KATOMI - RISE OF THE FAE QUEEN

END OF CHAPTER17- KATOMI'S POV

‘Alex’ He said to one of the guards who stepped forward ‘Take Kate to the bunker, she does not leave your sight’

‘I’ll keep the Luna safe’ He said firmly

‘I can fight’

‘NO!’

‘But I’ve shifted’ I went on ‘The laws say I can fight now!’

‘DON’T EVEN START!’

‘I’m the head Beta in my age group’ I reminded him ‘I should be’

‘ENOUGH!’ He interupted me ‘YOU ARE NO LONGER THE HEAD BETA, YOU’RE THE LUNA NOW’ Before I could argue more, he kissed me once more ‘GO TO THE BUNKER!’

I frowned as I watched him run towards the stairs, pulling off his shirt while Beau raced after him out of his own office.

‘Did Brae link you?’ I heard Wyatt call out before the vanished

‘Luna, please come with me’ Alex said and gestured for me to go ahead.

‘This is so unfair!’

We walked silently to the bunker when my dad linked me to see where I was.

‘I’m being forced to hide in the pack house bunker’

‘Good’ He said breathlessly ‘Stay put until this is over’

‘Like I have a choice’ I pouted like a child

‘Cut the attitude’ Jax scolded me ‘Wait, what were you doing at the pack house?’

‘Jax, focus!’ My dad snapped but I new he must have been angry at me too ‘We’ll talk about it later’

‘Just stay safe’ I told him ‘I love you’

‘We love you too bunny’

My dad cut the link and I felt guilty, I should be out there helping him, helping Wyatt, helping the pack.

‘Mate’s never going to let us fight’ Remi said told me as we walked past several more guards outside the bunker door.

‘Us being his mate explains why he changed the age group of people allowed to join the troops’ I pointed out, it used to be 13 but once I won the Beta title again, Wyatt announced the change, I was furious at the time, I wanted to be on the border patrol so I could sneak off the territory and collect information about Raemair.

There was about 30 pack members sitting on the beds and standing around speaking when I walked inside the bunker.

‘Luna’ Shara called out to me, and I went over to join her and her family ‘Join us, we’re going to play cards while we wait’

Shara was in my grade at school and we often spent time together because she was close with Bronwyn

‘Hey’ I smiled

I noticed her father tense and straightened up when I sat down next to Shara and I looked up at him in confusion

‘Is something wrong Mr Stevenson?’

‘No Luna’ He smiled politely ‘I just… I can smell the Alpha on you and my Lycan Iven got a little nervous’

‘Oh’ I blushed ‘I was just speaking with him before coming to the bunker’

‘Yeah right’ Shara nudged me ‘You don’t get covered in someone’s scent like that just from talking’

‘SHARA!’ Her mother Annie scolded her daughter.

I smiled at her mother, she was a little woman, only coming up to her husband’s shoulder but the way she was glaring at her daughter wasn’t any less intimidating.

‘What?’ Shara smirked at me but then she leant closer to me and whispered ‘You might want to fix your hair’

I quickly patted down my hair, I hadn’t realised it was a mess from where Wyatt had me on the sofa.

‘So, what are we playing?’

Shara giggled and started shuffling the cards ‘Poker’

We played cards for an hour, but I was getting to anxious to sit still and began wondering around the bunker speaking with everyone for a few minutes before I started pacing around again.

I was mindlessly rearranging some can’s of food on one of the shelves just to keep my mind busy when I sharp pain cut across my left side.

I screamed and fell to my knee’s holding my side while Alex ran over to me with wide panicked eyes and the rest of the bunker fell silent.

‘LUNA!’ Alex shouted and knelt beside me, he reached out to touch me but hesitated ‘What’s wrong?’

‘It’s Wyatt’ I gasped ‘Something happened to him!’

It was common for mates to feel their partners pain when they were injured but it only happened after being marked.

