Okay, so it turned out that something could shock Natalie more than anything else that had happened today. The amount of assurance in those few words 'You're safe with me' told her that Dominic was fully aware of just how much her resistance to submitting was fuelled by self-protection. He was right, she did believe she was safe with him just as her wolf did. She was confident that he would never physically hurt her. It gave her the thrill to know that this strong, powerful male could easily hurt her but he didn't.
"I don't want you to be a submissive wolf, baby, that's not what this is about. You're an alpha female, I acknowledge that and I respect it. But I need you to respect that I'm an alpha male. A very dominant alpha male who wants you to submit to him – not become submissive, just submit to him in this."