Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 14

Timothy’s POV

B***d Claw Pack

I am going crazy worrying about Katrina. I have no idea where she is, but I know I need to find her before my dad or Percy does. That a*****e beats me in everything, and I won’t let him take this away from me too. He and his twin were the best at everything at Alpha training and I can’t stand either one of those cocky bastards. They excelled there, without ever breaking a sweat. I invited them both to my engagement party to see me be announced as Alpha as soon as we can get the Luna ceremony done. I wanted them to see that I was going to be Alpha way before they did when I took over for dad. Dawson was invited too, but he had to be at a neighboring pack for something the next day and couldn’t come.

I will take back my rejection from Katrina, and I will mark her right then. I hope that it will be right in front of Percy, and I hope it freaking hurts him to see me do it. Plus, dad won’t be able to take her away from me because we will then be bound together. He would know that it would kill me, plus he needed to get over his vendetta against her. She was young and there was nothing she could have done to stop or prevent what had happened. My mom was a strong wolf, and so was her aunt. If Katrina had stepped into the fight, she would probably have been killed as well.

My mother had loved Katrina very much and had hoped that we would end up together. She would always smile when she would watch us playing and hanging out together. I told Katrina that I promised to love her and that I was going to marry her, and I would. I will not break my promise to her. I was angry and hurt, so I turned away from her. I knew she got the blame for something that she had no control over, and I know I hurt her more than my father ever had with how I reacted to her. I had stayed away because I didn’t want to hurt my father even more than he had been, by claiming Katrina. But now, I am sure that he has been hurting the wrong person. She wasn’t the reason for what happened to my mother.

I really wished I had spoken up for her back when I realized she was my mate. I am only a month older than her, but I was scared to leave her behind in the pack if I claimed her. Dad would have killed her if I had claimed her and then left her there. He would never willingly accept her as my Luna. At least the way I did it, taking the coward’s way out, I could claim that I didn’t know that she was my mate when I left the pack. She is my mate, and she would have wanted to believe me due to our bond, even if she suspected that I was lying about it. She was so happy when she felt the mate bond, and the sweet way she smiled up at me was just like when we were kids. I could feel her happiness through our bond, she was so happy that I was her mate. She was so hopeful and then I ruined it.

I still thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world. I remember our first k**s, it was the first k**s for both of us, and it was still the best k**s I have ever had. Neither one of us had any idea what we were doing, but after our lips touched, I knew she was special, and I wanted her so much. I wanted to grow up and marry her, and I made her so many promises. None of which I kept. I told her we would always be friends. I told her that she was special to me and that I would never hurt her.

But I did. I have struck her two times. The day my mother died, and then on the day of the engagement party when she refused to submit to me. She knew I was going to reject her, and yet she still refused to beg me not to do it. I wanted her to beg me to keep her as my mate, I wanted to hear her sweet voice begging me. I craved to hear it, and she refused to do it. I couldn’t stop myself from wanting to hurt her like she was hurting me right then. I hated that Fallon was standing there and filming it. She wanted to have the rejection recorded as she was living to see Katrina break when she got my rejection. As an Omega, it could potentially kill her. I know what she was actually waiting for, it was for Katrina to die from the pain of it, because I was an Alpha. I didn’t want to see her break, I just wanted her to beg me, and then I was toying with actually giving in and marking her right there if she did what I said to do well.

I closed my eyes and imagined her on the floor looking up at me, begging me with soft words coming from her pink lips. Goddess, I am getting hard just imagining it. I shift myself as now my pants are now uncomfortably tight. Even dirty, with no makeup, or her hair done, she still looked beautiful lying on the floor, except for the red mark, marring her face from where I struck her. The unfamiliar feeling of guilt comes up and washes over me. I am ashamed of my actions towards her, seeing me dating other girls, knowing I had been sleeping with them and Fallon for the last 4 years. My wolf, Malachi, was furious with me since we knew that she was my mate when I turned 18. He never liked Fallon, and he wanted his Goddess-given mate.

Fallon had always wanted to be the Luna of this pack, and never gave up hope that it would be her. She was sure of it. She was wrong. She even spent the night in my room, so she would be the first person that I saw when I woke up on my birthday, but she wasn’t my mate. She was so disappointed that she cried her eyes out. She went to her room, to get ready for the day, but when she came to breakfast, she was composed. She also gave me the proposition of being my chosen mate. She gave me some really excellent reasons why I should choose her. She was OK with sharing me, as long as SHE was the Luna of B***d Claw, and that I marked her. She wanted our children to go on to run the pack. She had Beta b***d in her, so she would be strong and provide me with strong pups. She was beautiful and would take care of the pack. She knew some of the Luna duties already and would be glad to train to become the perfect Luna. She had a great argument, and I agreed with her.

That was, until an hour later and my wolf Malachi sensed my mate. I could smell her from down the hallway. I walked faster to see who the Goddess gave me, only to see that it was Katrina. She was in the kitchen washing dishes and humming to herself. Disappointment and frustration were my only feelings. She was not strong, she wasn’t trained, as she was lower than an Omega in our pack. I felt my claws dig into the door, as I was half phased because Malachi wanted to mark her right then, and I couldn’t. I cannot accept her. That was the day I left. I had to, or Malachi would have accepted the bond right then. I went to my room and packed up and snuck off, without saying goodbye to anyone, except my dad and Fallon. I stayed away from the kitchen area, and Fallon and dad kept me informed of what was happening in the pack while I was gone.

