CHAPTER FIVE.
CATANIA'S POVAll my life I have been unloved, but I have never felt so ridiculed. How can my mate deliberately refuse to accept me, but offer himself to Mia who isn't his mate. She is the imposter here!I have always known Mia to be a sly fox, but I didn't think she was up to this level. How did she even succeed to do this? How did she know I was his mate? How did she pick up my smell? How on earth did she manage to convince my mate?She must have said and done something!She must have said something to turn my mate against me and I have to find out. All my life, Mia has been stealing my spotlight. She always made me feel like a lesser bring every time she went out and I let her have her way with me all this time, but right now, I won't!This is my mate we are talking about, my happiness, my future, my life as a whole. I cannot let her steal it from me.I can't.I have to find Alpha Nolan so we can have a one on one talk.Maybe after I have explained things to him ,he will understand.I'd rather he knows the truth about me being his mate and then reject me because I'm a stealer, than let him stay in the darkness. He has to know.I have to find him!I step down from the queen sized bed at the centre of the bedroom and tiptoe towards the door. How I wish there are no guards patrolling out there.I don't know my way around the castle, but I can trace Alpha Nolan by his scent. I very well know how he smells, so finding him will be an easy cake.When I get to the door, I carefully open it up, so as not to make any loud sound. I poke my head out and peek around the corridor. A wave of consolation washes through me when I see no guards patrolling around. I gently tiptoe out of the bedroom and close the door behind me. There are two never ending corridors on both my left and right. I don't know which leads to where, but I close my eyes and take the corridor on my left and as I walk, I try to pay keen attention to the sound of approaching footsteps and of course, the Alpha's scent.I don't know where I'm headed, all I know is that I have to find Alpha Nolan and make him understand that I am his mate, not…"What are you doing out here?" A voice asks and I freeze on my tracks as blood goes dry in my veins. I feel a drop of perspiration trickle down my cheek and my heart starts drumming in my chest.I have been caught roaming around.What's going to happen now?"I have asked you a question" The voice comes through again and this time around, I muster up courage and turn to face my oppressor who happens to be a very cute castle guard.He's got very soft features and would pass for the cutest guy in the pack. He's too cute to be a guard."I… I… am… actually..I…" I babble out of nervousness."Just get back into the bedroom" He instructs and I gently nod my head and walk back into the bedroom. "If you know what's good for you, do not step out of this bedroom again else you will lose all this comfort and be thrown into the dungeon." He cautions.At the mention of the word dungeon, fear spikes up within me. I have never been locked up in a dungeon before and I wouldn't want that."I promise not to step out ever again. But please, can you tell Alpha Nolan I would like to have a word with him. It's very important. Please" I plead and the handsome guy nods his head before closing the door to my face.He still does not lock it with a key. Now I'm tempted to go out again."No Catania, this is not the time for you to get stubborn!" I fall on the bed and let out a muffled scream in the sheets.I hate them all!*******************************************It's a miracle that I'm not drunk by now. I have taken quite a lot of shots, hoping to clear my mind of all what's going on, but it seems like the more I drink, the more my mind gets cramped up.I head to my fridge where I take out a litre of water and almost empty it.Frustration.Confusion.Anger.Depression.Guilt.And a couple of other unpleasant things is how I feel right now. The conversation I had with Nolan didn't help either."Alpha Nolan, Cage is here to report something to you." My chief guard, Alex, reports from the door."Let him in""Yes Alpha" The door closes and milliseconds later, it opens up again and I hear heavy footsteps walk in."Good day Alpha""What brings you here?""It's the new girl, Alpha. I saw her roaming out of her bedroom""Which of them?""I don't know her name, but the one that asked to be taken to your chambers." he explains further and I turn to face him with a frown plastered on my face."I asked two girls to be taken to my chambers, could you please give me more details, like how she looks?""Tall, slim, thick black hair…"Catania!"Where did you see her?" I ask, alarmed."Just along the corridor""Have her bedroom locked up, if the unmated guards around have access to her it will be a catastrophe. No unmated guards around her, I repeat no unmated guards around her, have I made myself clear?""Yes Alpha.""Good, lock her up, but make sure she's comfortable""I will do just that!""You are dismissed" I order and he quietly walks out of the office.I don't know if what I said makes any sense.Someone who has been looked up against her will can never be comfortable.I didn't want to be harsh on her but she pushed me to the wall."What you are doing to our mate us wrong!" Ander reprimands and I immediately shut him out.Catania's stealer pheromone has corrupted his mind.Catania is not our mate, Mia is!CHAPTER SEVENNOLAN'S POV"How is she?" I ask Alex who's standing by Catania's room door.Trust me, even I myself do not know why I have come here. I tried to get her off my mind, to stop thinking about how unsafe she feels right now, but I couldn't, so I made a rash decision to come and check up on her. Absurd thing is, I'm not even thinking about it's mate who is in my bedroom right now, prolly waiting for me to come to her. I'm not thinking about her at all, but here I am, obsessing about Catania's safety and comfort.There's something fundamentally wrong with me."Well, she hasn't screamed or broken things or cried, she should be fine""Oh…" I gently open the door and peek in. Ander sprints up on my mind when I see her petite frame lying on the bed, probably asleep. The smell Caramel mixed with honey and chocolate fills my nostrils and I close my eyes and sniff in a long deep breath. All my nerves and senses go in total disarray and my entire body feels giddy.There's this weird
