KATOMI - RISE OF THE FAE QUEEN

CHAPTER 12 – HOUSE ARREST

KATOMI’S POV

One second, I was dreaming of being on a beach, lying in Alpha Wyatt’s arms under the warm sun, no secrets between us, no war, no killing, just the two of us holding each other in bliss, and the next I was being scared back into reality from the very familiar voice of my best friend calling my name.

I gasped and sat up, my eyes took a second to adjust as I pushed my hair back out of my face, I was sitting on something hard and warm. I rubbed my eyes and blushed bright red when I realized that I was sitting on Alpha Wyatt's lap, my legs on either side of his body, and my gown riding up high, the blanket had fallen down to my hips.

The King was holding my thighs to steady me ‘'Easy baby’' He warned, when I nearly fell off the bed '‘Are you ok?’'

'‘I’m sorry’' Bronwyn looked at me, her hands nervously over her mouth ‘I didn’t know you were sleeping’

‘'Perhaps knock next time'’ Alpha Wyatt said angrily through his teeth and Bronwyn looked down '‘And not barge into a f*cking hospital room like a bull in a field’'

‘Yes, Alpha’ She said quietly and looked at her feet ‘'I’m sorry’'

‘Why am I on your lap?’ I asked shyly, looking from Beta Beau to Alpha Wyatt, my cheeks flushed.

‘You climbed on me in your sleep'’ He commented as his hands gripped me tighter, and I felt my body heat up.

My eyes widened, I did have a tendency to roll all over the bed, I pulled down the gown and pulled up the blanket so I could hop off of Alpha Wyatt without anyone seeing up my gown. Why wasn’t I wearing underwear? This was so embarrassing.

‘Why didn’t you stop me?’ I asked, avoiding his eyes.

‘'Why would I do that?’ He smirked, I looked up at him with wide eyes before lowering my gaze again, but my head swam again, and I closed my eyes and held my head

‘Kat?’ Alpha Wyatt took my face in his big hands.

‘'I’m alright’' I huffed in pain ‘It’s passing’

‘I’m sorry’ Bronwyn said again. She reached out for me but thought better of it when Alpha Wyatt glared at her

‘'It’s fine Bron’'

‘'No, it isn’t'’ The King growled.

‘'Stop being a jerk'’ I hit his chest and glared at him ‘Leave her alone’ I said grumpily.

Bronwyn looked at me with wide eyes. No one spoke to the Alpha like that, and I realized what I’d done, sh*t, did I just hit the King.

Alpha Wyatt sighed and calmed down in his usual way, rubbing his face and taking a few breaths.

‘'Just be more considerate next time Bronwyn'’ He said, his tone gentle again, and I relaxed, I thought I’d gone to far this time, I shouldn’t have hit him.

‘Yes Alpha’ She said in surprise, still staring at me with wide eyes, she sat down slowly and looked me over for injuries ‘I went over to your house to pick you up because you weren’t replying to my texts or links and Jerry told me what happened, he said someone tried to kill you’

Alpha Wyatt growled, and she looked down, but I sighed and nudged him, cr*p, I did it again. What has gotten into me?

‘'Don’t worry about it'’ I smiled and reached out to touch her arm, trying to ignore my nerves at being so familiar with the King ‘I’m alright, sucks about the car though, I only got to drive her a few times’

‘'I’ll get you a new one'’ Alpha Wyatt shrugged.

I looked at him in surprise ‘No’ I waved my hands in front of him ‘You don’t have to do that, I will wait for the insurance company to replace my one’

‘'And if they don’t?'’ He asked '‘Besides that could take weeks, dealing with the human insurance companies is a pain in the a*ss, I really should start my own, Beau start making plans for that’'

'‘Can’t wait’' Beau sighed.

‘'Anyway’' I turned back to Kat ‘I’ll get someone to pick you up one, later today’

‘No’ I said again, blushing ‘Please Alpha, I don’t need one, really’

‘'Fine’' He pouted and grabbed a burger off a tray ‘But at least let me lend you one of mine until you get a new one’

‘'How many cars do you have?''

''19 or 20, I think'’ He said, and bit into his burger.

