Adam Hauptman

“You’re a protective brother, that’s all.” Mitri said. “I didn’t knew she left for me to stay, I just found about that now, I knew she left and I never manage to talk with her and ask her why or try to convince her to stay.” Mitri looked at Adam and bite her lips when he said she was good in the sack. “She is family, if my sister had run away I’m sure Cat would look for her as well…”

Adam twitched. “So you didn’t think it was odd she broke up with you and then simply ran off? Why didn’t you come to me? We could have sent out a search party and found her if we’d known early enough!”

“Excuse me? Who do you think you are growling at!” Mercy crossed her arms around her chest

“YOU!” He snarled back.

A single note of a laugh escaped him which he covered by clearing his throat. Fidgeting he sat up straighter in his chair. He was used to finding the funny, light side of things but his mind told him it wasn’t wise to do that right at this moment - even if that thought had kicked in a fraction of a second too late. As his alpha continued to speak he listened quietly, nodding along. “Yes, sir” He said nodding still. 

“Now get out of my face! Before I decide I’m being too lenient.”

“Yeah, but not like serious trouble. Is it possible for wolves to have like ADHD or something, because he’s hyper like all the time.” She asked seriously, looking up at her Dad. She thought for a moment “Is it because he broke the glass in the English Class door?” Jesse looked at him for a moment “I suppose if I ask what’s going on with her and you, you’re not going to tell me are you”

Adam glowered at her. “It’s called incompetence.” He snapped, not really meaning to. “It’s because he can’t go a day without getting detention.” He wanted to snarl but stopped himself. “Ask her yourself. What do I know...I’m just the evil tyrant ruining her life.”

“I’ll stand…” Derek hovered in the doorway, his hands clammy and his heart beating a mile a minute. “I-I have to tell you something.”

The apprehension wafting off the kid made him sit up at attention. “What’s happened? Are the girls alright?” He demanded.

Although she knew they hadn’t been doing anything wrong, Jesse was still apprehensive of Curran telling her Dad about what he’d seen in Ben’s room. She sat in her seat chatting to Arcas beside her about how his penance for getting detention was going, fiddling with the table cloth trying not to look across at Ben or her Dad too much. Arcas seemed his normal hyper self despite everything that was going on. It made her chuckle to see how well he seemed to cope with getting in trouble, her laugh drawing Kono into the conversation. It was only when her Dad started talking that they fell quiet. 

Adam toasted Warren with his wine glass and took a sip. Mercy’s squeal made him look up and watch as she embraced Kyle. Cat’s response did surprise him. As she took her seat he gave her a small nod of approval. Once Jesse returned to her seat, Adam turned to Kyle. “Welcome. I hope you’ll find the pack accommodating. If not...” He shrugged. “Well I imagine Warren will take care of that but my door is always open.”

“We were dating back then…” he said stopping for a second and biting his lips. “She was sure you wouldn’t approve us being together so eventually we broke up, Cat was still afraid that you would kick me out so she left for me to stay…. When I found out that she was leaving i tried to look for her and stop her but I was too late…”

Adam coughed. “Right...I forgot...I’m an unreasonable tyrant.”

“Oh we are so watching The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel!” She said excitedly

“Arcas can’t keep himself out of trouble which leads me to believe he couldn’t possibly keep you out of trouble. Cat....well your Aunt is a little too focused on herself to properly guard you either.” He explained coolly.

Arcas rubbed the back of his neck, at a loss for what to say in response to that. At length he went with “These things just kinda happen to me, I promise I’m not doing it on purpose or even consciously.” 

Adam sat back down and covered his face with his hands and groaned.

“Well. The first person I saw at the pack house. And I will not tell you who, because it wasn’t their fault that they were here” Hearing about the beast Lord she knew she should speak to him. Explain what happened. She didn’t have a good reason, she didn’t for leaving. She was a young woman that was scared of her only friend being kicked out of his only home. And now it was happening again. Dimitri was going to be kicked out because of her. Wrapping her arms around herself as she heard Adam punch a whole in the wall she leaned her head against the window, trying to keep in any tears that were threatening to come out. 

“No.” He caught her arm before she got to far. His fingers squeezed a little tighter. “Because I don’t like something? Oh...I forgot. I’m supposed to be okay with you abandoning your family and your pack because of a little romance.” He spun her around so she faced him again. “For the record!” He snarled. “I don’t kick people out of my pack for being in love...I kick them out for being sniveling back stabbers that are more concerned with themselves and their stupid little bubble then the entirety of the pack!”

“Well it is my favorite.”

He growled.

Wrapping her arms tightly around her brother she buried her head in his shoulder. “After taking his body to a friend, I found each one of them.” Cat stated closing her eyes “They wont ever hurt me or anyone else” She stated grabbing his shirt. “I’m sorry I left big brother.” Cat said as she pulled away and looked up at her brother. “I won’t ever leave again”

He stiffened. “Who?” He demanded wanting to know the person his sister trusted more than him in her moment of need. It made his blood boil. He needed to crush something. Do something. Anything to alleviate this sudden pressure.

“Not planning on it.” She pulled her knees to her chest, resting her chin on them. “All I need is you, me and Jess.”

He kissed her head and sighed. “You will always have us little one. I only wish I could give you the family you truly deserve. But for now, the pack will suffice.”

She gave her alpha a small smile “O’ahu didn’t really do winter, not like here anyway. But the cold is already starting to feel more normal”

“Few places do winter like here. At least we have a full four seasons.”

“I have a pretty good idea what this is about.” He said taking a deep breath, this would be so easier if Cat wasn’t Adam sister. “I also wanted to talk with you about her as well…..”

“Were you aware that the reason Cat left the pack was because of you?”

Arcas winced “….yeah….” He answered warily, deciding it was best not to mention that he meant four this year. He wasn’t a stranger to detentions. 

Adam saw red and stormed away from the young wolf. “All I ask you to do is behave like a respectable member of this pack and this is how you react?”