CHAPTER EIGHT.NOLAN'S POVThe events occuring today are overwhelming. Catania is unbelievably stubborn and her pheromone is making me think and say things I'm not supposed to say and Nigel is not making matters any better by slipping into his black list mood with me.This is the moment I need him the most, not as a beta, but as my best friend, but he has decided to shun me away.Stubborn as hell.The only person who can help me out of this stress is my mate, Mia, that is why I'm walking to my bedroom right now to see her. It's been a whole lot of hours and I miss her very much. I miss the smell of her sweet pheromone and also her very charming smile.I have to mark her tonight!I have to make her mine…"Mate!" Ander screams in my mind the moment I'm done ascending the staircase. I look over to the West Wing where Catania's bedroom is located and I can perceive her pheromone from here. Damn!It's sharp and hypnotizing. I close my eyes and huff heavily as I take the right wing where
CHAPTER NINE.CATANIA'S POVI can bet my life that Alpha Nolan was here a while ago. When I woke from my siesta, I could perceive his scent in the entire bedroom, but he was nowhere to be found.He must have definitely come to reprimand me after the news of me roaming around got to him. Poor me.I have been in this bedroom for hours now, waiting for that door to open up and for soldiers to drag me to Alpha Kai so he can devour me.I have never seen Alpha Kai before. According to the rumours, he used to be the good brother, but when his mate died, everything went down the drain for him. I have never really known whether he is way older than his little brother or not. Whatever be the case, I hope his face is at least lookable. I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life sleeping with a man I can barely even look at.Sweet Moon goddess, please hear me out.The sound of my room door opening snaps me out of my thoughts and when I look up, I roll my eyes hard when I see my evil, treache
CHAPTER TEN."What's going on here?" The question flies out of my mouth the moment I walk in and see Mia holding both cheeks and she looks like she is about to burst into tears. I heard the sound of a smack as I opened the now and now that I'm in this room and looking at the two girls, I think I understand what happened.Catania just smacked Mia.The audacity of this girl!I feel a growl mold in my throat as I walk closer to both girls."What do you think you are doing?" I hear Ander ask from within and I halt on my tracks."Can't you see that the stealer girl just hurt our mate?" I reply in my mind and Ander lets out an angry growl. "Mia is not our mate. I'm warning you Nolan, do not hurt our mate, Catania! Don't you dare!" He warns and I immediately shut him out without a second thought.I understand why he is acting that way, it's all because of Catania's stealer pheromone. It's making him say things he is not supposed to say. I had a similar experience yesterday and even right now
CHAPTER ELEVEN.CATANIA'S POV.I don't know for how long I've been crying, but I know I have cried past my limit. My tear glands must be exhausted and my heart is pumping hard. I don't even want to talk about what's going on in my chest right now. My heart is definitely going to stop beating soon.Watching Alpha Nolan behave like a bewitched fool is heart wrenching!I die ten times every time he takes Mia's side in an argument. He has no idea the kind of person Mia is.She is manipulative and mean. She hates me to the core and she will do everything in her power to make my life miserable. Why can't he see her?I know Mia is a gorgeous girl, but then, that's not enough reason for him to choose her over me.I am his mate for goodness sake! Why can't he just accept it?Honestly, I don't think I can live like this. I thought I would be at peace when I finally mate with Alpha Kai, but I don't think I will.I die everytime I see Mia and Nolan together. I mean he is my mate and I long for hi
CHAPTER TWELVE.CATANIA'S POVRight now I'm in a dilemma. I don't know whether to run away, or to stay and try my luck to make Alpha Nolan understand that I am his mate. It's so confusing and I would cry right now, my tear glands seem to be having a malfunction. The only thing I can do is overthink the issue.It's already nightfall, and the wall clock reads seven pm. I hope I get some sleep tonight, but I doubt I will.My life it so pathetic that it makes me laugh. First I was adopted and raised by people who showed me no love and rught, I have been rejected by my mate. My very own mate has chosen to be with my sister, the same sister who assisted in making my life miserable in the past. I swear if ever the the tables turn and I have to get my revenge on Mia, I will kill her with my bare hands and not regret it.She is worse than a monster and only the moon goddess knows how much I hate her.The sound of my door opening snaps me out of my thoughts and I quickly rise from my bed, hopin
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.NOLAN'S POVI don't know whose tears make me feel miserable right now, Catania's or Mia's. Both girls are crying and my heart aches, but I have no idea whose pain is making my heart ache.I was I'm my office, signing some documents when a sharp pain coursed through my heart. I could feel that my mate was being hurt somewhere and immediately, a guard barged into my office, panting and telling me that the two girls went to Kai's chamber. I immediately abandoned what I was doing and rushed here to see for myself and what I saw shattered my heart into a million pieces.Kai was going to kill them both if I had not intervened.What were they even thinking?Or what was Catania thinking bringing her sister here?"She's lying!" Catania's sobbing voice comes through and I give her a deadly look. I'm so mad at her right now that I don't even know what to do with her. She is so annoying and stubborn!I know the pain I felt in my heart a while ago was because Mia got hurt. She's
CHAPTER FOURTEEN.CATANIA'S POVCold.Empty.Scary.Dark.It's just the same as the dungeon back at my pack. This is the second time I am being locked up in a dungeon for no reason. I didn't do what they are accusing me of and for Mia, she's a manipulative bitch and I swear I will get my revenge on her one day. She will pay for all that she is doing to me right now.I'm sitting on the cold floor of the dungeon with my knees snuggled to my chest and I'm almost freezing from the frostiness of the cell. It seems like I was brought to a special side of the dungeon, because I'm alone in here and I am so scared. Everywhere is dark and void and it gives me this eerie feeling in my stomach.Everytime I close my eyes, all that comes to my mind is the satisfied smirk Mia had on her face when the guards were dragging me out of the bedroom. She had this all planned out.She's a mischievous bitch!The sound of footsteps approaching my cell jerks me out of my downing thoughts and I hastily look up