"I've been waiting for you," Alpha Walker approached me in a hurry, taking my hands in his before I had fully registered that we were in the clearing in the forest.
"I'm sorry, I..."
He kissed me, taking my breath away as his arms wrapped tightly around my waist to keep me close to him.
"Don't apologize. I'm the one who should be apologizing."
I shook my head as he shut his eyes and leaned his forehead against mine; I had never seen him look so vulnerable, and I felt myself begin to panic as I wondered what had caused him to be so unsettled.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
He looked surprised that I had dared to say something about it, and he brushed the back of his hand across my cheek softly as he opened his eyes.
"Nothing's wrong, I just..."
"...tell me the truth. I saw that Alpha Lin
