Chapter 63

**Justin’s POV**

“Oh, my Goddess! I am so glad that you are okay, Justin! I have been worried sick about you!”

Anna. Anna was here in the middle of town square. She must really have a death wish. If the entire pack did not know that Kataleya was my mate, they were about to find out.

I could sense Kataleya’s growing anger.

Anna ran over to me and tried to hug me, but I sidestepped at the last minute to avoid her.

“I have told you not to touch me, Anna.” I said coldly.

She looked up at me with tears in her eyes and then her eyes zoomed in on the mark adorning my neck.

“You let that Alpha bitch mark you,” she screamed at me.

I could tell we were beginning to garner a lot of unwanted attention. I could feel Kataleya’s anger rising and I knew soon she was going to snap.

I walked closer to Anna and looked into her eyes menacingly. “You will never talk about my mate like that ever again.” I made sure I enunciated my words carefully, so there was not a chance that she would misunderstand me.

Kataleya walked up behind me and I could tell that she was pushing out her Alpha aura. Her aura no longer affected me since we had marked each other, but I could tell that it was affecting Anna and all the curious bystanders. Most of them had already tilted their heads into submission.

“What did I tell you about coming near my mate? What did I tell you about talking about me? Did you think I was joking?”

I watched as Kataleya searched the crowd, almost as if she was looking for someone.

When it appeared that she finally found who she was looking for, her eyes glazed over as she was linking them. I watched as Gael and Aziel moved out of the crowd of onlookers.

“Aziel, Gael. Will you please escort Miss Parks to the dungeons? See to it that they know she is to be left in there for 24 hours. And Miss Parks, the next time you disobey me, I will make sure you get the lashings with the silver engravings.” I watched as she swallowed nosily before she tilted her head in submission to Kataleya.

As they left, Kataleya turned to the curious onlookers. “You may all be wondering what that was about…Two years ago, I found my mate. I was hesitant to accept him, so we kept it quiet. However, after recent events that led to his near death, I realized that I could not live without him. He is the love of my life and I cannot stand the thought of parting. As of this morning, we both have been marked by the other.”

There were loud cheers and shouts of congratulations from those that were in the crowd. Several of the warriors I knew came and patted me on the back offering their congratulations and a few of them apologized through the link about some of the things that they might have said about bedding my mate. I growled low in my throat at the reminder of what some of them had said they wanted to do with my mate.

I placed my hand on the small of her back and leaned down to whisper in her ear, “I guess that was one way to let everyone know.”

She chuckled and turned around to face me, wrapping her arms around my neck.

“I guess it was. Now, news is sure to spread throughout the rest of the pack about us.”

I bent down to give her a small kiss on the lips, but Kataleya had other plans. Before I could pull away, Kataleya pulled on my bottom lip and sucked it into her mouth. My automatic reaction was to groan before I kissed her back. I pushed my tongue against her lips, requesting access. She slowly parts her lips, allowing my tongue to taste every inch of her mouth. The sounds of cheering and whistling brought me back to the present. I had momentarily forgotten that we were not alone, but rather in a crowd full of people. I slowly pull back and watched as she suddenly remembered where we were. I watched as her cheeks  brightened. Goddess, I could never tire of seeing her blush.

I placed my forehead against hers as we both tried to even out our breathing.

“I love you,” I whispered, low enough for only her to here.

“I love you too.”

I looked at the crowd and yelled, “Alright now! Show is over, continue on with your day!”

The crowd laughed as they dispersed. I wrapped my arm around Kataleya’s waist and we walked along the town square. The first few shops we passed; we did not go into. Kataleya ran into one of the female warriors and she told her about the sale that one of the clothing stores was having, so Kataleya decided that we had to go.

I will say that shopping with Kataleya was an experience. She treated me as if I was her personal shopping cart. I did not mind. I enjoyed the carefree smile on her face as we shopped. After the first store, Kataleya stopped trying to pay. Every time she would try and hand her credit card to the cashier, I would simply pluck it out of her hands and hand her mine.

She grunted the first time I did it, but she quickly got over it and allowed me to pay for everything.

Once she finished her shopping, she ran into one of the girls that she went to school with, who had recently moved to White Fang.

I let go of her waist and she looked at me questioningly. “I will be back; I want to go check something out.”

She nods her head and I walked off. I walked through about a block of shops before I finally found the store I was looking for. “Jasper’s Finest Jewels.”

I walked in and was greeted by Jasper.

“You looking for something specific, Justin?” Jasper asked me.

“Of course. You know me so well Jasper. I am looking for a ring to propose to my mate with. I want to be traditional with her. I know wolves do not typically have any big, fancy weddings, but I want to make her mine in every single way possible.”

“You aren’t the first one to have come to me with something like that, son. Let me show you some of my collection.”

He takes me to his glass display case and starts to show me some of the engagement rings that he has. There was one in particular that caught my eye. “That one.” I pointed to it. I want that one. I had him change the gems to her birthstone and added an engraving to it.

He picks up the ring and looks at the specifications that I listed. “She is going to love it.”

I paid half to him now and the other half will be due when I pick up the ring.

I quickly left the jewelry store and my way back to Kataleya. First, I stopped and picked up a small gift for my sister as an excuse for leaving her. My sister’s birthday is tomorrow anyway, so this is perfect. I chuckled to myself. She will never see this coming.

I spot Kataleya as her friend was walking way. “Hey, you,” she said as I walked up to her, “where did you go?”

I grinned, “I had to pick up something for my sister’s birthday tomorrow and this was the perfect time to go find something.”

“Are you ready to go?” I questioned her.

She nodded her head enthusiastically. I bent to pick up the remainder of her bags. “If I had decided to do more shopping, I would have had to find a pack mule.” She giggled, “I don’t think you can carry anymore, baby.”

I laughed, “You are right. I am hitting pretty close to my limit, but I would do anything for you my love, including carrying all your shopping bags and paying for your shopping spree. You are mine.”

The smile on her face was more than worth everything. I would do this a hundred times over if I got to see this smile every day for the rest of my life.