was jealous, I can’t stand it when males are near you and I lost my composure. I never meant to treat you like that and I hope you’ll forgive me but secondly, Logan didn’t want to talk, a blind man could see that he had other things on his mind, his just lucky I didn’t kill him for trying to kiss you’

‘I wasn’t going to let him kiss me’ I said as I adjusted my legs and pulled my knees up to my chest ‘I was about to push him away when you showed up’

‘I’m glad to hear that’ He smiled at me ‘I’m extremely happy that I was your first kiss, I’m planning on being your first everything’

‘And who was your first everything’ I snapped grumpily ‘I don’t know why you care about being my first anything, it’s not like it’ll be special for you, you’ve already done everything, it’ll just be like any other time for you. There’s nothing you could ever do with me that would be special’

Alpha Wyatt frowned and sat back up and lent close to me ‘Katomi that isn’t true’ He whispered and touched my cheek ‘Those other women, they meant nothing to me, you however mean everything, it will be extremely special for me, trust me on that, you are not just another woman, you are the only women’

I didn’t know how to respond to that, I just looked up into his eyes.

I quickly pulled back and lent as far away from him as I could. My actions didn’t go unnoticed by him, but he let it go.

‘Do you remember the last time we were alone together in this area of the forest?’ He asked to change the subject.

I frowned as I looked around, when were we in this part of the woods last, I thought back through my memories, there were only a few times since I was a child that we’d spent together.

The last time we were alone in the woods was last year at the prom, but in this area of the woods, when was that? Oh.. his anniversary.

‘I was 14’ I answered ‘It was the year anniversary of your coronation’

Alpha Wyatt smiled and reached into his pocket and pulled out a key chain ‘You were carrying some wildflowers and you gave me one’

‘I remember’

On the key chain was a round pendant made from clear epoxy and inside was a small flower.

‘Is this the flower I gave you?’

‘It is’ He smiled and I felt overwhelmed by his gesture ‘I’ve had it with me ever since, I know you don’t believe me but you mean more to me and Kai then you will ever know’

I reached out and touched it for second ‘I was really excited that you accepted it’ I said, and released the pendant ‘If only I knew the real reason you took it, if only I knew the real reason for all the odd things you’ve done over the past few years’

‘How long are you going to be mad at me for not telling you the truth sooner?’

‘I don’t know’ I answered ‘A few more months maybe’

The King laughed and nodded ‘Alright’ and changed the subject again.

We started talking easily after that and for the next ten minutes we talked about his odd behavior over the years and I got lost in the sound of his voice.

I loved being by his side, listening to his stories, being alone with him. It was a dream come true, and I didn’t want it to end but I knew it had to, I was living in a fantasy world, he’d never want me if he knew what I was, he wouldn’t be fighting this hard to keep me if he knew I was his enemy.

Alpha Wyatt was laughing at his own joke and his breath washed over my face as he looked back at me, and I was filled with a strong desire to kiss him again which wiped the smile off my face, and I quickly leaned away from him again.

‘I…I should go’ I whispered, afraid my voice would betray my nerves and pain ‘I’m tired, I want to go home’

I went to stand up, but the King grabbed my arm and held me in place ‘What the hell just happened?’ He asked in confusion ‘We were having a great time, and now you’re running. What did I say that upset you?’

I shook my head ‘Nothing, I just, I can’t do this’ I told him ‘It’s not right, it’s just confusing both of us, I’ve already told you I can’t be with you’

‘Kat, you’

‘I want to go home now!’ I pulled my arm free as I interrupted him.

He looked at me with a mixture of anger and sorrow, but after a few seconds he cleared his throat and stood up

‘Fine’ He said without any emotion and I knew I must have hurt him again, I was the worst person ever.

The King surprised me by reaching out his hand to help me up, but I ignored it and quickly stood up and dusted off my pants, I noticed his eyes darken angrily at my rejection, but he let it go and turned.

We walked out of the woods in silence until finally we’d reached my home again.

‘Thank you for the walk’ I said as I reached for the door handle ‘I will wash your hoody and return it to you’

I turned the handle, but he reached out and gently grabbed my hand and spun, so I was facing him again.