‘'Why do you need that many cars?'’ I asked and lent back down against his arm, his touch really did take away the pain, I curled up and pulled the blanket up around myself.

Alpha Wyatt shrugged ‘'No reason really'’ He said ‘I just wanted them’

‘Oh’ I nodded, my eyes felt heavy again.

‘Are you hungry?’ The alpha asked me as he rose the burger to his lips again.

‘No’ I shook my head ‘I don’t think I can keep anything down right now’

‘Ok, maybe later then’ He nodded and continued to eat.

‘'How are you, Bronwyn?’' Beta Beau winked at her and she blushed.

‘'I’m good thank you, Beta’' She said shyly, and I smiled. The girl was all confident and dominating with everyone else, but the second she got around Beta Beau, she was so shy, maybe they were mates.

If it’s true that Alpha’s can sense their mates before the age of 18, then Bronwyn might be able to sense hers too, seeing as she’s from an Alpha line, but maybe it wasn’t as strong a sense because she was only a Beta, and she just thought it was a crush.

‘What do you think Remi?’ I asked her, but there was no reply ‘'Remi?'’ Still nothing.

I sat up in fear ‘'REMI!’'

‘'What’s wrong?’' Alpha Wyatt asked, touching my face.

‘'I can’t hear Remi’' I was starting to panic ‘Can Alpha Kai reach her?’'

Alpha Wyatt’s eyes started glowing golden as Alpha Kai took control.

‘Mate’ He smiled and pulled me in and kissed me passionately. I blushed and pushed him away ‘Don’t worry, Remi is healing, she’ll be better soon, and we can all go for a run together’'

‘'Do you swear?'’ I asked him.

Alpha Kai gently gripped my face and rubbed his thumb over my bottom lip, making me shiver

‘'Pretty little mate’' He purred softly ‘'I swear, I can feel her, mate will be ok’'

I nodded, I couldn’t believe how much she already meant to me, I felt tears fill my eyes again and Alpha Kai surprised me by pulling me into his arms.

‘'Mate needs to rest'’ He said a little more aggressively then needed ‘Get out’

‘'Alpha!’' I pushed him back and slapped his chest. Seriously, what had gotten into me?

‘'What?'’ He asked, completely oblivious, and I relaxed, I thought he’d yell at me, Alpha Kai was a lot more primal than Alpha Wyatt was.

'‘Don’t be so rude’'

‘'No, it’s fine, Luna’' Beau smiled as he stood up.

‘I told you not to call me that’ I snapped. When I’d linked him earlier to get Alpha Wyatt some food, he’d called me Luna, and I’d ordered him to stop.

‘We should let you get some more sleep’ He walked over and opened the door and turned back to us all ‘Come on Bronwyn, let’s leave the love birds alone, I’ll escort you home’

‘Thank you, Beta’ She said and stood up. She looked at Alpha Wyatt, or rather Alpha Kai, who was still in control, she hesitated for a second before she lent down and kissed my cheek ‘'I’ll come see you tomorrow and we can talk’

I nodded '‘By’'

‘'By'’ She smiled '‘Goodbye Alpha Kai’'

Alpha Kai didn’t answer, he was just sitting there, staring at my face, once the door was closed, I turned to him to reprimand him for being so mean to Bronwyn, but he took my face in his hands and kissed me deeply again.

I didn’t have it in me to push him away again, even when I was finding it hard to breathe, he was always so intense, I moved my mouth away to take a breath, but he kept kissing me, moving his mouth down my neck, he nibbled on the area he would mark in a few months and I felt a wetness between my legs and I remembered I wasn’t wearing underwear

'‘Alpha Kai’' I pulled back, my face red ‘'Stop’'

''Why, it feels good doesn't it?'' He looked at me with such lust that my stomach clenched, and I pressed my thighs together. He noticed and growled playfully '‘We could make you feel even better if you just let me put my hands underneath your gown’'

Alpha Kai slid his hand down, but before I could react to stop him, Alpha Wyatt took control back

'‘Sorry'’ He said smugly ‘'He’s a bit of a beast’'

'‘And you’re not?'’ I questioned, and he laughed ‘And you didn’t ask permission again’

‘'Technically that was Kai’' He smirked ‘Not me and on that note, may I have your permission?’

