KATOMI - RISE OF THE FAE QUEEN

CHAPTER 13 – ROAD TRIP AND CONFESIONS

KATOMI’S POV

Late, I was running so late. I’d slept in because I was having strange dreams that kept waking me throughout the night and forgot I no longer had a car, and I’d missed the bus, luckily Shay wasn’t going to the hospital until later tonight, so she’d graciously allowed me to take her car, the only catch being, I had to drop off the twins on my way, but Jerome was dragging his feet

I threw open the heavy front door, nearly stumbling onto my head as I looked down at my feet, trying to pull off my sneakers, the cool wood of the front porch sent chills up my legs and I started pulling on my sneakers quicker

‘JERRY, MOVE YOU DAM ASS!’ I screamed angrily. He always dragged his feet in the morning.

‘Um Kat!’ Mia pulled on my buttoned-up shirt, and she made me drop my jacket that I'd had draped over my shoulder.

‘Dam it Mia’ I growled as I pulled on my other shoe, still not paying attention.

‘JEROME!’ I screamed ‘HURRY UP, IF YOU MAKE ME LATE, I’M GOING TO STRING YOU UP FROM THE FLAG POLL AT SCHOOL BY YOUR UNDERWEAR!’

‘I’M COMING!’ Jerome shouted back ‘SHUT UP!’

‘Kat!’ Mia tugged on my shirt again.

‘What Mia, stop pulling at me’ I asked as I grabbed my jacket and straightened up, growling in frustration as my hair wrapped around my face, I didn’t have time to pull it up this morning, I pushed my hair away and froze when I realized what Mia was trying to tell me

‘Morning’ Wyatt smirked as we made eye contact

'MATE!' Remi squealed inside of me and started pacing around inside of me excitedly.

He was leaning casually against his silver Mercedes with one of his legs bent, he was in a fitted suit with a few buttons undone at the top and his sleeves rolled up, his muscles showing under his sleeves as he crossed his arms across his chest, I just stared at him speechless for a second before I shook my head and cleared my throat

"Morning'’ I murmured, blushing slightly. I can’t believe he’d just watched me nearly fall flat on my face, he was looking at me with his lips pressed together like he was trying not to laugh, which only angered me ‘What are you doing here Alpha?’ I snapped.

He sobered up immediately and pushed off his car, he walked over to me, grabbed my face and kissed me hard on the lips while Remi purred in pleasure, my goddess he tasted incredible.

"What was that?" He growled as he released my mouth.

"Wyatt'’ I mumbled shyly and out of breath.

‘Better’ He growled grumpily again "Don’t call me Alpha"

"At least not outside the bedroom" He added via the link and I blushed again

‘Good morning, Mia’ Wyatt added, looking down as my sister hid herself behind me

‘Good morning, Alpha Wyatt’ She whispered

‘I don’t want to go to school!’ Jerome came down the entry hallway complaining ‘I want to be the head warrior, you don’t need school for that!’

‘You do in this house Mr’ Shay scolded him ‘Kat, why do you always forget the keys, oh’ She paused upon seeing Wyatt ‘Alpha, hello’

‘Shay’ Wyatt nodded

‘Awesome’ Jerome’s face lit up ‘Alpha, tell her, tell mum I don’t need school if I want to be the head warrior’

Wyatt rose an eyes brow in amusement ‘If I had to go to school and college’ He said ‘Then so do you and besides, I need my warriors to be smart, education is essential’

‘Fine’ Jerry groaned.

‘So’ Wyatt took my jacket and pulled my backpack from my arm ‘'Shall we?"

‘W….what?’ I stuttered in confusion.

‘I’m taking you to school’ He said as though it was obvious.

My eyes widened ‘But’ I gulped ‘I have to take the twins’

‘That’s fine’ He shrugged ‘In the car, kids’'

"Cool" Jerome’s face lit up "Going to school with the King, Bret’s gona be so jealous’'

"Glad I could help" Wyatt smirked as my brother ran off to the car?

''Mates so sexy when he smiles'' Remi stated the obvious.

"Really" I reached for my jacket ‘'You don’t have to, I’m sure you're busy’'

"I am" He pointed out and grabbed my hand, making butterflies erupt in my stomach ‘So stop wasting time"

"Wyatt you can’t keep doing this" I said softly, and pulled my hand back "I keep telling you that we can’t be together"

Wyatt smirked and stepped closer to me before placing his hands on either side of my face "And I keep telling you that I’m not giving you up, now let’s go"

Wyatt took my hand again and pulled me quietly to his car where he opened the passenger side for me, I sighed and got in, pulling the seat belt over myself while Wyatt placed my bag and jacket on the ground at my feet, I was very aware of how close he was to me right now, I was so tempted to reach out and touch him, but I stopped myself.

