❝I can't take ten more years of watching you hurt, little one.❞ [THIS IS A FREEMIUM RADISH STORY ALSO AVAILABLE HERE] When Alaric Strider, an Alpha Rogue, first noticed Lei, a sixteen year old human, he instantly felt he needed to protect her from the dangers, though small, in the human world. He called her "little one" and she named him "stranger". He resisted the urges to have his little one for himself and planned to wait and even considered leaving altogether a few times. This is until her abusive father plans to move her away and a plan is devised to run away only Lei has no clue what awaits her in Alaric's world of wolves, rogues and hunters. ******************************** Copyright © 2017 by @RaeSarai All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.