He froze, becoming stone still. As the hover limbed the hill to the palace, his shoulders sank, and he returned his gaze to the window. "She's my alpha," he murmured, with a haunting sadness to his voice.
"Alpha." Cress leaned forward, propping her elbows on her knees, "Like the star?"
"What star?"
She stiffened, instantly embarrassed, and scooted back from him again. "Oh. Um. In a constellation, the brightest star is called the alpha. I thought maybe you mean that she's... like... your brightest star." Looking away, she knotted her hands in her lap, aware that she was blushing furiously know and this beast of a man was about to realize what an over-romantic sap she was.
But instead of sneering, or laughing, Wolf sighed. "Yes," he said, his gaze climbing up to the full moon that had emerged in the blue evening sky. "Exactly like that."
- Ze'ev "Wolf" Kesley and Crescent "Cress" Moon, Cress by Marissa Meyer
"Alpha." Cress leaned forward, propping her elbows on her knees, "Like the star?"
"What star?"
She stiffened, instantly embarrassed, and scooted back from him again. "Oh. Um. In a constellation, the brightest star is called the alpha. I thought maybe you mean that she's... like... your brightest star." Looking away, she knotted her hands in her lap, aware that she was blushing furiously know and this beast of a man was about to realize what an over-romantic sap she was.
But instead of sneering, or laughing, Wolf sighed. "Yes," he said, his gaze climbing up to the full moon that had emerged in the blue evening sky. "Exactly like that."
- Ze'ev "Wolf" Kesley and Crescent "Cress" Moon, Cress by Marissa Meyer