"Seat belts" I told the kids as Wyatt walked around to the driver's side "I’m talking to you Jerome" He growled and pulled on his seatbelt, I waved to Shay, who was looking at me with a worried expression.

‘Do you know where the school is?" I asked, Wyatt rose his eyebrow at me "Oh right, this is your pack, of course you do"

"Our pack" He corrected and pulled out of the drive way.

I exhaled and lent back, looking around. His car was very clean, the inside was completely black and there were a hundred buttons, I wanted to start playing with them all to figure out what they did, Fae were inherently curious, my hand twitched, so I gripped it on my lap, Wyatt looked over at me and took my hand in his as though comforting me

I couldn’t help but remember the last time he’d picked up me from my dad’s, it was last year for prom. It made sense now why he’d asked me about Chris taking me out on a date.

"How are you feeling this morning?" He asked "You feel cold’'

He let go of my hand for a second and turned on the heat before returning his hand to mine, it was so easy for him to touch me, why couldn't I be so comfortable with him, oh yeah, because he'll reject or kill me when he finds out the truth.

'Mate wouldn't hurt us!' Remi snapped at me, but I ignored her and answered Wyatt's question.

‘I’m alright’ I shrugged, I always ran a little colder than a normal Lycan ‘I feel a lot better, did you get some sleep’'

Wyatt laughed silently and pulled my hand to his lips, I thought I’d felt a buzzing run down my fingers, but that wasn’t possible, I could only feel the bond once I was 18.

‘I did’ Wyatt answered and placed our entwined fingers back on my lap and looked at my skirt ‘Will you be warm enough in that?’ He asked, I blushed and Jerome laughed in the back seat.

‘Yes’ I answered, my skirt wasn’t short, it reached my mid-thigh like the school's regulations stated, I’d be warm enough.

‘If you say so’ Wyatt frowned but otherwise didn’t comment. I pouted like a child and looked out the window, stupid jerk, what was his problem

‘'Mate is jealous’' Remi told me.

'‘Jealous of what?’'

'‘Of boys seeing us in a short skirt’'

'‘It’s not short’ I growled at her and folded my legs over the other one.

Wyatt’s hand gripped mine tighter as he looked down at my thigh, he cleared his throat and shifted in his seat before looking straight ahead again, was I exciting him and Kai?

Wyatt remained silent as we drove the rest of the way to the kid's school and I absentmindedly began to trace patterns on his hand with my fingers while I looked out the window at the town rushing by.

Despite living in constant fear of being discovered, I’d loved living here, most of the people were kind, I knew most of them thanks to my father, he was friends with everyone but I think it was mostly because he was playing the part, if he was friends with everyone, he would always know what was happening in the pack.

I sighed softly and lent my head back. I didn’t want to leave, I didn’t want to leave Wyatt, it had only been a few days since he’d told me the truth, and I was already he’s completely, he just didn’t know it, I couldn’t let him know it.

Would he look for me if I ran, would I really be safe if I hid with the Fae, that idea wasn’t anymore appealing as hiding with the Lycan's, true I wouldn’t have to take my pill to hide my true form but if I didn’t live in a mixed pack, I’d have to start taking one to suppress Remi, so my Lycan scent would be masked, I didn’t want to lose her

‘I don’t want to go away again’ Remi cried ‘I couldn’t talk to you for 17 years, I don’t want to be alone in the dark again’

I closed my eyes ‘Are you ok?’ Wyatt asked me, I quickly looked at him and plastered on a fake smile.

‘Of course’ I answered, I realized we were pulling into the school ‘Have you guys got everything?’

‘Yes’ Mia said but Jerome swore.

‘Don’t swear’ I snapped, Wyatt smiled and looked away ‘What’s wrong?’

‘I forgot my project’

‘I put it in your bag’ I assured him, it was gross mold culture he’d created for science class.

‘Cool’ He said and opened the door ‘'Thanks, thanks for the ride, Alpha’'

‘Thank you, Alpha Wyatt'’ Mia said and got out.

'‘You’re welcome’' He said and looked at me ‘Are we picking them up after school?’

‘'No’ I shook my head ‘Shay will pick them up, wait, we... you’re going to pick me up from school as well?’

‘'Of course" He smiled '‘I wouldn’t make you walk’'

I noticed a few of the kids pointing at Wyatt and talking excitedly. It was adorable the way they lit up, I however didn’t like the same reaction from a lot of the un-mated women. I growled and lent back.

‘'What’s wrong?'’ Wyatt asked as he drove off towards my school this time.

