He tips his head into Sam's careful touch. Gentle and comforting without making any demands of him. Acting the way a true Alpha should, the way none of the Alphas would dare back home.

"I hated Gabriel when he told me he had arranged this, that I was to be married off far from home," he admits slowly. "But I think.. that I was wrong. You are like no Alpha I have ever known and I believe that was his intent all along."

"He brought me to you for a reason, and I am grateful to him for that."