Chapter 48

Justin and I spun around at the same time. I spotted Anna, who was one of the pack sluts, behind me. Don’t get me wrong, I usually try not to call anyone in the pack names, especially any derogatory name, but that is one of the only ways I can think of to describe Anna. She tries (and sometimes successfully) to sleep with any man that has any type of rank, just so that she can try and convince them that they should choose her as their chosen mate. She tried to do it to Michael when he was going to be the next Alpha. She spent months harassing him and trying to convince him that she would make the best Luna. My brother finally had to use his Alpha command in order to get her to leave him alone.

“And who do you think you are, Anna?” I asked her in a clipped tone.

“I am Justin’s mate,” she said in her nasally voice.

I looked over at Justin and he looked appalled.

‘Babe, I promise she is nothing to me.’

Anna pushed herself in between the two of us and wrapped her arms around Justin’s neck and was going in for a kiss.

Before her lips could fully touch Justin’s, something in me just snapped. I growled loudly and ripped her off of him with enough force to throw her to the ground.

“MY MATE!” I roared, “Keep your filthy fucking hands off, what is mine?”

Anna got back up and went towards him again. Usually, I don’t like using the Alpha command that I know I have, but she is really starting to piss me off.

“You are not allowed to go anywhere near Justin Warner. Next time I catch you near my mate, I will personally see to your punishment.” She whimpered as she bared her neck in submission to me.

I continued walking towards her, pressing my aura down on her, causing her to cry out from the sheer weight of my command. My breathing starts to get heavy from the energy that I am exerting while trying to use my aura to its full extent.

Justin pressed his hand to my arm and started to slowly rub up and down my arm. I let the feel of the sparks rushing up and down my arm calm me.

“It’s okay, love. Relax. I am only yours, no one else.”

I felt the last of my anger slip away from me as Justin pulled me into his arms. He wrapped me in his arms and started to whisper how he was only mine and that he loved me.

He looked over his shoulder at Anna and he coldly stated, “I suggest you leave now. Don’t come near me or my mate again. I have told you countless times, Anna, we are done and you were never my mate.”

I hear her sob as she gets back up and rushes off. I felt the prickle of tears in my eyes as Justin walked me to sit on the nearest bench.

“Baby, are you okay?”

I shook my head no and the first sob escaped my throat. He wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly.

“Baby, will you tell me what is bothering you?”

I tried to slow my breathing so that I could talk without hyperventilating. When I felt myself calm down, I asked him what is bothering me. “Justin, what is Anna to you? Did you sleep with her? Were you two a couple?”

Realistically, I know my reaction is stupid. I know that he has a past. I knew that he had had other girlfriends. And…I know that he has had sex before, but there was something about Anna confronting me saying that Justin is her mate that upset me.

“Love, we were never an official couple. We would occasionally have sex. That was it. I never developed feelings for her. I told her that there was to be no relationship and as soon as one of us started to get feelings, then it would end. I started to drift far away from her when she started talking about wanting to be my chosen mate. I kept repeatedly telling her that I was waiting for my fated mate.”

I hesitated. I had one more question, but I honestly was not sure if I even wanted the answer to it. His answer could possibly break me. I let him get too close. I was drowning in my emotions and it was starting to become too much for me to take.

“When was the last time you two had sex?” I asked him hesitantly.

He placed his index finger under my chin and used it to lift my head, so that I was looking into his eyes. “Baby, if I tell you, is it going to hurt you? I promise it was before I found out you were my mate. If you want me to tell you when, then I will, but only if you promise me it isn’t going to hurt you, love. Promise me you will not let her get between us…”

I stared into his eyes before I nodded my head. “I promise I will not let it hurt me. I promise that it won’t get between us.”

“Remember the first day that I ran into you when you went to see Oliver while he was training with his father? I asked if you wanted to go to the movies with me and a few other people, including Michael…” he paused for a moment, looking towards the ground before he continued, “I was upset that you had turned me down again and I really just wanted to know you. So, I cancelled with the guys and decided to go to the party that Garrison was having. Anna was at the party too and she had kind of cornered me when I was talking to Garrison. I was angry, love. So, when she propositioned me to go to one of the rooms in Garrison’s house, I decided ‘fuck it.’ I went with her and we had sex, but Michael ended up busting in with what looked like was going to be his lady of the night. He punched me hard enough to knock me off my feet and he yelled at me. I left and went for a run with Ares. I was angry and I used her. I just could not see why you refused to give me the time of day. Michael would repeatedly tell me that I needed to give you time. Eventually, you will come around and get to know me. He kept telling me that you had some negative experiences in your life, but would not tell me what I was going against. Baby, it meant nothing to me and I regretted doing it. The next day, I talked to Michael and we worked out everything and he made me realize how fucking stupid I was being. Since that night, I have not touched another woman.

All I want is you, love. You and only you. I liked you before I knew you were my mate. Before I found out you were my mate, once we had started getting to know each other and hanging out, even though you were sort of reserved about what you would tell me, I wanted you. I didn’t care if we were fated mates, I was willing to take you as a chosen mate if you chose me. The day of your birthday when I realized that you were my fated mate, I was over the moon. You have no idea how fucking excited that made me…All I wanted was a fated mate, someone who would love me unconditionally. Someone I could continue to grow up with. Someone that I would one day have a family with. And I am glad that it is you. I could not have been happier that it was not someone else. The day you trusted me with your secret was quite literally one of the best and worst days of my life. I was excited that you were finally trusting me with your secret, for the reason that you were intending to reject me. However, it was also one of the worst moments of my life. To realize that someone hurt the one person that I hold dear. I could not imagine the pain they put you through. At that moment, I vowed to myself that I would bring justice to you. I will make sure that your rapists pay with their lives. Baby, I love you. I know that you won’t say it. Fuck, I am not sure that you will ever say it to me, but I am going to tell you as many times as it is necessary to get you to believe me when I say that I love you and you are it for me.”

‘Kat, tell him. You and I both know what you are feeling for him. He bared his soul to you. The least you can do is tell him what you are feeling too.’

I looked Justin in the eyes, “I love you too, Justin.”