I HAVE TO FIND HIM.

CHAPTER FIVE.

CATANIA'S POV

All my life I have been unloved, but I have never felt so ridiculed. How can my mate deliberately refuse to accept me, but offer himself to Mia who isn't his mate. She is the imposter here!

I have always known Mia to be a sly fox, but I didn't think she was up to this level. How did she even succeed to do this? How did she know I was his mate? How did she pick up my smell? How on earth did she manage to convince my mate?

She must have said and done something!

She must have said something to turn my mate against me and I have to find out. All my life, Mia has been stealing my spotlight. She always made me feel like a lesser bring every time she went out and I let her have her way with me all this time, but right now, I won't!

This is my mate we are talking about, my happiness, my future, my life as a whole. I cannot let her steal it from me.

I can't.

I have to find Alpha Nolan so we can have a one on one talk.

Maybe after I have explained things to him ,he will understand.

I'd rather he knows the truth about me being his mate and then reject me because I'm a stealer, than let him stay in the darkness. He has to know.

I have to find him!

I step down from the queen sized bed at the centre of the bedroom and tiptoe towards the door. How I wish there are no guards patrolling out there.

I don't know my way around the castle, but I can trace Alpha Nolan by his scent. I very well know how he smells, so finding him will be an easy cake.

When I get to the door, I carefully open it up, so as not to make any loud sound. I poke my head out and peek around the corridor. A wave of consolation washes through me when I see no guards patrolling around. I gently tiptoe out of the bedroom and close the door behind me. There are two never ending corridors on both my left and right. I don't know which leads to where, but I close my eyes and take the corridor on my left and as I walk, I try to pay keen attention to the sound of approaching footsteps and of course, the Alpha's scent.

I don't know where I'm headed, all I know is that I have to find Alpha Nolan and make him understand that I am his mate, not…

"What are you doing out here?" A voice asks and I freeze on my tracks as blood goes dry in my veins. I feel a drop of perspiration trickle down my cheek and my heart starts drumming in my chest.

I have been caught roaming around.

What's going to happen now?

"I have asked you a question" The voice comes through again and this time around, I muster up courage and turn to face my oppressor who happens to be a very cute castle guard.

He's got very soft features and would pass for the cutest guy in the pack. He's too cute to be a guard.

"I… I… am… actually..I…" I babble out of nervousness.

"Just get back into the bedroom" He instructs and I gently nod my head and walk back into the bedroom. "If you know what's good for you, do not step out of this bedroom again else you will lose all this comfort and be thrown into the dungeon." He cautions.

At the mention of the word dungeon, fear spikes up within me. I have never been locked up in a dungeon before and I wouldn't want that.

"I promise not to step out ever again. But please, can you tell Alpha Nolan I would like to have a word with him. It's very important. Please" I plead and the handsome guy nods his head before closing the door to my face.

He still does not lock it with a key. Now I'm tempted to go out again.

"No Catania, this is not the time for you to get stubborn!" I fall on the bed and let out a muffled scream in the sheets.

I hate them all!

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It's a miracle that I'm not drunk by now. I have taken quite a lot of shots, hoping to clear my mind of all what's going on, but it seems like the more I drink, the more my mind gets cramped up.

I head to my fridge where I take out a litre of water and almost empty it.

Frustration.

Confusion.

Anger.

Depression.

Guilt.

And a couple of other unpleasant things is how I feel right now. The conversation I had with Nolan didn't help either.

"Alpha Nolan, Cage is here to report something to you." My chief guard, Alex, reports from the door.

"Let him in"

"Yes Alpha" The door closes and milliseconds later, it opens up again and I hear heavy footsteps walk in.

"Good day Alpha"

"What brings you here?"

"It's the new girl, Alpha. I saw her roaming out of her bedroom"

"Which of them?"

"I don't know her name, but the one that asked to be taken to your chambers." he explains further and I turn to face him with a frown plastered on my face.

"I asked two girls to be taken to my chambers, could you please give me more details, like how she looks?"

"Tall, slim, thick black hair…"

Catania!

"Where did you see her?" I ask, alarmed.

"Just along the corridor"

"Have her bedroom locked up, if the unmated guards around have access to her it will be a catastrophe. No unmated guards around her, I repeat no unmated guards around her, have I made myself clear?"

"Yes Alpha."

"Good, lock her up, but make sure she's comfortable"

"I will do just that!"

"You are dismissed" I order and he quietly walks out of the office.

I don't know if what I said makes any sense.

Someone who has been looked up against her will can never be comfortable.

I didn't want to be harsh on her but she pushed me to the wall.

"What you are doing to our mate us wrong!" Ander reprimands and I immediately shut him out.

Catania's stealer pheromone has corrupted his mind.

Catania is not our mate, Mia is!