Alphas Broken Mate
Chapter 69

Catalina's POV

"Lina, it's Jet. He's hurt." Murphy says.

"What? What happened?" I ask.

"Alastair and Jet were ambushed in the woods, by Pan. Alastair fought him off, but Jet got hurt." Murphy explains.

I'm such an i***t. I left my pack lands, my army, my family. What is stopping the Gods from just laying waste to all of them? Why did I think this was a good idea?

"We need to go back." I say. No one says anything.

"This was a bad idea. I should never have of left." I say. Andrew puts his arm around me.

"We'll go back." He says. I go upstairs to change and grab my bag. I meet everyone downstairs and we head back to the pack house. I feel so anxious about being back in case something else happens. And Jet. I need to make sure he's really ok. It would crush me if something happened to him while I was off in a hot tub. I'm so stupid. I need to see Jet.

Andrew tries to calm me but nothing is helping. As soon as the car pulls up to the pack house I bust through the car door and head straight for the infirmary. I go through the door.

"Where is Jet?" I ask the nurse behind the desk.

"Room three High Alpha." She replies nervously. I take off down the hall, not noticing if anyone is following me. I stop at the door of room three and take a deep breath, I walk inside and stop when I see Jet. He is hooked up to machines and beeping and making noise. His eyes are closed and he looks pale. I take in a sharp breath. He looks like he's dying. I take a few steps to where I'm standing by his bed side.

"Oh Jet." I say softly as I take his hand gently.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't here. I shouldn't have left." I touch his face, which is blue and purple from bruises.

"It's not your fault High Alpha." I'm startled and turn my head. I didn't even notice Alastair was in here. Alastair stands and pulls me into a hug. He has some bruises too. I squeeze him a bit too hard and he winces. "Oh I'm sorry." I say pulling back.

"It's ok, I just bruised some ribs." Alastair says. I touch a bruise on his face.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't here." I say. He takes my hand.

"Alpha we didn't join your army for you to protect us. We know the danger of what is happening. We have all agreed to die here. It's just the cost of war. Don't apologize." He says. I know he's right, but I still can't help what I feel. "How is he?" I asked turning to Jet.

"He's in a coma. He's healing, but slowly. They think it's because on his broken mate bond." Alastair says. I take Jet's hand again. "Tell me what happened." I say.

"We we're headed to the training grounds when we heard a whisper in the forest. Like idiots we went towards the voice. When we got to a river a young girl, or what we thought was a young girl, came out of the woods. She looked like she was in trouble, but when she got close she attacked me, knocking the wind out of me. She then turned into a large beast and attacked Jet. He fought it off and was about to win when another girl came out of the forest. He called her Julie, right before the beast threw him hard against a tree. The beast tried to come after me, but it was already wounded from Jet and I was aware of his tricks. I guess Jet had called for back up, because soon we were surrounded by wolves and Pan vanished." Alastair explained.

"I'm glad you both are alive. Of course Jet tried to fight a God all by himself." I say as a tear falls from my eyes.

"I like Jet. He is fearless and a good warrior." Alastair says.

"I like him too." I say wiping my eyes.

"You should go get some rest. I'll be here with him for awhile. I can't leave just yet." I tell Alastair.

"I'll be back in a few hours so you too can get some rest High Alpha. We have a big day tomorrow." Alastair places a hand on my shoulder before he leaves the room. I hear some voices outside and I know Alastair and Andrew are talking. I pull a chair next to the bed so I can hold Jet's hand while I sit. I know I have only known Jet for a short period of time, but he has become one of my closest friends and someone I trust with my life. Seeing him so vulnerable hurts me to my core. I spend the next few hours at Jet's bedside. Andrew and Alastair walk in as my eyes were growing tired.

"I will take over Alpha, go get some rest." Alastair says. He places his hand on my shoulder.

"I'll be here with him until tomorrow." He says. I stand up.

"Thank you Alastair." I say. I look at Jet one last time before leaving the room. I'm surprised to see Andrew sitting in the hallway.

