His eyes cracked open as he heard her emerge from the hole and enter his private space. Noone not even Destin had been in his house. This thought caused his fangs to grit and grind against one another for several moments. Or at least till he felt her tugging at the carpet. He rose a brow feeling the sudden jerking motions. His thick fur floofed forward and back over his wounds causing him to snarl in pain. Hearing and feeling her fall on her ass however brought him joy and his tail weakly wagged a bit. He even at one point chuckled as best a wolf could.<br/><br/>Once he wasn't being pulled anymore he continued to lay silently for a few moments his nose taking in deep breaths filling with his scent all over the house bringing himself comfort in knowing this place like the back of his paw. His head finally rose and he willed his way to his feet whining as his shoulders contorted and his ribs popped in and out of place. It was not a graceful occurance as it usually was. Infact it could have been something from a horror as bits and portions of his body turned human while the rest remained wolven. All this mixed with blood and it was quite the foul site. Yet, eventually the man stood where the wolf once lay and he fell back on th ebed holding his side.<br/><br/>His eyes shot open as he felt her tucking him in suddenly remembering she was there with him. His hand moved with a feline like swiftness to catch one of her hands. Pulling her down he spoke sternly to her his blind eyes narrowing. "I want to make a few things perfectly clear before anything else goes on. I do not care how fucked up I am or may seem.. I will not ... tolerate anyone telling me what to do... I suggest you watch your tone in the future.... you may have my pack following your orders but since I became alpha.. I follow orders I set down.. and no body else's... do I make myself clear?" his grip tightened on her wrist as he thought more on this whole situation he found himself in at the time.<br/><br/>"Seeing how this seems to be how things will be for some time to come I must learn to deal with you and I am sure you must learn to deal with me.. I know I am not the gentlest male around... So, to make things easier on us both I have some rules. Keep in mind this house is my space and mine alone.... it is my personal chamber and NO ONE has ever been here other then myself. With that said I hope you will respect my needs to keep things how I want them. Rule one.. well.. I think I covered that enough." He nodded to himself then continued. "Rule two however in the mornings you will not leave the bed without my say so and while you are in the bed you will sleep next to me. Before you ask.. yes this means my bed.. I will not be allowing you anywhere else in this house during sleeping hours where I cannot have some way of knowing where you are. Three, and most importantly.. you will ensure my scent remains spread around the town and to any wolves that may come about that I am still healthy and actively patrolling my land. This leads to four... everyday you will begin by ensuring you hold my scent... while in this house you wear my shirts... if you want pants get my boxers of sweats.. otherwise your natural... in the bed you will always be natural..." His full moist lips pursed into a line as he let his rules sink into her.<br/><br/>All of this communication finally had him feeling exhausted and run down with everything else. Restless however he was not about to sleep. Forcing his way up he moved the blankets off his body and sat criss cross on the bed whining at the motions it took to accomplish. His hardened expression faded as his true self began to shine past the alpha dick head. His eyes were soft as he remembered Toni in his arms. He felt the sting of the acid all over again and lifted his hands out before his face. He knew they were there yet he couldn't see them. It was a feeling that was not scaring the crud out of him. He spoke softly now in a request rather a demand holding out a hand.. "I.. know I've been harsh but it is only to protect what I care about..." his fingers trembled extending from his out stretched hands. "I should thank you more then it must seem I am doing...."<br/><br/>That hand outstretched closed and opened its fingers slowly nearly painfully as tears welled up in his grey lost eyes. Shakily his hand drew back to his body and his head looked away. If she had been anyone else he would have asked to touch them... to groom them, or have them groom him.. anything for contact in that moment with another. Gently his body laid back down in the bed and he staired blankly up at the ceiling fan he couldn't tell was spinning. Rivers of tears flowed from his eyes and over his fever red cheeks.