Alpha Walker looked at me without saying anything for a while, and I suspected he was trying to determine what I meant when I said I thought he was a lot of things, when I didn't really know what I had meant by that, myself.
His fingers were still laced with mine, and he squeezed my hand gently and rested his free hand on my thigh.
I saw his lips part just slightly, but before he could say anything there was a noise outside the window and his pupils constricted as he tried to pinpoint the cause of the strange sound.
"It's just the rain, Alpha," I tried to reassure him, but he didn't relax.
"Have you ever seen it rain here?" he snapped, then took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "I'm sorry, I just...I hope you're right."
"But you don't think I am."
He shook his head.
"I didn't say t
