Chapter Fourteen-Cleo

I hadn't really planned on talking about that with him, to be honest. He was just so easy to talk to. And I wanted him to understand how I was feeling. Why these things scared me. Why these things made me feel self conscious.

"I guess that explains some things. I truly do understand where you're coming from. It's hard to have such godly role models to try and live up to. When I took over the pack from Parker, I didn't have a ton of supporters. I was tense all the time for almost two whole years. I was nervous I was saying the wrong things and worried about what people thought of me. But finally, I realized that I had to try. I refused to be the guy who quit being the Alpha of his pack because a few people didn't like him. You have to try, Cleo."

"How cliche." I say with a smirk. We're approaching his car now. I wonder if our date is done.

"That doesn't mean it isn't true." He shrugs, and I see him pulling his keys from his pocket. My heart sinks a little, but I keep a straight face. T