Alex will take a deep breath and close his eyes. He will control himself; he will not let Alpha take him over. He wants their relationship to start with love, not lust.

"Ashly I can't be in here. I need to go; I don't want to take advantage of you at this point, but I promise I won't be far. I'm going to get you some water so you can hydrate, okay? Please try to understand as much as I want to mark you; I really don't want to get beat up by your dad and Allen, and more like, I don't ...