I blushed ‘Um.. yes’'

‘'Thank you’ He smiled and lent over, he gave me a sweet soft kiss on the lips before he lent back and opened his arms ‘'Lay back down, Kai’s right, you need to rest, you’re too pale’'

I nodded and snuggled up to him ‘'This feels so surreal’'

'‘What does?’'

‘Being in your arms’' I answered shyly '‘Being in bed with you, being with you at all’'

‘'So, you’re with me?'’ He asked, sounding hopeful, and I froze.

‘'No’' I said stubbornly ‘Nothing’s changed, we shouldn’t be together, you should be with someone who won’t destroy your life or the pack’'

Alpha Wyatt sighed ‘You’re not destroying anything, stop it’

‘'Can you seriously spend your whole life knowing you’ll never be a dad?’

'‘We’re not talking about this anymore, Kat’' He said firmly ‘I’m not giving up on us’

‘'Alpha, why are you making this so much harder than it needs to be?’

‘I’m not going to make it easy for you to reject me’ He said firmly ‘I’m not giving up and that is the last time you call me Alpha, I mean it’ He added when I opened my mouth to argue ‘If you use my title again, I’m going to banish your father’

'‘You wouldn’t’'

‘'Try me’' He said in such a way that I knew I shouldn’t argue ‘Now rest’

I sighed, but otherwise let it go, I snuggled around him again and closed my eyes, nearly dying really did take all the energy out of you.

I still couldn’t understand what had happened, I knew from memory that it was definitely Fae magic that had exploded the windows, was it me? Had I done this to myself?

I hadn’t been able to use my powers since I was three. My mum’s death had affected me in such a way that I hadn’t been able to access my powers since then and the pills I took to adjust my true form also helped to suppress my magic, it can’t have been me, was there another Fae here, one trying to hurt me? But why, because of Alpha Wyatt?

I fell into a restless sleep, worrying about everything, I felt myself tossing and turning around, I kept waking up enough to feel Alpha Wyatt pulling the blanket up over me or shifting onto his side when I hogged more of the small bed, but then I’d fall back to sleep again.

I woke up early Monday morning and Alpha Wyatt looked like he hadn’t slept, he had dark circles around his eyes, but he kept insisting that he’d slept enough.

He was reading emails on his phone when I’d woken, he must be so behind on pack work and obligations because he’d spent the whole day and night in bed with me, I kept apologizing, but he brushed me off every time I said sorry.

We ate breakfast together before my family came, he was very angry when I admitted that I hadn’t eaten since lunchtime on Friday, and he said he’d make sure I ate properly from now on.

It was a strange moment, the last time we ate alone together was in the hospital the day the twins were born, and I didn't know what to talk to him about, but he seemed perfectly at ease once I began to eat, making conversation and asking me questions about myself, I asked him things to, but I was too shy to ask him anything to personal.

I thanked Shay when she'd arrived with a bag full of clothes, a brush and my toothbrush for me. She then helped me shower and change as I was still pretty weak.

Alpha Wyatt had offered to help me, but I quickly pulled Shay into the bathroom with me and shut and locked the door. When I came out, Alpha Wyatt was looking glum as he lent against the wall opposite the bathroom door while my dad sat beside the bed with his arms crossed against his chest, the whole time glaring at Alpha Wyatt.

The King didn’t even ask before he scooped me up and carried me back to the bed, placing me back down under the covers.

‘'I don’t need any more rest’' I complained and swatted his hands away as he tried to tuck me in '‘I’m fine now, and I want to go home’'

‘'You’ll go home when the healers say and not a second before’'

‘'Well, isn’t it lucky that my own personal healer is right there’' I pointed at Shay who shook her head patiently at me '‘And she said I’m fit as a fiddle and ready to be discharged’'

'‘Sure she did'’ Wyatt said dismissively.