‘I’m not giving up Kat’ He warned me again ‘I don’t know what I said to upset you tonight but’

‘It wasn’t you’ I shook my head ‘I just.. I need some space to think. Please, I will come and see you when I’m ready’

Alpha Wyatt exhaled ‘Fine’ He agreed ‘I’ll give you some space, but not much’

He pulled my hand to his lips and kissed it softly before releasing me and opening the front door for me.

‘Goodnight baby’ He smiled at me ‘And you can keep the jumper’

‘Goodnight’

I rushed inside and closed the door, my heart was racing, and I placed my hand over my chest as I wandered into the house to find my dad and Shay sitting on the couch.

‘Did you end things?’ My dad asked

‘Not really’ I admitted.

‘You will have to show him your medical history’ My dad told me.

‘I know’ I agreed ‘I’d already planned to do that’

‘Good’ He nodded ‘Do it tomorrow, and we’ll get you out to your uncles until things die down’

‘Are you sure she has to reject the King?’ Shay asked ‘He’s her mate, the goddess put them together for a reason, we don’t know if he’ll reject her for being Fae’

‘Even if he accepted what she is’ My dad answered before I could ‘She still can’t give him an heir, no, this is the right thing to do, she’ll reject him and move to the mix pack and the goddess will give her a second chance mate’

‘Or punish me for rejecting my true mate’ I grumbled, and turned towards the stairs.

I didn’t bother showering, I smelt like the King, and I liked that, so I just curled up in bed again and cried myself to sleep smelling his scent.

I woke up early on Sunday morning and changed to go see the King, slipping out of the house before anyone else was up but I’d been sitting in my car for the past hour trying to sum up the courage to go see him. After last night I knew I had to do this, I was already so in love with him that it hurt, I had to make him reject me before I destroyed the pack.

I finally turned the ignition, was it only two days ago that I was so happy to drive my new car. Now it felt like it was racing me to my death.

I finally reached the Alphas home, a huge white manor in the middle of the woods, I was grateful he didn’t live in the pack house, I didn’t need witnesses to my heart break, but it had to be done, I had to get him to reject me, for both our sakes, for my family’s safety, for my safety, for his future and the future of the pack.

I couldn’t find the strength to open the door, I just sat in his driveway, frozen in fear, part of me, a part growing louder as the time past wanted to just do what Bronwyn suggested, keep it a secret, lie to him to keep him, but I couldn’t, it was wrong.

‘Are you actually planning on coming in at some point’ Alpha Wyatt linked me, and I jumped.

‘Sh*t’ I snapped ‘You nearly gave me a heart attack!’

‘Sorry’ He sounded smug, I looked up to see him leaning against his door frame with his arms crossed over his chest, he was wearing dark blue jeans and a tight printed T-shirt, why did he look so sexy all the time ‘You’ve been sitting there for half an hour, I was getting impatient, get out of the car’

‘I was building up to it’ I snapped ‘Don’t rush me’

‘Just get out of the damn car’ He sighed

‘Why are you always so bossy’ I snapped.

‘Because I’m the boss’

‘Yeah, if you say so’ I growled and finally hoped out of my car, holding my folder close to my chest.

The cool wind of the morning rushed around me and I walked quicker, so I’d get into the house faster.

‘She walks’ He joked, and I rolled my eyes, and he say’s I’m a smart ass.

I slowly wondered up to him, feeling every bit a child, he was so mature and confident, I always felt like a little kid around him

‘You are a kid’ Remi pointed out.

‘Shut up’ I snapped ‘You’re literally like 2 days old’

‘I’m your age Kat’ Remi laughed ‘I’ve been with you since birth, I just couldn’t talk to you until you were 17’

‘Hello’

‘Hi’ I said back awkwardly, shuffling my feet.

Alpha Wyatt smiled at me ‘You look lovely today’

I blushed and bit my lip, I was wearing a white dress with tiny blue flowers on it, blue converse shoes and a blue denim jacket, my hair was pulled back into a high braid.

‘Thank you’ I said shyly, looking at my shoes, when it became clear that Wyatt wasn’t going to break the silence and make this easy on me.

I looked up to find him checking me out, so I cleared my throat, and he looked at my face.

‘Are you going to invite me inside’

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