"If he'd kicked me out, I probably would have just left," Alec said like it wasn't a big deal. Alec didn't get kicked out of a lot of places because he just didn't go out enough for that to happen. He was the one who stayed behind to watch the Institute or stayed outside to make sure no demons slipped in and tried to sneak attack his brother and sister.

"If you don't want to be a pack leader, why not just be a part of a pack?" he wondered. There were more things to do than lead. Packs couldn't get by without a leader but, from what he knew, there was more to it than that. A leader needed a pack and a pack needed a leader. "Never really took you for the lone wolf type."