(Kael POV)
Before I could jump out the window, however, I felt compelled to remind Astrid that Brady had no right to treat her that way. She was MY MATE. Not his.
And that is when everything really started to go sideways.
Astrid responded to my sentiments about Brady by reminding me of an incident involving a wolf named Levi. I immediately froze.
I knew (now) how badly I had messed up with the Levi situation. But honestly, there had been many Levis over the years, and I had dealt with all of them in pretty much the same way. I suppose Levi may have been one of the few that Astrid knew about, though, and there was the added complication that I had actually chosen to confront her directly about his interest in her—which I normally never did.
Even so, recognizing that I did wrong in that situation—and that at some point, I owed an apology to Levi and many other male wolves in our pack—had nothing to do with the reason I froze.
