ALPHA'S ACCIDENTAL SURROGATE

I didn't care where I was going. I just needed to get away from whatever this was, a

, just for a moment, that I might actually make it. But then, out of nowhere, a strong hand grabbed my

familiar. The same woodsy, clean smell I'd noticed when Kai had stood clos

was

ard line. But what shocked me the most wasn't his presence-it was

y voice cracking as I stru

nd firm. But I didn't listen. I clawe

ation overwhelming me. "Don't

ftened, and he let out a long sigh. "I would never hurt you

ar and exhaustion. "Then why won't you let me

else in his eyes-determination. "Because you don't unders

ed, my voice barely above a whisper, as th

fixed on mine. "Yes," he said simply, as if

y head spun with disbelief, and I shook it, trying to clear the fog of c

replied firmly, his tone

ollapsing under the weight of everything I'd just learned. "This isn't real. It can't be,"

It's very real. And it's something

tangled in the strands. "So, you're saying you're a wolf.

ession unreadable. "Yes.

mean?" I asked, the word for

e responsible for keeping my pack safe," he exp

her in the most unbelievable way. "And you expect me to just... a

expect you to understand everything right away. But you're carrying my c

aking up to find it was just a nightmare. This was my new reality, a

When I opened them again, I looked up at him, m