I Can't Be The Alpha's Mate

Chapter 12- Don't

I had to be dreaming. I could have sworn I'd just seen Aphrodite, naked, going into the bathroom near Rafe's room. Me dreaming was entirely possible, and it seemed like the most logical explanation. It had been out of the corner of my eye after all, just my mind playing tricks on me.

There was no reason for her to be naked, let along near Rafe's room.

Curiosity got the best of me though and I went down the hall. Someone was definitely in the bathroom. The door was closed, light was on and I heard the sink running. The water shut off, the door swung open, and Aphrodite nearly ran into me.

She looked down at me snarling, but her eyes, they looked like they were laughing.

"Pathetic," she said, slamming her shoulder into me as she passed, making her way down the hall and out of the pack house.

I stared after her before turning back to Rafe's room. If I had actually seen Aphrodite going into the bathroom, was the rest of what I had seen true? It couldn't have been unless-

I pushed the door to Rafe's room open.

I saw lines of blood as he finished putting his shirt on. "What did I sa-" he turned around, cutting his sentence short when he saw me standing there. In that split second, I saw the guilt in his eyes.

My jaw dropped. He didn't even have to say a single word, in fact it would be better if he just kept his lying mouth shut.

"Katarina," he crossed the room quickly, his hands reaching out toward me.

"Don't you dare touch me," I said holding my hand in front of me, stepping back. "Don't you dare come near me."

"Katarina,"

"No. Don't. I don't want to hear it. You had your chance to talk and you didn't. You lied to me. Not only did you lie to me, but then you came right back here and you had sex with that tramp. How could you do that?"

"It was an accident."

"Oh so you just happened to come back to your room and what? Your clothes just happened to fall off and you tripped, your dick landing into the vast cavern that's her fucking vagina?"

"More like she fell onto me," he said, his hands raking through his hair.

I just gaped at him.

"Katarina, please."

My hand whipped out so fast, cracking across his cheek. I hadn't even realized I had done it until the stinging shock went through my hand.

"Don't talk to me. I'll tell you when you can talk to me." I turned around and stomped out of the room and down the hall.

"Aphrodite, get your ass over here you damn bitch!" I shouted. My voice carried throughout the entire house. People made their way into the den looking to see what was going on. I didn't care if there was an audience for this. I was completely fed up. They had finally made me angry, and that was never a pretty sight. I could feel it stirring within me.

"I said get your whore ass out here!" I shouted again.

I saw a blonde head weave through the packed in bodies. When she stepped out of the crowd, a smile was on her face.

"You won't be smiling much longer." My words came out with an edge.

I heard the murmurs going around. Everyone was wondering what in the world was going on, the majority of them wondering who the heck I even was. Well, they were about to meet me.

"So you like sleeping with men who have mates?" I asked her, stepping forward.

"What ever are you talking about?" Aphrodite asked with an innocent, confused look.

"You know damn well what I'm talking about. You just couldn't keep your whore paws off of Rafe. You don't get it do you? You're out of the picture now. I am Rafe's mate, and you're nothing."

Aphrodite's face changed. The innocence dropped immediately, and her face turned bright red.

"It didn't seem like that fifteen minutes ago." Her eyes sparkled with hatred. "He didn't even put up a fight," she whispered.

And that was my limit. I snapped. All I could see was red and I had my eyes set on one thing. I rushed forward and grabbed a fist full of Aphrodite's perfectly straight blonde hair, throwing her to the ground. That wiped that stupid smirk off her face real quick.

She landed at the wall of feet that had formed a circle around us. No one knew what to do. No one liked Aphrodite enough to step up for her sake, and at this point in time, that was probably wise of them. I didn't care who I had to knock down, if they got between me and her, they'd be gone.

I kicked her, rolling her onto her stomach before jumping on her back straddling her. I grabbed a fist full of her hair again, jerking her head back hard. I leaned down whispering in her ear.

"If you go near him again, if you ever think about pulling this shit again, I will kill you. Do you understand?"

When Aphrodite refused to answer I smacked her head down on the ground.

"I asked if you understood."

"Yes!" She shouted with pain lacing her words. I thrust her head to the ground once more before I stood up. I turned around to find Rafe standing behind me with his arms crossed, a slight grin on his face that vanished quickly.

"Get up. Both of you are coming with me."

"I'm not going anywhere with you; especially not with her," I spat, looking back at Aphrodite who spit blood onto the ground.

"You don't have any choice. Public violence is against pack laws, espeically in the pack house. You'll be spending some time in confinement for the misdemeanor."

"You have got to be kidding me! You of all people are locking us up for fighting. It's not like we murdured anyone." I looked at Rafe pointedly. He knew exactly what I was referring to, everyone did. 

"Rules are rules."

"Well, you made it perfectly clear earlier that I'm not a member of your pack. Therefore your rules don't apply to me."

Rafe was boiling with anger. I could see it as effectively as if steam were coming from his ears. I didn't care if he was angry and I didn't care if his switch flipped, I was there too.

"Now I think we're all done here, so you can go run along, sir," I said slightly sarcastic, adding a dramatic bow to the end.

He looked like he was about to jump off the deep end and tear everything to shreds but he was fighting hard to keep everything in check. He was beyond pissed, I'd just talked back to him in front of a good portion of his pack, but underneath that anger I saw something else...

Pride?

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Well, the shit kinda hit the fan so to speak. Who can really blame Katarina for snapping though? She seemed like quite the calm girl until all this happened... Hmmmmmm

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