It was a battle to listen to her, partially because he wanted to punish her, to prove to her that disobeying him was the worst thing she could possibly do, but then there was also her scent, the sharp acrid stench of fear that almost hid her lust.  Almost.<br/><br/>His nostrils flared slightly, his pupils dilating, more wolf than human as the light from the porch reflected in them.  Slowly his clawed hand circled her throat, forcing her to look him in the eye once more as he considered her words.  His hold was firm, but did nothing to restrict her breathing.  A sign of just how much control he had over the more animalistic side of his  nature.<br/><br/>“Ryan…” he growled, not taking his eyes from her.<br/><br/>It took longer than he would have liked for Ryan to open the door, but once he finally did Grayson was able to get a good read on him.  He was uneasy, but not frightened.  That pleased him, both in the sign of the boys maturity and in the fact that he wasn’t afraid of his alpha.<br/><br/>“It’s my fault,” the boy murmured.  “She told me to go, but I snuck up here and she caught me sniffing around the cabin,” he admitted, blushing slightly as he scuffed his foot on the ground.<br/><br/>“If you think I’ve been tough on you before, you haven’t seen anything yet.  We’re running a full circuit of our territory every morning for the next two weeks, just you and me kid…” he warned, his lips curling upwards into a smile as the boy blanched slightly and nodded.<br/><br/>Turning his attention back to Sonora he slowly let her go, taking a step back as his skin rippled slightly, his claws seeming to wither away to be replaced by much less frightening human hands.  “I understand why you did what you did, but I won’t be able to ignore it if you keep pushing me.  I know you’ve never dealt with an alpha before… but your instincts should still warn you about the things that wills set me off.  I don’t want to send you away before you’ve had a chance to experience your own kind, but I will if I have to… do we have an understanding?”