‘Wyatt!’ I tried to link him, but he was blocking me

‘I can’t link him’

‘I’m sure the King is fine’ Alex said calmy ‘He's fighting, he can’t answer your links, it must be something else, you’re not marked yet so you shouldn't be able to feel your mates pain, it must be growing pains, everyone goes through them after shifting’

I closed my eyes and took several deep breaths as the pain vanished ‘Maybe you’re right’ I said but I didn’t believe the words, I knew it wasn’t me, something had happened to him.

‘You’re worrying everyone’ Remi told me

‘Sorry’ I smiled and shakily stood up, Alex copied me and held his hands out in case I fell ‘I didn’t mean to frighten everyyone, it must be growing pains like Alex said, I’m sure Wyatt’s alright’

‘Do you want something for the pain?’

‘No’ I shook my head ‘The pain’s gone now, thank you’

I turned away from him and continued moving around the food on the shelves but now it was to distract myself from the fear we were feeling, what if something had happened to them? What if they were dying?

Finally, after a few more minutes the alarm began to sound indicating that the threat was over.

It made me sad knowing many rogues would have died.

'Am I allowed to leave yet?' I asked Alex once everyone else had left the bunker.

'Yes, Luna but the King wants you to wait for him at the pack house'

‘He linked you?’

‘Yes Luna, shall we’

'Yes' I responded, I needed to see him, I needed to know that I was just imagining this pain in my side.

I went straight outside and waited impatiently for him to return.

Alex tried to persuade me 4 times to go inside in the warmth, but I refused everytime

Just after 7pm when the night had truly set in I saw a group pack members walking back towards us, all looking exhausted and some covered in blood but otherwise okay, I hoped we didn’t lose anyone.

I scanned the group for the tallest member of the pack and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Wyatt, I next scanned for my dad who I noticed was limping slightly.

I was so torn, I didn't know who to go to first but without even realising it, I was running towards Wyatt.

I leapt up into his arm and he hugged me tightly while a few pack members, cat called and whistled at Wyatt who growled and they all fell silent.

'Are you okay?'

'I’m alright baby' He said quickly, making me suspicious as he put me down

I looked him over, he was the only man wearing a shirt, everyone else was shirtless

'Did you get hurt?' I asked and went to grab the hem of his shirt but he stopped me 'I felt a pain in my side, I thought

you'd been injured, I tried to link you but you didn’t answer'

Wyatt looked at me in confusion as my dad came over to us.

'Dad' I hugged him and knelt to examine him leg, it was bleeding badly.

'What happened?'

'Nothing bunny I'm alright but the Alpha'

'You should get home and have Shay fix you up' Wyatt said loudly and I stood up frowning at him, but he simply smiled and kissed my cheek 'Go with your father, I have to deal with things here'

'But'

'Don’t argue' He told me firmly 'I will come see you tomorrow'

'Fine' I pouted and turned back to my dad 'Alright old man, let's go'

'Take my car' Wyatt said 'The keys are inside'

'Thank you, Alpha, for everything'

'What, everything?' I asked but Wyatt shook his head and headed back into the pack house.

'What was that about?'

‘They’re keeping something from us’ Remi answered ‘I spoke to Kai and he was acting strange, he can’t lie to me but he was dodging questions’

‘I’m bleeding out here’ My dad said, and I realised I’d paused.

‘Sorry’ I started walking again and helped my dad into the car while Alex followed us, now in his Lycan form

Once my dad was in the passenger seat I climbed into the drivers side, I smiled to myself as I had to adjust the seat and pull it forward so I could reach the pedals but then I smelt it, Wyatt’s blood.

'What's wrong?' My dad asked

'I can smell blood'

'Yes, I'm bleeding'

'No' I frowned at him and sniffed the air 'I can smell Wyatt's blood'

You're imaging it, let's go'

I sniffed the air again and looked down at my shirt and saw spots of red.

'I didn't imagine it' I whispered angrily 'Kai got hurt, didn't he? DIDN’T HE!'

'I was pinned down by two rogues' My dad told me 'I didn't see the third one coming until it was in the air, it would have killed me but the Alpha jumped in front of me'

'It cut his side, didn't it?!'

