[He scares her this way. There will never be a time he doesn't...but she can see with clear eyes now. Beneath the monster, she can see the True Alpha, and she doesn't think she'll ever be able to look at this version of him without seeing his counterpart.

She'd put her love for Scott behind her a long time ago, but it never did die...and now, looking into his angry features, his hand wrapped around her throat...she knows it never will.

And as she watches him, the ring of red in her eyes grows larger as she reaches up to touch his face, the other back on his wrist to force his hand away from her throat.]

I won't have to. You'll make the right choice. [She turns her head, and she kisses the palm of the hand he had wrapped around her neck, still startled by the ability to overpower him.] You'll come back to me...and I'll wait as long as it takes.

Because I love you.