The Alpha Who Broke Me
He nods slowly, then shares something about his own childhood—how he used to sneak out of pack meetings to read poetry in the forest, how he still writes sometimes when the Alpha responsibilities get too heavy.
I listen, smiling at the image of this powerful man crafting verses under moonlight. But as he talks, my mind drifts unbidden to that night at the motel. The way I sobbed against the rain-soaked pavement, tears streaming down my face harder than I'd ever cried in my life. Vincent's shocked expression as I finally told him the truth about the dare.
I'd broken completely that night. The careful control I maintain, the emotional walls I've built—they all crumbled in front of him.