"What? My hatred?"
He did look so tired and maybe a bit defeated.
"Yes, yours. At first, I thought that giving time would show you that I am not your father and all the other assholes you met. But I think it had the opposite effect and I am sure it has everything to do with your self-hatred."
I stared at him, blinking. I had never expected to hear this from him.
"You the reason I approached you at first?"
"You felt the mating pull?"
"Yes, that was a part of it, but I also felt the pain of your wolf. And I don't mean physically wounded animal pain, I mean deep soul pain. The pain of a wolf that has been hurt and abused in the most self-destructive way. Your wolf was calling out for help and I couldn't leave her there alone. Call it part of my alpha nature, but the pain you were feelin
