Chapter 5

Catalina's POV:

It's now a couple days since I spoke in front of Roscoe. We have settled into a rhythm of things and I'm highly bored.

"I am basically healed!" I yelled

"You will stay here and that's an order." Roscoe said using his Alpha Command on me

"How dare you? You used that alpha command on me! Tough luck for you, it doesn't work on me." I screamed

I sensed someone trying to sneak up on me with something in their hand. I waited for a few moments, allowing them to think that I hadn't noticed. Then, I struck. Turning around instantly, I grabbed the person's wrist to see that it was Madeline with a syringe in her hand most likely filled with sedatives. Now that all parts of my being are healed, normal sedatives won't work on me. Stupid. I took the syringe from her hand and crushed it, watching the clear liquid drip down, enjoying the shock that played on her face.

"I won't hesitate to wring your neck and hang you for display if you try to ever do that again. Be happy that you were warned and not beheaded." I growled lowly

"You will not threaten my pack." Roscoe commanded

"I will if my safety is on line. No matter what my wolf says, you will also be on that list. No one, not even my mate matters when my own safety is what is of concern." I said steely

I could hear my wolf whimper within me but at the same time she agreed. Mate or not, our safety came first. I felt that she wished for control, so I handed it to her, stepping back into the abyss and watching everything unfold.

"I am her wolf; my name is Celeste." My wolf said

"I didn't realise, you took over. You have the same eyes?" Roscoe appeared confused

"I wished for control; she handed it to me. As for the eyes, they are a discussion for another time." Celeste shrugged

"Neither you nor Catalina seem to want to quench even a quarter of my curiosity." Roscoe complained

"We don't trust you enough to lay our hearts bare to you." Celeste answered calmly

"I am your mate! Why shall I have to earn your trust?" Roscoe raised his voice

"Are you truly our mate? You certainly don't act like one." Celeste commented casually

"What do you mean?" Roscoe frowned

"I have never come across a pair of mates where one mate wished to be so controlling of the other unless it was consented. I have most certainly never come across an Alpha that would dare to use an alpha command on his Luna so that she would do his bidding. Above all, I have never met an Alpha that thought drugging their Luna with sedatives was alright when she was mad at him." Celeste said

"I..." Roscoe was at a loss of words

"Catalina has healed almost completely since, like three days now. Yet, she waited until today to ask you to talk with you about letting her out of this room and house of yours that she has practically mapped and imprinted in her brain to the point that she can go to any room or find anything here with her eyes closed. Her request to be let out is reasonable, one cannot stay cooped up in a place. Instead of offering an acceptable compromise you used alpha command on her to get her to agree with you. Catalina has gone through enough abuse to last her a couple lifetimes, should you ever come even remotely close to controlling her without her will or abusing her, I will not hesitate to retaliate in blood to protect her. Mate or not, Catalina stands above all for me." Celeste finally ended her mini speech, maybe I should take a slight nap here, she can handle Roscoe.

"Shouldn't I as your mate stand above all for you?" My interest peeked the moment his wolf appeared

"How will you mate me if my human ceases to exist? She has dealt with it enough. She has been defiled and tainted enough. She has been abused enough. No one should have had to go through what my lovely human did when she was but a mere babe of six summers. I will never allow another to treat her anything like that again. Shall you ever do something she doesn't consent to then I shall leave before the sun rises." Celeste barked at him

"I apologise for my human. I will make sure he knows his place. It was not right for him to abuse his power to have our lovely mate to do what he desires." His wolf apologised

"We shall see if you prove worthy of my human or not. For now, my human wishes to go out and roam around the pack land, maybe through the edges of the forests." Celeste said

"Not near the denser edges and she should at least have one guard follow her in case. We have not yet established a mind link amongst each other, it would put me at ease if she took a guard. He could inform me if you require anything or if something happens to you or if anything poses a danger to you." His wolf negotiated

"Beta Alaric is lovely company. I shall take him but no other." Celeste nodded

Those were reasonable conditions; I could agree to them. I like the wolf better than the human. Celeste gave me back control. I saw that Roscoe's eyes were still yellowish, his wolf hasn't left yet?

"Not planning to give your human the control." I said tilting my head a little

"Unless you want to deal with that irritable human, I suggest you get going. I have mind-linked Alaric, you'll find him waiting at the entrance of the house or in the kitchen." The wolf said

"You never gave me your name." I smiled

"Avalon." His wolf replied

"You are..." I trailed off looking him up and down

"I am a male wolf; my name is just unique. Now, I believe that you should get going. My human is fighting me to not let you." Avalon said ushering me out

"Bye, bye." I said waving at him then skipping down to meet Alaric

I met up with Alaric who was waiting for me just as Avalon said. He wore jeans and a black T-shirt. He tensed for a moment when he saw me before relaxing and greeting me with a goofy smile.

"Hello Luna." He bowed his head

"Hi, let's get going before Roscoe comes." I said ushering him away

"Didn't he permit you to leave?" Alaric said tilting his head confusedly

"Avalon did." I answered

"Then, we must hurry." Alaric nodded

We got in his sedan and were on our way. Halfway through wherever we were going, Alaric grimaced.

"Roscoe?" I asked

"He is not happy. Wants to demand you to be back but his wolf is not happy with him so, the mind link is very confusing with a human and a wolf saying two different things at once." Alaric explained

"He is just being temperamental and annoying. I am not going to let him keep me caged in that golden prison he is trying to build for me." I scoffed

"You ran from him. He is just scared that you might run away again." Alaric told me

"And you think I'm not? You think that I can't hear the whispers of the pack? Every day, I hear whispers that talk about how his mum doesn't want me for his mate and would much rather he mate with another female whether he rejects me or not. I'm not letting that stop me, I'm trying to give him a chance, I'm trying for the sake of my wolf to learn to love my mate, is it too much to expect the same effort from him? Yes, I ran! I know that; I have been abused since I was six. Mentally, physically, emotionally and worse of all sexually. I have lost count of how many times I was raped and then beaten and raped again without so much as a grain of food. Starved, beaten, bruised, verbally attacked and raped, every single fucking day of my life until I escaped but it was on the day I was very badly beaten, my wounds had opened. A miracle that I survived. Soon after, everything was on repeat when the hunters captured and tortured me. I was not strong enough yet to fight back. Imagine having to go through the same horrors you ran from once again. After meeting my mate, please tell that after going through so much you won't believe that even your mate was capable of doing the same if not worse with you. You have no idea the horrors I've had to go through in order to reach when I have. If your Alpha doesn't clean up his act then I am sorry but you won't have a Luna and he won't have a mate anymore." I ranted my voice raising was I went on

I huffed, trying to catch my breath. Damn, that was a long monologue. Took my entire breath. I painted trying to regulate my breathing, calm my anger. I didn't wish for a part of me to take over and attack my mate's beta.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spoken without realising the gravity of everything. It is only fair on you to be able to set the pace and decide what you wish to do as you two are trying to give this mate bond a chance. Space is just as important as closeness. I'm sorry I was so churlish and insensitive." Alaric apologised looking ashamed

"Whatever, I don't need pity. Forgive me for not trusting the ones that say they love me for those who have always hurt me save for my two brothers and sister. My trust is not that easily earned." I said looking out the window as the houses and trees passed by