'Yes, but he doesn't want you to know' My dad told me 'He didn't want to worry you, let's go home'

'If you think I'm leaving him while he's hurt then you're out of f*cking mind!' I jumped out of the car 'Take my dad home!' I shouted at Alex.

I ran back into the pack house and up the stairs, it was quicker than waiting for the elevators.

Once I reached the office floors, I raced down the hall to Wyatt's office where his guards quickly opened the doors for me.

'WYATT!' I shouted and ran into his main office area.

‘Told you William would spill' Beau said from where he was leaning against the wall cleaning a large cut down his arm.

Wyatt was sitting on the sofa without a shirt while a female healer was about to start cleaning his wound, there were massive claw marks down his left side

I felt my eyes darken 'DO NOT TOUCH HIM!' I shouted and she jumped back in fright.

'Baby, it's alright!'

I growled when the girl didn’t move and Wyatt realised I wasn’t in control when my claws came out

‘Emma, go stand by Beau’ He told her as he kept eye contact with me, evaluating my movements ‘Don’t make any sudden movements, go slowly’

Emma who worked with Shay at the hospital slowly went over to Beau who stood in front of her.

I watched her go, lightly growling until Wyatt called my name and made me focus on him again.

‘Kat’ He said and I turned back to him

‘You lied to us’

‘Technically we didn’t lie’ He said with a stupid smirk ‘You asked if we were hurt, and we didn’t answer’

‘You think you’re so clever!’

‘Baby, I’m alright’ He said and went to stand up and my mood went from anger to concern.

‘STOP!’ I shouted and rushed over to him and pushed him back down by his shoulders ‘You’re hurt, don’t get up’

Wyatt snaked an arm around me and pulled me into a hug, I wrapped my arms around his neck and breathed in his scent but all I was getting was blood, so I pushed back and knelt down.

It was very deep, luckily it had stopped bleeding and I felt a sigh of relief.

‘I can’t believe you were going to keep this from me’

‘I didn’t want to upset you’ He said gently and touched my cheek

‘It upsets me when I’m kept in the dark’ I shoved his hand away ‘I knew you’d been hurt, I knew I didn’t image that pain’

‘I don’t know how you felt Kai getting hurt in the first place’ He said thoughtfully and touched my marking spot with his fingers ‘I

haven’t marked you yet’

‘It doesn’t matter how I felt it’ I snapped and looked over at the bowl of water Emma had placed on a chair next to Wyatt ‘I felt it and now I’ll know if you ever try to keep something like this from me again, what’s in this water?’

‘It’s just water’ Emma answered ‘I was just washing the wound’

‘And then what?’

Emma frowned in confusion ‘I don’t understand’

‘And then what were you going to do for the wound?’

‘Nothing Luna’ She answered, and I growled ‘The King is already healing, there’s nothing I can do to speed it up’

‘Of course, not’ I snapped and stood up ‘I swear, Lycan medicine is miles behind everyone else’s, I’ve told Shay this for years, even

Dragons have better medications then us!’

I went over to Wyatt’s desk and frantically searched for a pen which I found in a container and then I grabbed a piece of paper from the printer and began scribbling herbs on it

‘Baby, what are you doing?

I ignored him and finished the list before walking over to Emma who tensed next to Beau.

‘Go to the stalls and get me everything on this list’

Emma frowned in confusion and looked down at the paper ‘With all due respect Luna but I should clean the Kings wound’

‘Are you deaf?’ I asked her angrily ‘I said you’re not touching him, now go get me the dam herbs!’

‘Yes Luna’ She said nervously and rushed out of the room

‘Well, that was hot, look at you being all large and in charge’ Beau commented and Wyatt growled furiously ‘Kidding’

I turned back to Wyatt and knelt again before picking up the cloth and soaking it into the bowl of water.

