An Alpha for the Alpha
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He doesn’t wait for my reply, however, just turns on my heel and limps away … rather quickly, in fact, for one using a cane.
I watch him as he disappears into the house, my cheeks unable to quit the smile that has graced my face for almost our entire interchange. It has been some time since I have given thought to the family naming custom. My mate's surname had been George, and we had always joked that we should marry for this reason alone.
George Bloodclaw. He had almost been a real person in my mind, with his dark curls and his pale blue eyes.
But there will be no George Bloodclaw, not that there ever could be or I mean in case we adopted he wouldn’t look like us.