*Freya*
NI gulp, closing my eyes tightly as I try to quell the tears that have been rolling nonstop down my cheeks for nearly a day. I have to compose myself. I can’t let him see me cry.
Zac stops shaking me, but he doesn’t release his hold, and I find his touch oddly comforting. The very heat of him seems to pour through my shirt, and a small part of me longs to throw myself against him and wrap myself in his strong arms. But a larger part of me still stings from his brutal temper yesterday. His lack of trust in me has wounded me to the core. “I wasn’t aware that you cared, my Alpha,” I answer very quietly.
“Well, I do!” He says savagely, turning away from me and banging his hands down on his writing table. “I care too damned much. I nearly went insane today, knowing that you were invo
