“We’ll leave when you’re ready.” The Alpha says to me as he stands from his seat after Jeremy leaves the room. “Take all the time that you need.”
It felt strange to leave… to leave and not come home to what has always been home. Our lands are far from anything everyone else has to offer, but it was still ours. Wretched and miserable as it was, it really is home.
And it’s all I’ve ever known.
What about my father? Am I ever going to see him again?
What about—?
“Uhm, Alpha.” I mumbled quietly, feeling nervous about what I was about to bring up.
He began to unbutton his shirt. “Ajax.”
“Alpha.” I still say, finding myself a little too distracted with his fingers. It felt strangely intimate to call him by his name, a man I barely know, a man I have seen only been called by his mighty
