“Are you going to take alpha’s offer?” I rub her back lightly, allowing her to sit up and look at me when I feel her push against my shoulder.


    “I don’t expect you to understand” I speak softly as I look away from her eyes, ashamed of my own sacrifice for Cole. “I can’t ept sanctuary until he does.”


    “Alpha said something along those lines when I first came to his office.” She confesses as she ys with my hair.


    “I’m sorry.” Iy my head on her shoulder as I think about what going home is going to mean for me now that I’ve found her. “Did alpha call you down?” I ask after several minutes of


    silence.


    “No. I felt your pain and wanted to know if you were right. That he was punishing you for breakingmand.”


    “No, he just tricked me into thinking he was going to. He regrets what he did. Said he would have done things differently if he knew I was being tortured.”


    “Tortured?” Mica pushes me up to look into my eyes, I confirm with a light nod.


    “I don’t see it that way but he does.”


    “Just like you don’t see how you’re being abused.”


    She states in a whisperying her head against my chest this time. I hold her in silence for a while when a light knock reminds me of where we are.


    “Everything okay?” Alpha’s voice is light but concerned.


    “Yes sir. I’m sorry, I <b>lost </b>track of where I was and what needs to be done.” I speak truthfully even though I can’t turn and look at him right now.


    “I just wanted to make sure that your anxiety is staying down. The decisions that you make today need to be done with a sound mind. You can change your mind at any time but it’s important that I know what you may be facing if you and Cole follow through with returning to Red Fang,”


    “Yes sir, we’ll be out in a moment.” He says nothing more as the door creaks slowly shut.


    “I guess that’s the polite way of telling us to get back to business.” I chuckle nervously against


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    her hair.


    She sits up and slowly makes her way off myp. She’s only moving slow because I don’t want to let her go. While we decided during the run to get to know each other in such a way not to disrupt our training, thest month that we’ve lived together has brought us closer together.


    While sex with her is constantly on my mind I haven’t attempted to go past making out and mild sensual touching. I was surprised when she started asking aboutpleting the mate’s


    bondst week. It hurt me badly to exin that I wouldn’t be staying here with her. It was even harder to exin why I didn’t want us to lose our virginity and mark each other before separating because of the many unknowns of my return. Over thest few days she’s settled on just losing our virginity. I can’t say I’m not contemting that one before I leave.


    I stand from the bed as she takes my hand in hers, walking together to the door and entering


    calmly into alpha’s office, at least I’m calmer than the first time.


    “Take a seat. Hopefully being at the desk after such a nasty scare isn’t going to create an issue.


    Would you like to sit together or do you want a second chair?”


    “Are we allowed just one chair?”


    I can’t help but test Alpha ck as too many times I’ve been tricked by Alpha Redmen.


    “I will never give you a choice that will get you in trouble.”


    He smiles as he gestures towards the chair. I take a seat first and guide Mica gently into my


    “I do understand that you may have grown up with that type of experience with Alpha Redmen but, as difficult as it is to do right now, you do need to understand that I’m not him. While your abuse may have only started recently and it’s not as persistent as Cole’s, it is still abuse.” I shake my head,


    “No?” Alpha questions.


    “I’m not abused alpha.”


    “That’s one of the most concerning things I have heard outside of your reaction to the threat of a spanking.”


    “I’m not abused.”


    “How can you not be abused?” His voice hangs in the air with a note of incredulity.


    The Son of Red Fang