There was a slight pause as Raphael finally raised his eyes. “I’m surprised you want more of my company.” Milan’s lips tilted into a half smile. “We are to be bonded, Alpha. Why would I want anything else?” Milan knew that it was bold to call Raphael ‘Alpha’ without further honorific. It was a possessive term that might as well be, ‘my Alpha’. They looked at each other. For the first time, something heated stirred in Milan’s belly as he looked at Raphael.