‘'Fine, she didn’t'’ I admitted with a pout ‘'But in case you’ve forgotten, we do live in the same house, and it’s her day off, I can go home and be in my own bed and if I need anything Shay’s right there to help’'

‘'No’'

I looked up at him and pouted ''Please''

‘'Katomi, I said’'

‘'Please'’ I interrupted him and gave him my best puppy dog eyes.

‘'Fine’' He gave in, I squealed and clapped as he smirked and shook his head.

‘'Great’' I went to pull back the covers, but he stopped me.

‘'Wait’' He ordered '‘They need to run some more tests, if they come back clear, you can leave’'

Another two hours later, I was finally in Alpha Wyatt’s car, heading home, he had argued with my dad about who was going to take me home, but he pulled the ‘King’ card and told my dad to go home.

We pulled up outside my home and I sighed happily.

‘'Good to be home’' I smiled and stretched. I noticed Wyatt looking at my chest as I arched my back, but he quickly turned away ‘'What are you doing?'’ I asked when he went to open his door.

He frowned at me in confusion ‘'I’m taking you inside’'

‘'No, you’re not’' I looked at the house. Was my room clean? I couldn’t have him in there, I think I’d left a pile of clothes scattered on the ground, all clean, but they had joined my no pile of outfits I’d tried on yesterday before I went to see Wyatt.

‘'Why not?’' He asked in amusement.

‘'I’' I blushed ‘'I’ve never had a boy in my room’' sh*t, why was I such a kid?

'‘Technically I’m not a boy’ Alpha Wyatt said and pressed his lips together in amusement when I blushed, trying not to laugh.

I hit his arm ‘It’s not funny'’ I pouted ‘'You can’t come in’'

Alpha Wyatt shook his head and got out of the car, so I quickly undid my belt and opened my own door, but he reached me as I put a leg out of the car, he reached down and picked me up.

‘Wyatt’ I blushed at his proximity and the realization that I’d used his name without his title and he smiled at me ‘Put me down, the neighbors will see’'

‘Your neighbor is my Beta’ He reminded me ‘He already knows you’re mine’

‘No, I’m not’ I said stubbornly.

‘'It’s only a matter of time baby'’ He whispered and kissed my throat, making me shiver.

‘'Stop calling me that’'

‘'Why?'’ He asked ‘'Would you prefer something else, darling, sugar, perhaps pumpkin’'

‘Ha ha, funny’ I rolled my eyes, and he laughed as we walked up to the house. My dad opened the door, he frowned at Wyatt but didn’t say anything.

‘'Damn it Wyatt’' I growled as he went inside '‘I can walk’'

'‘Don’t swear at me'' He said in warning, and I crossed my arms over my chest.

I heard my little brother and sister giggling from the living room, so I shot them a dirty look and they fell silent.

'‘If I’m not allowed in your room’' Wyatt commented as he looked up the staircase with longing ‘Where should I put you?’

‘The couch is fine’ I pointed at it, and he gently placed me down on top of the cushions.

‘Thank you’ I bit my lip in frustration and pushed my hair behind my shoulder.

‘Alpha Wyatt, you’re so strong’ Mia said in a shy voice as she hid next to our dad.

‘Lucky thing too’ Jerry laughed, and lent against the back of the second couch '‘Kat’s heavy’'

Everyone laughed except for me, who threw a cushion at my brother ‘'Shut up’'

‘'Would you like something to drink, Alpha?'’ Shay asked as she came over to me and fussed over the cushions behind me, trying to make me more comfortable than I was.

‘'He can’t stay'’ I said quickly ‘'He has a lot of work to do’'

‘Are you trying to get rid of me Katomi’' He crossed his arms and glared down at me.

‘Hello family!’ Bronwyn called out as she let herself in, she froze when she saw Wyatt '‘Um.. Hello Alpha’'

Wyatt glared at her ‘'Are you capable of walking into a room quietly Bronwyn?’' He asked her and she blushed.

‘'Not that I’ve ever witnessed'’ I teased her ‘What’s in the bag?’

Bronwyn was wearing black tights and a long-sleeved green shirt, her plated hair was draped over her shoulder and a reusable bag was swaying in her hand.