‘What did you send Emma to get?’ Wyatt asked

‘Herbs, this will hurt’ I responded and gently touched Wyatt’s side and he winced slightly

‘I’m sorry’ I pulled back and tears filled my eyes

‘It’s alright baby’ He touched my face again

‘No it’s not!’ I shouted and shoved his hand away and wiped away the tears ‘You’re so stupid, Kai, why would you do that, why would jump in front of my dad’

‘Beau, get out’ Kai said as he took control, Beau nodded and left the room ‘Mate’

Kai reached over placed his hand under my chin so he could lift my face ‘I couldn’t let your father die’

‘You don’t even like my dad’ I said as he took his hand and held it in both of mine and held it to my chest to help calm me.

‘True’ He said truthfully ‘But I love you and Remi, I had to protect him, would you rather I’d let him die?’

‘No’ I shook my head ‘I don’t know, I hate this, I don’t like seeing you both hurt, if we’re going to be together, you’re not allowed to get hurt again, I can’t stand it!’

Wyatt’s eyes returned golden as Wyatt took back control ‘What do you mean if we’re going to be together?’ He asked ‘I thought you wanted me to reject you’

‘Well, I’ve changed my mind’ I sniffed and wiped my face again ‘We’re together so you can’t do anything stupid like this again’

Wyatt pulled me up, so I was leaning up on my knees and he took my face in his hands again

‘Don’t say that right now’ He told me ‘You’re emotional because I’m hurt, I couldn’t stand it if you changed your mind tomorrow’

‘I’m not changing my mind’ I said firmly and pulled his mouth to mine, I kissed him passionately before leaning back ‘So don’t get hurt again’

Wyatt smiled and wiped more tears from my cheeks ‘I’ll try’ He said

‘Good’ I sniffed ‘Now sit back so I can clean your wound, I’m meant to be taking care of you not the other way around’

‘As you wish’

He started playing with my hair while I cleaned his wound, the whole time Remi continued to growl angrily, she wanted to go out and find more rogues to kill them herself.

‘The rogue that hurt you?’ I asked angrily ‘Did you kill it?’

‘Yes’

‘Good’ I said angrily ‘You know, if I’d been allowed to fight, I could have helped’

‘You are not fighting anymore’

‘Do you have any idea how hard I worked to gain my title’

‘Yes, and I’m very proud to have such a strong, powerful and determined mate but it changes nothing’ He went on ‘At this years

fights, you’re title will be claimed by someone else’

‘Fine, I’ll just fight again and win it back’

Wyatt laughed ‘No you won’t, you have the Luna title now, so just let it go’

I growled in annoyance but let it go for now, when I was nearly finished cleaning the wound there was a knock on the door, so I quickly rose to my feet and went to answer the door to see Emma standing there.

‘Did you get everything?’ I asked Emma

She was holding a bag full of herbs and a pestle and mortar which I reached over and took

‘Yes Luna’

‘Great, thank you’ I said ‘You can go’

‘Luna, I really should check on the King’

‘I can take care of my own mate, now leave’

I shut the door in her face and walked back over to Wyatt who was smirking at me, which only angered me more

‘Don’t look at me like that’ I snapped ‘I know that she’s one of the women you've slept with’

‘It was before I new you’

‘Well, it must have been memorable seeing as she’s still obsessed with you’

I knelt back down in front of Wyatt who ran his fingers through my hair again while I pulled the herbs from the bag.

‘Maybe for her’ He shrugged ‘But not to me, you’ll be the only women who’ll be memorable to me’

I blushed and looked up at him ‘I’m not ready for that’

‘I know’ He smiled sweetly ‘I’ll wait, now will you please tell me what you’re making’

I bit my lip ‘I don’t want to tell you’ I admitted ‘You won’t let me put it on you’

Wyatt frowned and looked at the herbs ‘Is this Fae medicine?’

‘Yes’

‘I’m not interested’ He said and went to stand up, but I quickly pushed against him again but he glared at me ‘You’re not putting Fae cr*p on me!’

