Subconsciously, Valerie stood up and ran to him. Her heart strangely felt pained when she saw the blood dripping on the floor. That was all she saw and had no idea of what exactly happened and where exactly he was stabbed.
She reached him with speed, and before she could go around him to check the injury, his arm circled around her waist, his lips thinning into a smile as he pulled her into his tight embrace. The reaction from onlookers was just interesting.
This was the first time the pack members saw their Alpha displaying a show of love, and his voice was amazingly soft and charming as he asked her, "You do care about me, don't you?"
Her reaction warmed his heart so deeply that his wolf came alive. All along, he thought Valerie only cared about Alessia and his personality as Ryker, but this showed otherwise. Perhaps she never showed it because she never saw him in a vulnerable state like this before.
