"Some of that I have no control over. Looks you can blame my mother for." He opens his mouth ever so slightly, wanting to press the edge of his tongue into the pad of her thumb. "I never wanted to be...an alpha." He captures her thumb between his teeth before letting it go with a small lick. "That's my terrible secret. Every alpha I knew was a bully or a jerk, and I didn't want to be either of those."