“It’s what I was born for,” he answers, and the words settle heavily on my shoulders.
“So, you’ve been shouldering this load alone for… how long?”
Ethan glances at me as we walk, speaking quietly because of the people around us, “Since I was eighteen and inherited the Alpha title from my father. The twelve Gammas split off when I was twenty-two, forming their smaller packs by the time I was twenty-three.”
“That’s… a lot to take in,” I tell him, feeling a bit overwhelmed, so I do what any normal person does when they’re overwhelmed. I distract myself. I spot a*****e that I’ve shopped at before and announce, “Let’s go in here.”
Ethan allows me to pull him into the store and follows as I begin looking through racks. As I search through the racks, I pull out two lower priced pants and s
