Chapter 8

**Justin’s POV**

“What the fuck is going on in here?”

I pause my movements and Anna groans with disapproval. I recognized that voice. Fuck. This doesn’t look good for me. It will get back to Kataleya and I will never have a chance with her.

Before I even get the chance to pull out, I am thrown against the wall. Michael grabbed Anna’s clothes off the floor and thrust them in her direction and yelled at her to get out of the room. As she leaves the room, I barely have time to react before Michael is on top of me throwing punch after punch in my face. I finally got my bearings and threw Michael off me.

“What the hell man?” I said as I stood up and got into my warrior stance, remaining on guard in case he lunged at me again.

“Why were you fucking some random chick? What happened to a few hours ago when you claimed that you wanted to get to know Kat and you were serious about wanting to see if you could be more than casual friends? Is this the thing that “came up” that prevented you from going to the movies with us tonight and cancelling? You can’t pretend that you are into someone one second and then decide that you are going to fuck around the next. Stay the fuck away from my sister. My sister does not need a fucking scumbag like you.” Before I got the chance to explain or try to salvage the small relationship I had with Michael, he was storming out of the room and slamming the door in my face.

Fuck. I royally fucked up. I should have turned Anna away. I knew that, but fuck, could Kataleya really be mad about this? We aren’t even together. We aren’t even considered friends. I was serious about Kat and I did want to get to know her, but it is disheartening to be turned away every damn time that I try to ask her out or even get to know her.

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Michael’s POV

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I can’t believe the bastard did that. Who professes their intentions for someone only to be caught in bed with another female ball deep a few hours later? I am fuming that I am struggling to focus on my surroundings. I need to get out of here. I need somewhere quiet to think.

I rushed out of Garrison’s house and headed to the edge of the forest, quickly stripped out of my clothes and shifted into my giant, black wolf. Grey, my wolf, has a different view of what happened and how I should have handled things.

‘How could Kataleya even be mad at Justin? They mean nothing to each other. You completely overreacted. I understand that he said he wanted to get to know her, but even getting to know each other doesn’t always mean an instant couple and fucking. It would have taken time for them to get to know each other and get to that stage. If your sister accepts her mate or takes a chosen mate, do you really think she is going to expect them to be a virgin and untouched?’

‘No, but I did not expect to find him balls deep in the pack slut. Anna tries to sleep with anything that has two legs. And I did not expect this, not even twenty-four hours after he professed his intentions towards Kat.’ I responded angrily.

‘Humans are sometimes stupid,’ Grey scoffs, ‘You overreacted. You should not have attacked him. He technically did nothing wrong. You, however, did when you attacked him. I normally stand by everything that you do and agree is right, but I can’t stand this. Currently, Justin has no ties to Kat and should be allowed to fuck and be with whoever the hell he wants.’

My wolf has a point. Maybe I did overreact. However, I am not going to go back and apologize. I am going to wait a little and give myself time to cool down tonight before I approach Justin again. My mind began to wonder back to the events at dinner and what my family and I discussed, then the conversation that I had with my father once Kat went to her room.

**Flashback**

At dinner, we celebrated Kat’s decision to step up as Alpha and change history as we know it for werewolves. We talked about how Kat’s training was going to differ, and I assured her I would be there if she needed help with anything.

Once Kat went to her room, I had a conversation with my father in his office. After Kat was raped, my father relentlessly pursued the bastards that had taken away her innocence. I remembered what they looked like and the distinct smells that they had. The rogues were triplets. Fucking triplets raped my baby sister. I will never forget the look in her eyes when I found her or what she looked like when she finally woke up in the pack hospital.

I shared the images with my father and their scent in the pack mindlink. Ever since that day, my father has hunted the bastards down, but with no leads.

“Any news yet,” I asked my father.

“Possibly. Another pack had an incident recently occurred, where three rogues, who appeared to be identical triplets, attacked and raped one of the members of their pack. One of the rogues dropped something and the pack doctor is analyzing it to see if they can find any DNA that can be used to identify the rogues. They had to have come from somewhere and, hopefully, with DNA we can identify the pack they originally came from before being made rogue.”

“Dad, if we are able to identify these men and find them, when you go to hunt them down, can I come with you?” My father was about to interject, when I cut him off. “Alpha, I don’t want you to answer this question as my father, but rather as my Alpha. Not only does Kataleya need some form of closure, but I need closure too. Oliver and I were the ones that found her, and I have not been able to get the image of her broken body out of my head. After the attack, I had nightmares about the condition that I found her in. I was just better at hiding my distress and pain than Kat is, but it affected me too. And I am sure that it affected Oliver too. We love her, dad, we just want to help put to rest the trauma that she has had to endure.” I finished in a rush.

“Son, can I speak now? I was not going to tell you that you were not allowed to come hunt down the bastards. I knew that you would want to come and, if and when the time came, I was also going to offer the same liberty to Oliver, even though he was still underage. I knew about the nightmares, but I also knew you were stubborn and would refuse any kind of help from me or your mother. So, we decided to leave you alone. We knew that if and when you were willing to accept our help, you would let us know and we would be there for you.”

I sat there in silence, stunned. I thought I was hiding it well. I didn’t realize that mom and dad were seeing through my façade. “Thank you, Dad. I appreciate it.”

“Son, we always have your back and we know you need some form of closure too. We all do. Go ahead and run along. I know you said that you had some movie plans tonight.”

“Those plans have actually changed, dad. Justin changed his plans. I think it had something to do with Kat turning down his invitation to hang out, since that was his motivator for wanting all of us to go to the movies. Instead, Garrison is having one of his parties and I am going to head over there for an hour or so.”

Dad chuckled and shook his head. “That poor boy is going to be in for a rude awakening with your sister. She just doesn’t like men and this boy is going to continue to pursue her.”

I laughed and agreed with him as I walked out of the room, headed to my room to change my clothes, and make my way to Garrison’s party.

**End of flashback**

To think that my dad was going to let me go hunt down the bastards that harmed my sister and he was even going to offer the same thing to Oliver. I can’t wait to get my hands on the bastard that harmed her.

My mind drifts and I start to think about the Alpha position. I used to want to follow in my father’s footsteps, but shortly after my Alpha training started, I realized that I had other aspirations and things I wanted to accomplish that just wouldn’t have been possible if I was Alpha. I already knew Kat was going to make a damn good Alpha. Kat had the drive and the patience. She was hardcore and she knew how to command a room with her presence, plus she was just and fair, with her loyalty never wavering from her pack.

I had finally calmed down and I started to make my way to the packhouse. I think I am going to check on Kat before I go to bed, just to see how she is doing. I noticed that nights were generally harder for her, so I typically tried to check on her at nights and make sure she was okay before bed.