"Are you sure?" Regan draws me from my memories and I blink to bring the lake into focus.
"What?" I ask, turning to her.
"That you're not an alpha, only—"
"Talis."
At the sound of Dayne's voice, I jerk around to find him standing on the edge of the clearing. Naked. He must have been out running.
I forget Regan sitting beside me, much less what we were talking about. My entire focus is on keeping my gaze on Dayne's face instead of letting my gaze drift lower.
"Yes, Alpha?"
Since Uncle Glynn never let me call him anything except alpha, this tendency has naturally shifted to how I address Dayne.
"I have a name," he snaps, "use it."
The longer I'm in the Blackshaw pack and no one hurts me, the more my fear of him is fading. It's only when he says something that triggers a memory of Un
