Axton didn't realize when he slept off, with Natalia laying on his chest, filling up, both physically and emotionally, all the spaces in him that her absence had cracked open.

Beta Scott came back to check on alpha Axton, but turned immediately.

"Why do I always come at times like this?" He muttered to himself as he locked the door, then started to tiptoe away.

The sound of the door opening caused him to freeze and he turned on his heel.

"Oh, miss. I thought you were asleep."

She shook her head and walked to him. "I am a light sleeper. The click of the door woke me up."

He...