Alpha Markus and Celeste
Chapter 89
Chapter 89 – Celeste
Celeste P.O.V.
The first thing I see when I wake up is darkness, and cold concrete ceilings. Kara, what happened? – I asked
Celeste, we have to talk, but we’re not alone. –
She responded, worry in her words.
I stood up from the bed and looked around. There in the dark on a chair was Huitzilopochtli, his eyes fixed on me. Iscrambled to the farthest corner of the bed, covering my stomach defensively. He stood and turned on the light.
“Relax, child of Chantico. If I wanted to kill you right here, I would have done it at any point during the 24hrs you’ve been asleep.” He said and I was surprised he spoke English as well. He must have read my face because he smirked, “Surprised I can speak English? I have been alive for over a millennium. I speak many languages.”
“If you’re not going to kill me, why did you take me?” I asked.
“I didn’t say I wasn’t going to kill you. I am just not doing it now. It will be during the full moon, when Coyolxauhqui can watch,” he
taunted.
My eyes brimmed with tears at his words. “My pups.”
He flinched, ever so slightly, that I thought he actually felt bad when he said, “Yes, well that is unfortunate. I didn’t know you were pregnant. I did try to take you when you were younger, to avoid more bloodshed.” He said, as if that excused his actions. He moved over
to a mini fridge and opened it. “There is water and food in here as well as snacks. There’s some clothing in the drawers and a bathroom
through that door. There’s no way in or out but through this door, so don’t try to do anything rash, you will hurt yourself trying. I will be
back in a few hours. Try to do anything to escape and I will make sure you live longer than your pups.” He said and left the room. I could
hear several padlocks click into place.
I let out a sob. Kara, how are we here? I don’t know what happened. We were sleeping and then we were in the hands of
Huitzilopochtli.
I’m sorry Celeste. That was my doing. I led us outside while you slept – Kara said, guilt evident in every word.
But why? I couldn’t understand why she would do that to us.
Selene showed me that Huitzilopochtli would come for us. He killed so many in our pack. So much loss. Gabriel, Valeria, little Meli
and the girls. So much death, just for us. She told me that the only way to avoid it was to turn ourselves in. That he wouldn’t hurt us until the full moon. But I couldn’t tell you. Markus would have never let us go and you wouldn’t have been able to keep it from him. I had to
wait and do it while you slept.
But our pups – I sobbed.
It’s not all lost Celeste. Markus has 2 weeks to find us and rescue us. We have to trust our mates and our friends. They won’t let us
down. – She said soothingly – Eat, we can’t let the pups suffer. We must stay strong. We will need our strength.
I went to the bathroom and then to the mini fridge. I grabbed some granola bars and a sandwich I found there. I forced myself to eat
them, then hugged a pillow and cried myself to sleep while Kara sang me lullabies in my head.
came in with some equipment and a bag of food. He saw the empty sandwich package and nodded. “Good, you have eaten something. I
need you to sit here,” he said, as he placed a white screen behind a chair.
“What are you going to do?” I asked.
“We are going to Mexico, and for that you need a passport. I need some pictures to get one for you,” he explained, showing me the
camera.
“And if I refuse?” I asked. Don’t refuse Celeste, we need to follow along until Markus finds us –
Kara said.
“Then I will force you, and that will only end with you injured. I prefer not to hurt women without need,” he said and I scoffed.
“You have systematically killed everyone in my pack. The ones that survived were starved, beaten and then sold to you as well.
His eyes darkened in anger at my words. “The m******e was not my plan. I only wanted you and your mother. That’s why I hired those idiots to do it according to your laws but they were mad. The c****te was senseless. I cut all my contact with them afterwards, only to find out they were trying to sell the young girls they took from there. I bought them, looking for you. I knew you weren’t dead, but I didn’t know who you were, so I bought them all.”
“And then killed them.” i snarled.
He looked offended at that. “I wouldn’t kill innocent people. Those girls were half dead. I fed them and when they were well enough,
I took them to a brujo (sorcerer) and erased their memories of what happened to them. I dropped them off at several borders of packs in
Mexico that I knew would be good to them.”
My hand went to my mouth and I sat up now. “You didn’t kill them?” I said as tears came to my eyes.
“I do not harm women,” he insisted.
“But you would kill me? Huitzilo-”
“Helios” he said.
“What?”
“Call me Helios. Huitzilopochtli is a name I haven’t used in a long time.”
“You don’t hurt women, but you would kill me?” I asked. How did that make sense?
“Yes. I am not a monster. I am simply fulfilling a promise I made to my mother. Everyone who contributed to my mother’s death will
pay. Now enough talking. Sit, before I make you,” he said coldly.
I sighed and did as I was told. After he was done, he simply took his equipment and went towards the door.
“Wait,” I said. He paused at the door. “Where is Sandra?” He looked at me curiously.
“I don’t know what you did to her, but she tried to kill you when I brought you back. I killed her. She was not a good person but she
was the only way I could find you. I brought you dinner. We should be traveling in a few days.” With that he left, leaving me stunned on the
chair as I heard the padlocks click back into place.
Kara, what are we going to do?- I sighed at her.
Right now, we’re going to eat dinner. –
She said – and then, as much as you hate to be the damsel in distress, we’re going to wait for
our mate to rescue us.
I sighed and ate dinner and did the only thing I could think to do. I slept.
In the morning, Helios came by with breakfast. As he was heading towards the door, I thought of something, “Wait! Huitz-Helios.
Can I please have a couple of books? I have nothing to do here.” I was just overthinking while I was stuck in here and it was driving me
mad.
He looked at me curiously again then said, “We will be leaving tomorrow. You can buy some at the airport,” and left. Padlocks clicked
back into place.
Kara said sometime later in the
Atlas is pulling at the mate link. I’m going to try to talk to him. Maybe he’s already close by – morning.
Hurry – I said, knowing I wouldn’t know anything until she was done.
I forced myself to eat my breakfast as I waited for Kara to tell us if Markus was close.
Celeste – Kara started
I stopped breathing – Are they close?
I could feel a deep sadness emanating from her.
No, they almost died. The pain of us being taken…Markus’ heart almost exploded. Atlas put him in a healing sleep. They are fine
now. He is using all their energy to reach out. To make sure we’re OK. I told him everything we knew about leaving for Mexico and where
we were and that he hasn’t hurt us or the pups. They will look for us. He said when we go to the airport, to look at as many cameras as we can. Evergreen’s software will find us and track us. If we get taken to a store, look at the camera, if we are at a stop light, look for a traffic
camera. They will find us.