‘Wait, please’ I begged as more tears fell down my face ‘You’ll heal quicker, some Fae can’t heal so they created an effective medicine that literally halves the healing time, please, I can’t breathe knowing you’re injured, please’

‘Okay, okay baby just take a breath’ He said quickly and kissed me gently on the lips ‘I’ll use it’

‘Knew that would work’ I said smugly to Remi who rolled her eyes

‘He’ll catch on eventually if you try that little trick again’ She laughed ‘Don’t play on his need to protect us’

I smiled and began creating the paste from the herbs and a strong burning smell filled the air.

‘Okay’ I said and placed some of the paste on my fingers ‘This will burn a little, but it only lasts for a few seconds’

‘You’ve had to use this paste before?’ He surmised

‘My dad used it on me after I was stabbed’ I admitted, and Wyatt’s face twisted in pain as he looked down at my chest

‘I failed to protect you back then’ He said softly and I looked up into his eyes ‘I couldn’t even find the b*stard that hurt you, I’m so sorry baby’

My heart clenched in pain, I felt so guilty, should I tell him the truth about that day?

‘You didn’t do anything wrong, it wasn’t your fault’

‘Kat, I’

‘Please, I don’t want to talk about that day, I’m applying it now’

I very gently placed some of the paste onto the open wound and Wyatt growled softly so I froze

‘I’m alright, keep going’

I nodded and continued until finally the whole wound was covered, I wiped my hands on a cloth and picked up a bandage and wrapped it around Wyatt’s wide frame.

‘All done’ I smiled and stood up

Without realising what I was doing, I wove my fingers into Wyatt’s hair and smiled at him affectionately ‘Judging by how quickly you heal, a wound like this should be gone in about 7 hours’

‘This is kind of nice’ Wyatt commented as he wound his arm around my waist and pulled me closer ‘It’s been a very long time since someone’s taken care of me like this’

‘It’s kind of my job, isn’t it?’ I asked ‘As your mate?’

‘Come here’ Wyatt pulled me down on his lap

‘Don’t’ I said as he hugged me closer ‘You’re hurt’

‘Don’t worry about it’ He told me and pressed his face into my hair, sending shivers of pleasure down my spine ‘You’re not heavy, I can handle it’

‘Did you mean it?’ Wyatt asked me ‘You’ll be mine?’

I leant back and looked into his eyes, I knew in that moment that I could never leave him, Wyatt and Kai were my life now, how had I let myself get this close to him.

I reached out and touched his face, relishing the warmth of his skin ‘I’m yours’ I whispered firmly ‘Remi and I are yours and Kai's, seems we can’t get rid of you guys anyway’ I joked, trying to lighten the mood

‘Don’t joke right now.. say it’ Wyatt demanded and touched my face ‘Say the words’

‘I Katomi Aaron’ I said firmly ‘Accept you, Wyatt Grayson as my mate, as my Alpha, as my King’

Wyatt’s eyes widened and lit up ‘I Wyatt Grayson accept you Katomi Aaron as my mate’ He kissed me again ‘My Luna’ Another kiss ‘My Queen’

He kissed me again for a long time and I was breathless before he leant back

‘Thank you’ He murmured, the smile on his face was beautiful ‘I have waited for this moment since you were 4 years old, I will never let you go’ He added and kissed me once more

We held each other for a few more minutes, kissing slowly before Wyatt spoke again

‘I wish I could take you home to celebrate but’

Someone knocked on the door, interrupting Wyatt and he growled in annoyance before the door opened and Beau walked in.

‘Must be nice to have a mate to take care of you’ Beau commented at us sitting together and held up his arm ‘No one helped to bandage me up thanks to a certain Luna sending away the healer’

I rolled my eyes ‘Come here’

I took some of the paste and went over to Beau ‘Please hold up your arm’ I asked and Beau complied ‘This will hurt’

‘What is it?’

‘You don’t want to know’ Wyatt frowned at the paste

I froze when I saw his wound, there was a blue shimmer on the edges of the cut ‘Do you see that shimmer?’

‘Yes’

‘It’s from a Fae blade called a Tragarn, it has a poison on it’ I told them ‘Were there Fae amongst the rouges?’

