James I had not expected to catch Emma in my suite, but at this moment in time, staring at her as she stood in front of me in her pajamas and messy hair, with that stunned, embarrassed look on her face... I could not help but be glad that she was here... She was that same beautiful, goofy girl I had fallen in love with all those years ago, and I wanted her more than I wanted anything else in the world. I had thought that I wanted nothing to do with her after how she had treated me during today's training session... I had thought that I needed a break from her, some distance to figure out what we would be to one another now that she was stepping into her Alpha role, and overpowering me every chance she got. I needed to come to terms with that, and whether I was okay with the fact that my