"Have you been here the whole time?" I ask.

"Yeah."

"Why didn't you come in?"

"I figured you needed to be alone." He says standing.

"Let's go get some rest." He adds. We head to our apartment in silence.

"I'm going to have to fight without him." I say. Andrew doesn't say anything. I thought I would be facing this with Jet, but now I'm fighting for him. We get in the apartment in silence. I head right for the bedroom. I get undressed and crawl into bed. It is late and I feel exhausted. I feel Andrew get in beside me and wrap his arms around me.

"We will make him proud tomorrow." Andrew says. I relax in his arms.

"I love you Andrew."

"I love you Lina." I fall fast asleep.

We awaken very early the next morning. Everyone is silent as we march to the edge of the forest, ready for battle.

My army stands beside Andrew and I as we wait for the Gods to appear. I can feel the fear of the my packs behind me. I try not to let it get to me. The wind picks up and out from the trees comes Pan. He is alone. Are we just going to fight him? I'm ok with this after what he tried with Jet and Alastair, the sickle is at my waist. I can't wait to remove his head from his body.

Just then the ground begins to shake. I widen my stance to steady myself. The trees that line the forest begin to move and come up from the ground. They pull themselves out by their roots, which turn into legs, and stand by Pan. He has an army of trees. He is using our forest against us.

Just then Zeus appears from the sky, while most everyone is distracted by the tree army, Zeus hurls a lightening bolt straight towards me. It happens so fast I don't have much time to react, but Andrew does. Andrew takes one step in front of me as the bolt makes contact with his chest pushing him into me, knocking us to the ground. I feel a ripping sting throughout my body. I cry out in pain. I feel my body for injuries, but I am physically fine. When I look over at Andrew who is laying beside me on the ground I see it. "ANDREW?!" I hear someone scream. It feels like time is standing still and all the wind is knocked out of my body all at once. His shirt was black and burned away from his chest. His skin was charred and blistering. His chest isn't moving. I sit up and move over to him.

"No, no, no, No NO NOOO!" I repeat. Hiss eyes are open blankly staring up to the sky. I pick up his head and cradle it close to me as tears and pain pour out of me. "ANDREW!" I cry out.

"Andrew say something." I sob. He doesn't move. He doesn't blink.

"Don't leave me." Tears pouring down my face.

"I love you. You said you wouldn't leave me again. I can't do this without you." I was rocking back and forth. I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"DONT TOUCH ME." I snap. I am inconsolable.

"This can't be real. This can't be happening." My tears are like rivers flowing from my eyes. I lay my head on to Andrew's head. "Come back. Please." I whispered and I beg. Then I felt Kayla and Helia fighting to take control.

My sadness and pain are replaced with anger and rage. Pure unfiltered rage. My tears evaporate off my skin. I feel the heat pouring out of me. I noticed Raymond was beside Andrew's body crying. He reaches his hands out waiting for my permission to take Andrew out of my lap. I let go of Andrew and Raymond pulls him into his body. I stand up and something tingles and weaves itself throughout my body. Helia takes over and it feels like a warm wave. I have never felt this type of power, not even when I became the High Alpha. Helia burns with a rage that could melt the world. That's when I realized the final task is done, how could this be? Everyone lied to me, I would have never ended up with Andrew if his death completed my transformation. My mate is dead and I'm supposed to keep fighting. How could no one tell me? They all knew!

"You have completed your tasks." I hear a voice say. I am brought back to the war. I am in the air face to face with Zeus, the man that killed my mate. Helia rages inside me.

"You killed our mate" Helia hisses.

Below me I hear growls and the sounds of battle. I look down and see wolves attacking the trees.

"You will pay for the pain you have caused us" Helia says

"Have I?" Zeus says, so calmly it throws me off. Of course he did, I felt it, I saw it. But I'm questioning myself. I look down, I look for Raymond holding Andrew but through all the chaos I can't see. Then there is a clearing where I can see Andrew.