But the flipside of that fact Was that he hadn't wanted, or deliberate to leave them the first time either. Was it viable that this Nick, or the group of scientists the Chimera were acquainted with, had some kind of manage over him that he did not even know about? Was it possible that in this moment, beneath these circumstances, he had every intention of beating Lina as Alpha, claiming her, taking walks via this marriage rite, something it was, and saving the chimera from the humans? And that one way or the other these humans would make him swerve from that? That was what she feared, she realized. She didn't doubt that Tryson loved her. She never had. She doubted his capability to remain strong sufficient to guard their love. And that idea made her prefer to weep. Suddenly insecure,

