Alpha Markus and Celeste novel 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.
I woke up some hours later when I heard the padlocks start to unlock. I sat up at the farthest corner of the bed again. Huitzilopochtli
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.
I couldn’t stop the tears from falling down my eyes again. This entire time I had been worried about the pups and I didn’t even think about what could have been happening to Markus. It’s my fault – Kara howled in the back of my head.
No, you did what was necessary. We will survive this. Our mates are strong –
I said – You and Atlas have a plan. It will work. We will
play along with Helios and find a way to make it out of this. He doesn’t know Atlas could reach us. We have the upper hand.
It’s been 11 days since I was kidnapped and, honestly, I’m so confused. I have got to be the most well cared for kidnap victim in
history. While Helios said he doesn’t hurt women, he is planning to kill me. But yet, anytime that I’ve had discomfort from the pregnancy, he’s practically jumped through hoops to help me. We bought a bunch of books at the airport, then he upgraded us to first class when
the seats were giving me back pain. He had yet to restrain me, hurt me or even threaten me since that first day. I was eating full meals, he
was indulging my constant bathroom breaks. Which meant we hit about 5 different gas stations once we were in Mexico on the way to his
hideout. I made sure to always look at the camera each time we stopped. He had even gotten me a craving I had mentioned as we made
our way out of the airport food court.
We finally arrived at his mansion in Mexico. It was just outside of Mexico City, near the pyramids we had seen in our vision. I was
actually surprised he was so close. I’d seen and felt his sorrow in the vision. I knew this place held bad memories for him and yet he chose
to stay. It’s like he chose to relive that pain every time he looked out of the window.
He allowed me to move about his house when we arrived. I was even allowed to go outside the balcony. I was too far along the
pregnancy to shift now and he knew it. The house was surrounded by giant concrete fence and guards. I had no where to go. I spent a lot
of time in my bedroom, but Kara encouraged me to go outside. I was sitting outside in the sun by the gardens when I heard him
walk by.
“You’re finally out of your room,” he said. I didn’t answer. He sat down on the chair next to me and just looked off into the distance to
where the pyramids were.
“Why do you do it?” I asked.
“Because they killed my mother.” He answered automatically.
“I mean why do you live so close to the pyramids? That’s where it happened, isn’t?” I asked.
He nodded, still not looking at me, “I made a promise to my mother to avenge her. They will all pay for killing her.” He stopped and
hesitated a little before he decided to continue, “Sometimes I get tired. Tired of killing, tired of fighting. I bought this place to remind me
of the promise. Of what they did to her.”
“I was abused, starved, beaten and mentally broken for 12 years by the same people that murdered my family, my pack, my friends.
When I was free of them, I didn’t seek revenge, all I wanted was to free the rest of my friends.” I shook my head, “Your way sounds
exhausting and heart breaking. You said you’ve been alive for over a millennium, but have you really even lived?” I asked.
“That is not important. I have a promise to fulfill,” he said, standing up.
“And if you don’t know the whole story? What if your siblings were right? What if your mother was being influenced by evil and it was
the only way? Would you stop?” I asked him as he walked away.
He stopped, never turning around. He looked up at the sky, “Dinner will be in 20mins.” Was all he said before he left.
I sighed and tilted my head up at the sky while I caressed my heavy bump. For the 100th time, I asked Selene for guidance. I tried
pulling at the link but it was empty. I sent up a message to Markus, telling him I loved him and missed him. I told him that our pups were OK and hoped the wind carried the message to him. We had only two more days before the full moon. We were running out of time.