The abuse continued for Katrina, and Fallon only stopped mentioning what all she and dad were doing to Katrina, when I yelled at her for laughing about my dad breaking Katrina’s arm for her not going fast enough with her cleaning. Since it was her right arm, and she couldn’t work for a week because of her injuries, she also didn’t get to eat either, per my dad’s orders. I knew that Fallon was also behind some of the times that Katrina got punished. I think that they had decided to team up for Katrina to be hurt. Fallon out of jealously, and my dad out of anger, seemed to be the dream team of pain for Katrina.

I tried to call Percy again several times last night, and several times again this morning, and he is still not answering my calls. I want to kill him, but I know in a fight, he would kill me, quickly and probably not even break a sweat. At least in a fair fight, he would. I am not going to plan to fight fair. He started this by trying to steal my mate away, and he will deserve everything he gets for doing it. I will not be giving her up like that. She was given to me by the Goddess, and I will not just be handing her over to him to take from me.

I started thinking about Katrina again. I can’t help it. Seeing her so bold last night, unbending. I could feel some power coming off of her, not so much in the auditorium before the meeting, but it came off of her in waves in the kitchen. She was so hot, and I have never wanted her more than right then. I don’t know how, but she is not an Omega or a warrior like her aunt. She is much more than that. She may even be of Alpha or Beta descent, although I don’t know how she could be. I remember her not being hurt at all by my rejection and walking out on her own while I lay on the floor for 10 minutes before I could yell out loud enough for anyone to be able to hear me.

Seeing her a*s as she bent to get up, was a nice sight. She was too thin, but I bet she would have some lush curves on her if she were allowed to eat properly. Fallon told me that dad was only allowing her to eat once a day and would even take that away in punishment if she pissed him off, which was almost every day. Once we are together as mates, I will make sure that she gets to eat all three meals. I can always hide her in another pack if I need to until I get control of the B***d Claw pack. Then I will tell Fallon and dad what is going on AFTER I marked Katrina. If I needed to, I would banish them both to keep Katrina safe.

I may be weak at certain moments to save my skin, but I am not stupid. I will live again to fight another day. I will make plans to get them back, or plant seeds to get another, stronger pack, mad at the same person I am after, and then go in with them to get what I need to do completely. I may even try to do it in this. If Percy does find her first, I may have to incorporate others into helping me. I am willing to play along with anyone, to get what I want. I have already decided to get dad and Fallon in on this to help me find her. I am already almost to dad’s office right now.

I knocked on the door and waited for him to say “Enter” before going in. He looks terrible. He has not shaved and is still in his clothes from last night. He hasn’t brushed his hair, and I have never seen him look so bad before, even when mom died.

“Dad, are you OK?” I said to him, as I was seriously concerned about him.

“I am fine, I just need to figure out where that b***h went and get her back. I have called 20 packs in a 300-mile vicinity, and no one has seen or heard of her. I want to get both of them back, but I have to get Katrina back. I made a promise that she would be dying by my hand. I can put her in the cells and keep the key on my person if I need to, but once I get her back, she will never be leaving here again” my dad said, and he had a wild look about him. I step back because of the anger he is putting out. How has he gotten in such bad shape when she hasn’t been gone a whole day? Was it because she was there, and available to be hurt whenever he got angry? She was a punching bag for him, and he couldn’t let her go.

“Dad, I need to talk to you about that. I agree, we do need to find her. I will talk to you after we locate her, and I will help you out in the search for her. I am putting the engagement announcement on hold until we can find Katrina”, I told him with a serious face. I am glad I know how to school my features because he was looking at me with suspicion. I could see his eyebrows raised in disbelief. He was right not to trust me, but I was sincere in my offer to help him. I want her back, and the fastest way to get that done is by both of us working to get it accomplished.

“I don’t know if you need to put your engagement off like that son. I know what you are thinking, and I will not be passing on the pack to you if you insist on having Katrina as your mate. I forbid it. Make no mistake about it. I WILL be killing her over what happened to your mother, so think twice about marking her. I will disown you and banish you from the pack if you were to do that. I am not falling for your act, Timothy”, my father tells me, and the amount of hate coming from him is actually pushing me back away from him. I am completely stunned at what I am getting from him.

Before I could open my mouth to say anything, a sharp knock at the door sounded and the door opened to reveal Beta Mitchell. He appeared to be anxious and a little scared. “Arthur, why have you entered my office without waiting for my answer? You know I don’t allow anyone in here without my approval. I was in the middle of a conversation with my son”, my father told Beta Mitchell.

“Alpha, you are requested to the gate. Alpha King Sebastian Hunt is at our gates, along with Alpha Heath Poe. They had demanded entrance, but we had to tell him that Alpha Poe was on the no-access list and that we couldn’t allow him entry. Alpha King Hunt demands both of you at the gate and gave us 5 minutes to get it done before he sends for additional backup and surrounds us” Beta Mitchell said quickly to us both.

Beta Mitchell doesn’t get upset or worried. In fact, I have never seen him this anxious in my life. He knows that this is serious, and I am already walking out the door following him, and when I don’t hear footsteps behind me. I turned to look back at my father, who had not gotten up from his chair.

“Dad, are you coming? We have been told to go to the gate. This is serious”, I told him.

“Go ahead and handle it, Timothy. They do not need us both and I have calls to make. There is no reason for him to be here other than Alpha Poe going to tell you about perceived abuse. There is no proof of it, and I don’t have time to deal with this. You are about to take over. This is something you are going to have to learn to deal with sooner or later. Let me know what happens out there” my dad says as he picks up his phone and starts making calls again. I growled in anger and followed Beta Mitchell out of the packhouse, and to the gate.