‘'People should learn not to check out other people’s mates'’ I crossed my arms and looked out the window angrily

‘'Just ignore them’' Wyatt laughed and took my hand again, this time leaving it on his lap, I blushed for the millionth time since Friday night ‘'I do’'

‘How am I meant to ignore every un-mated woman in the pack drooling all over you’ I snapped ‘How am I meant to ignore the fact that they’d look better by your side then I do, you do realize how we look together don’t you?’ I asked ‘I look like your little sister, not your mate’

Wyatt smiled, thanks to the way Lycan's aged. He definitely didn’t look his real age of 108 but he did look like he was in his mid-twenties and then there was me, I was only 17.

'‘Funny’' He commented ‘I was under the impression you wanted me to choose another woman, shouldn’t you be happy that they’d look good by my side’'

Tears filled my eyes and I pulled my hand back and looked out the window

'‘I never said it wouldn’t rip my heart out’ I snapped, and tried to hold the tears back ‘But it doesn’t change anything’

‘I’m sorry’ He reached over ran his fingers through my hair ‘I was just kidding around, I don’t want someone else, and I really couldn’t give a f*ck what we look like together, I’m more concerned with how it feels to be with you and despite you still refusing to accept me completely, having you finally by my side feels amazing’'

He took my hand and placed it back on his lap ‘'You care to much about what others think’ He told me, he really didn’t know how right he was, I did care, I had to care, I couldn’t do anything to draw attention to myself, and now I was with the frickin King, the spot light was shining directly at me ‘Instead of worrying about what others want, why don’t you do what you want for once’'

I looked over at him to see the light was shining in through the window, he looked so handsome ‘'What if I’m not allowed to have what I want'’ I said, before I could stop the words escaping my lips.

Wyatt looked at me and frowned ‘'What does that mean?’'

I looked down and shook my head ‘'Nothing’' I whispered, and returned to looking out the window.

We remained silent until we pulled up into the parking lot by the faculty cars, I noticed a small sign that had Wyatt’s name on it.

‘'Of course, you have your own parking spot’' I laughed and shook my head.

‘'You can use it whenever you want'’ He told me.

‘'Thanks'’ I smiled and looked down at my lap, I suddenly felt really sad, I didn’t want him to go, I didn’t want to get out of the car ‘'But seeing as my car's totaled, I doubt I need a parking spot’

‘'Kat'’ He’s voice was gentle. Why did his voice send waves of pleasure throughout my entire being, I didn’t think I was meant to feel this until I was 18 "Baby, look at me"

I took a nervous breath and looked up into his gorgeous golden eyes and I felt the butterflies start flapping around again.

‘'Tell me what you want’ He asked, sh*t, I should have kept my mouth shut, he reached out and cupped my face in his hands. He was always so gentle when he did this ‘'You can have it, I’d give you anything you asked for, you have to know that’

‘It’s not the simple’'

"It is" His voice rose.

"And if I asked you to let me leave the pack?’' I asked breathlessly, his hands shook, I could see the pain my question.caused him ‘If I asked you to let me go?’'

"No" He shook his head, and I noticed his eyes shining black in anger for a second "I asked what you want, I know that’s not what you want, I don’t know why you’re fighting this so hard, but I’m not letting you go, I won’t let you leave the pack, not ever"

‘Wyatt"

"Answer my question" He growled "I asked what you want, forget about everyone else, forget about all the reasons you think you’re not good enough, forget about what everyone else will think, tell me, what do you, Katomi Aron want’'

‘You’ I admitted before I could stop myself ‘I want to be with you and Kai, I’ve wanted that for as long as I can remember, but it’s not that easy, we"

‘Enough’ Wyatt smiled at me ‘I don’t care about ‘but’s’, you have me Kat, I want you too’'

Wyatt pulled my mouth to his and kissed me, this wasn’t a gentle sweet kiss, he was claiming me, I began breathing heavily, trying to catch my breath as Wyatt’s movements grew wilder, his fingers slipped into my hair and he growled with lust, the fluttering in my stomach increased, and I started moaning against his lips, Wyatt’s tongue explored my mouth, tasting me, a few times he sucked on my bottom lip, biting it between his teeth, it excited me in ways I didn’t know I was capable of being excited

My hands were lying flat on Wyatt’s lap because I didn’t know what to do with them, I hated that I was so inexperienced but when I felt him grow hard under my fingers, I gasped and pulled back.

Wyatt growled in frustration, and it sent chills between my thighs, I couldn’t help but press my legs together, Wyatt noticed my movement and looked down at my lap before he tried to pull my mouth back to his again

‘'Stop’' I said shyly '‘I.. we can’t, we’re at my school, people can see us’

‘So come home with me’' Wyatt asked breathlessly, his voice was rough and pulled my face closer to his ‘Spend the day with me, I won’t hurt you, and we’ll go slow, believe me baby, I want to take my time with you’'

I closed my eyes and calmed down. Looking into his glowing golden eyes wasn’t helping me resist, when I opened them again, he had also calmed down a little.