‘'Snacks and movies'’ She came over and sat down next to me, tucking up her legs and plopping the bag onto my lap ‘I thought you could use them after eating gross hospital food’'

‘'Goddess, I love you’' I smirked and started rummaging around in the bag, pulling out a giant snake and biting it’s head off

Wyatt cleared his throat, and I looked up at him with the snake half hanging out of my mouth

‘'Sexy'’ He smirked, and I blushed ‘But seeing as you’re well taken care of, I probably should go, I have a lot of things piling up’

'‘I’m sorry'’ I said again, but Wyatt just rolled him eyes, he bent down, so we were at the same level and took my face in his hands. He smiled and lent in, kissing me gently before biting half the snake off that was still hanging out of my mouth

‘Thanks’ He said with a smug smirk and started eating it

‘'Hey, that’s mine’' I pouted, but he just laughed and stood up

‘'Do not leave this house'’ He ordered, I rolled my eyes ‘I mean it Katomi, you and Remi need to rest, I’ll check in later and if I hear you’ve stepped a foot out of that door, there will be hell to pay’

‘Yes Alpha’ I growled, and lent back petulantly, his eyes darkened in warning but all it did was rile up Remi, she’d recovered shortly before leaving the hospital and I was grateful to have her back, my own eyes darkened in response, but I quickly looked away from him.

‘'Don’t worry, Alpha'’ Shay smiled at him ‘I won’t let her go anywhere, she’s going to go straight up to bed to lay down’

‘'Good'’ Wyatt said. He looked at me for a long while, he was hesitant to leave, in truth I didn’t want him to go either, but I pushed away that feeling, it was getting harder to keep my distance, spending the entire night with him had left his scent clinging to my skin and clothes and I never wanted it to fade ‘By’ He smiled at me before walking out

‘By’ I said as he closed the door.

‘'Don’t miss us to much'’ He linked me, his tone playful, but then his mood shifted, and he was serious again ‘Baby, please, stay home, we need you and Remi safe’'

‘'I’ll stay’' I said, and cut the link.

I closed my eyes and groaned and leaned my head back on the couch and everyone looked at me

‘'Are you in pain?’' My dad asked.

‘'No'’ I shook my head ‘'Just frustrated’'

‘'Well, I’m sure Alpha Wyatt could help with that'’ Bronwyn laughed and I hit her

‘Not that kind of frustrated’

‘'I would hope not’' My dad growled, making Bronwyn giggle ‘Come on’ Dad said as he came over to me ‘Up to bed’

‘Awe dad don’t'’ I pleaded and gave him my best pout ‘Isn’t it bad enough that I’m being forced to be on house arrest, don’t make me go up to bed all alone’'

‘'What’s this alone business?'’ Bronwyn asked ‘'Am I invisible or something’'

‘Up’ My dad ordered.

I growled and stood up ‘Do you want me to carry you?’' Dad asked and held out his arms.

‘'No’' I shook my head grumpily ‘'I’m completely fine now, all healed, I swear’'

'‘Yeah well'’ My dad mumbled before he walked off towards his study.

‘'I’ll meet you up there'’ I passed Bronwyn her bag of goodies.

‘'Kay'’ She smiled and headed up the staircase, towards my room while I went to my dad’s study. I knocked and entered.

My dad was sitting down in the chair behind his desk with a glass of red wine, I blushed when I remembered being in here with Wyatt and Kai on my birthday, I pushed away those memories and closed the door, my dad looked up

‘'Well, this is quite a predicament isn’t it'’ He commented.

‘'What are we going to do dad?’'

‘'I don’t know bunny'’ He groaned ‘We can’t all leave, you and Shay were right, he’d kill everyone for taking you away and you can’t go on your own now that he’s got a bloody guard watching you!’

My dad slammed his fist down on the desk and stood up, he started pacing ‘'And now there’s some bloody Fae after you’

‘'So you don’t think I caused the explosion?’'

‘'No, I looked at the car and the glass exploded into the car, not outwards'’ He shook his head angrily ‘Plus Shay tested your blood, if you’d used your powers, there would be a trace in your blood, but there was nothing’

‘'But I was angry’' I told him ‘'I felt like everything was crushing me and I screamed and then everything exploded’

My dad looked at me ‘It must have just been a coincidence'’ He said thoughtfully.

