You cannot suppress your strength, I said. "If you are strong, then you are strong."
He continued to circle me while rolling up his second sleeve. "I give you my word that I will fight you as Storm, not Alpha Storm. If at any point in the fight I use my unnatural strength or Alpha wolf, then I will forfeit," he said.
I admitted as I gave Storm a ferocious head shake, "I don't want to fight you. I restrained my tears.
Storm stood in front of me as I drew my chin up to look at him. He was entirely sincere. You must combat me.
"I won't." I refused.
If you win, I'll release you; if you lose, I'll mark you. You desire your freedom, and this is my only concession."
I resisted saying, "I can't fight you, Storm," once again. That was crazy. This was insane.
