"I know you would have. And you might have calmed down and not gone after him, but there's a pretty good bet he would have gone after you or Dean. I know challenges are part of being an Alpha, but I didn't want that to happen."

He relaxed a little more into him, at the reassurance that he wouldn't have gone off and done something rash. Because if he hadn't been so torn up, Dean probably would have gutted Michael on the spot.

"We both came out of it okay. That's what matters."