‘'You don’t think… Raemair?’'

‘'NO’'

‘'But what if he’s found me again’' My heart started to race in fear and also excitement, to be able to end it once and for all, it was a pleasing thought.

‘'He hasn’t!’' My dad growled, his eyes darkening, and I shrank back in my chair.

I noticed my dad ran his thumb against the ring on his middle finger, it was his wedding band from his marriage with my mother. He did this whenever I made him think of her. I couldn’t imagine losing a mate. Would losing Wyatt kill me as much as it killed my dad to lose my mom.

‘'Probably'’ Remi said sadly.

‘'I should tell Wyatt’'

'‘Tell him what?’'

‘'That there might be a Fae lord coming for me’' I said, my dad looked at me like I’d grown another head '‘The pack could be in danger because of me, just like the dragon pack when we hid there, what if someone gets hurt again, that guard today got hurt because someone was after me, what if someone gets killed next time’'

'‘I don’t care’' My dad told me.

‘'Well, I do!’' I stood up ‘'What if’'

‘'YOU WILL NOT TELL ALPHA WYATT ANYTHING!’' My dad yelled at me.

We glared at each other, both breathing hard ‘'You’re not the one who has to live with the guilt of getting someone killed'’ I said, my voice shaking slightly '‘I can’t get someone else killed’'

‘'For the millionth time Kat'’ My dad came over and grabbed me gently ‘'It was not your fault, your mother’s death was not your fault’

Tears fell down my face and I pulled away from him ‘'You have to say that'’ I cried ‘'You’re my dad, but it doesn’t change the fact that they died because of me, mom and the baby, I’m the reason they died. He was after me’'

‘'Kat'’ My dad said softly and hugged me from behind ‘'Please stop thinking like this, the only one to blame is Raemair’'

‘'Why does he even want me so much?'’ I asked, knowing my dad wouldn’t answer, he’d avoided this question for years ‘'Why can’t he just get over it and find someone else’'

‘'You are the heir to the Fae throne'’ My dad gave me the same answer he always gave me, but there was something he was hiding, I knew it.

‘'He can have it’' I growled ‘I don’t want it, why do people keep trying to give me crowns!’'

'‘We can’t help who we were born to be’' My dad sighed '‘If we can’t think of a way to get Alpha Wyatt to reject you, the chances are good that you’ll end up as Queen’

‘'Yeah, until they find out I’m not a full-blooded Lycan and kills me'’ I wrapped my hands around my stomach ‘'There’s the joke for you’ I said ‘I can’t be Wyatt’s Queen because I’m half Fae and I can’t be the Fae’s Queen because I’m half Lycan, and yet both sides want me as Queen, no one’s even asked me if I want either crowns’'

‘Do you?’ My dad asked ‘Do you want to be Alpha Wyatt’s Queen?’'

I looked at him ‘'I want Wyatt and Kai, not the crown’' I admitted, it felt nice to get it off my chest ‘'But it doesn’t matter, he needs a true Luna, one who can give him an heir, one who won’t cause a war if the truth ever came out’'

I hated the look of pity on my dad’s face ‘'I’m sorry bunny'’ He said gently, comfortingly '‘I never wanted this for you, we had such dreams for you, your mother and I’'

'‘I miss her’ I closed my eyes as more tears washed down my face ‘'I used to be able to close my eyes and see her, so clearly, like she was right in front of me, but now'’ I shook my head ‘'Her face is blurred, I can’t remember her smell, the sound of her voice, just her screams'’ I opened my eyes and saw tears in my dad’s eyes ‘I want him dead, I want to crush his skull beneath my hands, I hate that I want it so bad’'

My dad pulled me into another hug '‘Shh bunny’' He soothed me ‘'Enough, you should go rest and Bron is waiting for you’'

I took a few steadying breaths '‘I’ll think of something’' My dad said, more to himself '‘Just put it out of your mind for now, we have a year, there will be a way to get you out’'

‘'But will I want to go by then’' I asked ‘'I already love him’' I said sadly ‘'And he isn’t willing to reject me, even knowing I can’t give him children’'