‘No’ Wyatt shook his head ‘But a few of them had a blue liquid on their claws though’

‘Really’ I frowned ‘How strange?’

‘Maybe the Fae rounded up the rogues and sent that at us’ Beau suggested ‘It would explain why there were so many of them in one group’

‘We will discuss it later’ Wyatt said firmly and Beau looked down at me and nodded

I glared between them before gently taking Beau’s arm and placing some of the paste on it, Beau inhaled through clenched teeth but once the burning went away, he relaxed.

I wrapped a bandage around his arm and went back over to Wyatt.

‘Thanks’ Beau smiled ‘I can feel it healing already, anyway, Brae linked me, she’s waiting for us to go over the clean-up’

‘What’ I gasped and looked over at Wyatt ‘But you’re hurt, you have to rest’

‘Kings don’t get the luxury of resting after a fight’

‘But’ I blushed and looked at Beau again before turning back to Wyatt and linking him ‘But what about celebrating?’

Wyatt’s eyes swept over my body

‘We will have to postpone’ He said and kissed me gently before talking out loud again ‘We’ll take you home on the way’

‘Fine’

While we were walking down the hallway Wyatt took my hand and I smiled and blushed lightly.

There was still a lot of pack members outside talking animatedly about the fight while the kitchen staff were walking around with food and I realised Wyatt and Beau mustn’t have eaten yet.

I pulled away from Wyatt and jogged over to one of the chefs and asked for the tray of sausage rolls and mini quiches he was holding so that Wyatt and Beau could eat on their drive.

‘Of course, Luna’ He said happily and even called over to another kitchen staff member who was also holding food and passed me another tray with beef sandwiches on it.

‘Thank you’ I smiled and headed over to Beau’s car where the men were waiting for me

‘Hungry?’ Wyatt smiled and opened the back door for me

‘It’s for you and Beau’

‘Really?’ They both said in surprise as I climbed into the back seat

‘You haven’t eaten’

Wyatt climbed in beside me and took one of the trays while I placed the other one in the front passenger seat so Beau could snack off of it

‘Thank you, baby’

‘She’s definitely a keeper’ Beau joked as he climbed in ‘Thanks’

‘You’re welcome’ I shrugged and shyly leant my head against Wyatt’s shoulder, but he shifted and hugged me closer and I smiled, this would really take some getting used to.

‘Did you eat in the bunker?’

‘I will eat at home with my family’ I answered but he frowned, he didn’t like it when I didn’t eat and I knew he was going to complain so I changed the subject ‘Did anyone die today?’

‘No’ Wyatt assured me as he bit into a sandwich while Beau started eating a quiche ‘We were very lucky’

‘That’s good’ I smiled and closed my eyes, I remained silent for the rest of the ride and just enjoyed Wyatt’s scent and the heat off his body.

When I felt the car slow down I opened my eyes and sat up to see that we were pulling into my driveway

I looked over at Wyatt and pouted ‘Do you really have to go?’ I asked ‘You would heal quicker if you were resting’

Beau laughed quietly and Wyatt hit him playfully in the back of the head before he opened the door.

‘Come’ He said and I took his hand and climbed out of the car and we began walking up the driveway ‘I know you’re worried about me and I’m not going to pretend that I don’t love that’ He winked at me as we stopped at the front door ‘But I will be alright, I swear’

‘Okay’ I nodded and looked up at him

For a second I got lost in his eyes before he took my face in his hands again and leant in but I bit my lip and looked down

‘What’s wrong?’

‘Um..’ I hesitated ‘My dads don’t like me kissing you in public’

‘I see’ Wyatt frowned at the door ‘Well your dad’s can go to hell, this is my pack, and you are mine, I will kiss you whenever and wherever I want’

Before I could respond, Wyatt pulled me in and kissed me up against the door, I tried to remember he was hurt and kept my hands on his upper arms as I tried to remember to breath.

‘I will see you tomorrow baby’ He said as he released me and stood up straight ‘Get some rest’

‘Dido’ I said and opened the front door and went inside where I’d have to tell my family that I was officially with my mate.