"All right. Even if you train me, I won't care. I assumed you would have been too busy to instruct me. I try to sound casual when I say, "I mean, you can't stay here forever with me," but there was a tiny part of me that felt vulnerable when I did so. A part of me questioned whether he could or would find the time to do something as consistent as training me. He was the Alpha, after all. His duties extended well beyond me.

He says, "I'll make time for you whenever you need me," in a ...