“Careful,” Steven said, rushing over to take the bucket of water from Aliyah. “You shouldn’t do things like this.” Aliyah rolled her eyes, “I am not a weakling, Steven.” “I know and I never said you are. In fact, you are the strongest female I know, I guess whether you are the alpha or not, being an alpha bloodline makes you one.” “Hmm,” Aliyah scoffed, “coming from a boy he had mocked me for being a girl.” Steven sighed, not chuckling to the joke as he would have. “Aliyah, you have been here for nearly two weeks now, when will you see that I have changed and not the brat I was when we first met?” “Oh, you knew you were a brat?” She teased. “Aliyah,” Steven whispered and she laughed. He caught on to her humor a little and put down the bucket of water he was carrying. “I would have or