'‘I can’t’' I told him '‘I have to go to class, and you have a pack to run’'

Wyatt growled and rested his forehead against mine ‘'I’d rather be with you’'

‘Me too’ I murmured, there really was no point in denying it any longer '‘But I should go’'

I pulled away and went to open the door ‘'Wait’' Wyatt grabbed my hand '‘You’re not going yet’

‘Why?’

‘'You’re aroused baby’' He pointed out and my face reddened ‘No one but me will ever smell you like this, Kai would lose it if some boy smelt your arousal, just wait until you’ve calmed down’

I nodded and looked down ‘It’s nothing to be embarrassed about baby’ He told me and ran his fingers down my cheek ‘I’m aroused by you and I have no problem admitting that’

I looked up, but then I realized how many people were watching us as they walked by Wyatt’s car ‘People can see us’

‘'Good'’ Wyatt smirked at me and ran his fingers over my marking spot, making me shiver ‘I can’t mark you for twelve more torturous months'’ He growled ‘So none of these boys know you're taken, at least if they see me kissing you, if they can smell the scent of their Alpha on you then they won’t even think about touching you’

‘'None of them want to, anyway'’ I pointed out.

'‘Kat’' Wyatt sighed and lent his cheek against his head rest as he looked me over ‘You really don’t see it do you’'

‘See what’

‘How they all stare at you’ He commented, his eyes darkening ‘'The way they lust over you’'

I frowned at him '‘You’re ridiculous'’ I rolled my eyes ‘'You only think that because we’re mates, and you’re an Alpha, so you think everyone’s a threat’'

Wyatt laughed and shook his head ‘I think that because it’s true'’ He said as the first bell sounded, I looked at the schools entrance to see a few of the students rushing inside.

'‘Do you have to go?’'

‘'Not yet'’ I looked back ‘It’s just the first bell’'

‘'Good'’ He sat up and reached into his pocket ‘'Just enough time to give you this’'

He reached his hand out to me and took mine and in my open palm he placed a small black ring box

‘'What is this?’'

‘Your shifting s***h birthday present'’ He leaned his cheek back on his head rest so he could still look at me eagerly ‘Go on, open it’'

'‘How much did you spend'’ I asked as I examined the small but heavy box "If it’s a lot, I’m giving it back"

‘Just open it’ He smirked at me '‘If I want to spend money on you, I will’'

I rolled my eyes and opened the box, inside on a velvet black cloth was a small diamond ring, the band was rose gold, diamonds ran around the entire band in a small rectangle, the rose gold on either side, on the top was another bigger square diamond.

‘'Wyatt'’ I whispered in awe ‘'It’s beautiful’'

'‘I’m glad you like it’' He said, he reached over and removed the ring ‘'This is my promise ring’ He told me and placed it onto my ring finger where an engagement ring would sit one day ‘'When you turn 18, I’m going to ask you to marry me and then when you say yes’'

He looked me in the eyes ‘And you will say yes, I’m then going to mark you’'

Once the ring was in place, he pulled my fingers to his lips and kissed against the ring "Mine" He purred

‘'I can’t accept this’'

‘'Yes, you can’'

I reached up and touched his cheek with my free hand. He looked up into my eyes ‘I don’t want to hurt you’ I whispered, my heart aching, why did he have to be so perfect.

'‘So don’t'’ He said, his golden eyes sparkled in the light, pleading with me ‘Stop talking about leaving me, stop asking me to leave you, that’s the only thing that has the power to hurt me, losing you, I wouldn’t survive it’

The second bell sounded, and I sighed, I looked back at Wyatt ‘'I have to go’'

''Are you sure you wouldn’t rather ditch and spend the day in bed with me?’ He asked ‘I promise you’ll have a better day with me and Kai, then you will by going to school’'

I blushed ‘Stop it and don’t look at me like that'’ I smirked ‘You said I couldn’t leave if I was aroused’'

Wyatt smiled and looked down at my skirt again '‘Well if that’s the case’' He reached over and touched my thigh '‘Maybe I should arouse you again"

I slapped his hand away playfully ‘Go run the pack Alpha'’ I laughed and opened the door ‘I’ll see you later’

‘'What time do you get out?’'

‘'2:30 today'’ I grabbed my bag and got out, closing the door behind me but Wyatt rolled down the window and I turned back.

‘'Kat?’'

I leaned down on the door ‘'Yes?’'

‘Have a good day baby’ He said and smiled at me.

‘You and Kai too’

‘'If you need us, just link me’' He passed me a folded-up note from his pocket ‘'This is my mobile, if you can’t link me, call me’'

‘'The Alpha’s private number'’ I waved the paper, fanning myself with it ‘'I could make a killing if I sold this to all your little fan girls’&

Wyatt laughed and started the car ‘'Get to class, I can’t have a drop out for a Queen’'

'‘I’ll have you know I’m top of all my classes’ I said smugly and walked off.