"You do make me smile, Alice. I enjoy your company, I enjoy your singing voice. You remind me of my little sister when she was a lot younger." Thinking about her younger sister, she hesitated, stroking Alice's hair, idly. No. Her family - Derek aside - were gone. An Alpha shouldn't dwell on them. Not after all this time.
"Derek is very physical with his slaves." She explained, pushing all previous thoughts away. "Is that what you would want? I want your honesty, not what you think I want to hear." She smiled at her encouragingly.