Natalia's eyes fluttered open, and it was filled as she slowly opened it, her left eye dropping the overflowing tears down her face.

She looked around, realizing she wasn't back at her home with her father anymore, but Axton's home.

She looked around, to see Alpha Axton's bare back turned to her. He was leaning, his face supported by his palms that stood on his laps.

He didn't know she had woken up, and he kept his back turned to her, his expression shielded away from her.

"Axton?" She said, here voice small and teary. Somehow hearing the sound of her own voice brought more tears to her eyes.

He...