"Tai," Ace whispered, tugging at Tai's arm. "Stop, please."
"It's fine. I like that she's got flare. It's interesting," Rogue smiled. "It's not surprising that she's got a few anger issues. She must have so much built up guilt after everything she's done over the years."
Tai gripped her knife and fork tightly, her breathing rate starting to increase. "Stop it."
Rogue shrugged his shoulders innocently. "I'm just trying to figure out exactly who you are. I know everything about everyone in this pack, it's only fair I know everything about you too. Especially when you're a killer."
Tai's knife and fork clattered onto the table. Everyone turned to stare at her in shock, minus Ace, Raiden, Brandon and Rogue.
"You brought me to dinner with a girl that has killed someone!" Stacey gasped. "Jason-"
"Sh, my sweet." Jason turned to Stacey, brushing her hair behind her ear. He smiled at her and it was the only genuine smile that Indianna had seen all evening. "I wouldn't let anyone hurt you."
Stacey smiled back at him and nodded. "Of course, I trust you, babe."
Rogue turned his attention back to Tai. "Your mate doesn't look too shocked so I'm assuming he knows?"
Tai didn't speak. She didn't have anything to say that would help with the anger that was forming within her, burning, growing.
"But do the rest of your pack know that you're responsible for the death of three people?"
Ace looked taken aback. He blinked, looking confused. "Three?"
Rogue sucked in air between his teeth. "Oh, now this is interesting. How many people did you think she was responsible for killing?"
"I..." Ace faltered and he stared at Tai with sad eyes. "You know you could have told me the truth."
"Sister, Greyson, don't you think it's important to know that the mate of your Beta killed two people not so long ago?" Rogue called, tilting himself back in his seat to look at Indianna and Greyson. "And here she is, sitting at your dining table, on Christmas of all days."
"You've killed people and you're also sitting here." The words were out of Greyson's mouth before he had the chance to think them through.
Indianna stiffened, preparing for Rogue to get annoyed, but he didn't. He continued talking. "This girl, murdered two people that were responsible for caring for her brother and her. She killed them in cold blood and then she faked their deaths to make it look like an accident."
Tai's nose flared. "Shut up."
"That's not true," Ace spoke up.
"So you know about these deaths? If that's the case, why don't you share the details with your Alpha and Luna?"
"Tai is not a murderer," Ace said firmly and he glanced at her worriedly. Tai was staring intently at Rogue, her facial expression as cold as ice. "Indie, you know she can't control her wolf. She lost control once and her foster parents were in the cross fire. It was a tragic accident."
"An accident?" Rogue called. "Do you think it was an accident Tai?"
"Stop it!" She snapped. "Just stop it!""Why?" Rogue taunted. "Can you feel yourself losing control?"
"Please, please stop," Ace pleaded with Rogue.
"But don't you want to hear about how she killed her father?"
"She did not!" Raiden cried, looking the most alive that he had in days. Tai's eyes filled with tears, but she wasn't upset. She was furious. Indianna noticed a shift in her and she glanced at Greyson worriedly.
"This girl seems to kill anyone she is close with," Rogue said. "I don't want somebody as dangerous as her around my sister or my niece and nephew, especially since she's hidden the truth from the majority of you. It makes you think, is she hiding any more dirty little secrets?"
Tai shot up from her seat, seething with rage.
"Look at her, she is a dangerous little thing, isn't she?"
"Why are you doing this?" Ace cried. "You're purposely infuriating her!"
"She needs to leave," Raiden called, standing up and looking at his sister in concern. "You need to get her out of here."
"Ace!" Greyson commanded. "You heard him."
"Do not touch me," Tai said, her voice eerily quiet. "Ace, please, I don't know what I'm going to do and I do not want you to get hurt."
"She'll kill you too if you're not careful," Rogue called and leaned back in his chair, smiling triumphantly at the chaos he had caused.
"That's enough!" Indianna called, standing up and looking down at Rogue. "This has gone too far, Jason."
"I'm only making you aware of who you're letting into your home, little sister," Rogue said. "You should be thanking me. I'm keeping you safe from her."
"I would not harm her!" Tai growled and she shifted from foot to foot anxiously, clenching and unclenching her fists. She looked around in panic, searching for the nearest exit. She could feel herself losing control and she was surprised that she hadn't shifted already.
"I think you would," Rogue whispered. "You harmed your own father. You killed him. You murdered your foster parents-"
"Ace, step away from me," Tai ordered.
"No-"
"Get the hell away me from!" Tai yelled and Ace jumped back when Tai slammed her fists down onto the table, sending a crack running down the middle of it.
"You really want this around your future children, sister?"
"Jason, stop it!" Brandon called. "This is enough."
"You don't get to comment, Brandon. Don't think I haven't noticed your loyalties shifting!"
"Ace, fucking hell, sort your mate out!" Greyson yelled.
"ENOUGH!" Tai screamed and her eyes started to change colour. Indianna looked at Greyson in panic when claws started to extend from Tai's fingers.
"Everyone, get the hell out!" Raiden shouted, noticing the shift in his sister. He had seen her lose control on many occasions, and he recognised the rigidity to her shoulders, the clench of her jaw and the distant look in her eye. She was too far gone. Nothing was bringing her back.
She was going to lose control.
"Seriously, we need to-"
But it was too late. Tai's scream filled the pack house as she shifted and she lost control of herself. All she could see was red.
Indianna scrambled away from the table as Tai's wolf leaped onto the surface, teeth bared and growling loudly. Indianna reached out for Greyson blindly, but her fingers slipped through his as something crashed into her and she fell to the floor.
There were screams. Indianna's senses were overloaded as carnage erupted around them. She couldn't focus on anyone as everything was moving so fast.
Tai's wolf had lunged.
She had attacked.
And there was so much blood.