Ten years later:

Alex is twenty-eight the second time he faces death. If he were a human, that would have been too soon, too scary, and too out of the ordinary, but Alex Will was an Alpha, a well-trained Alpha, through and through. Because of that, he deemed himself lucky, knowing his family had protected him with everything they had to avoid this moment. They couldn't do anything, though, when some Alpha lashed itself onto him, barely missing the target. ALex managed to roll on the ground, getting away from the monstrous thing.

He snatched the gun he kept inside his jacket; he really didn't understand why this stupid Alpha...