**Xavier's POV**Walking over to my new mate, Melissa, I noticed she was hiccuping for reasons I couldn't tell. When I asked if something was wrong, she simply shook her head without saying a word, though her stare was something I don't even want to look at.I roamed my eyes down the other parts of her body. There's nothing more about her that looks like Ariana, aside from her eyes.Why was she staring at me that way? Xavier, put yourself in order. She's not Ariana and never would be. The only woman that's capable of moving me is Ariana and no one else. I don't care about this new mate the moon goddess gave me. She never should have bothered because I was doing fine on my own."Come with me," I said and led the way. I didn't bother to look behind me, though I could feel that she was trailing behind me."Melissa, we are so sorry for what happened to you today. No one would have thought that you were actually mated to Alpha Caspian or that you would be mated to Alpha Xavier. How lucky y
**Melissa's POV**I couldn't describe it, but everything Alpha Xavier did made me feel at peace. I had never felt so peaceful in a long while before now. And I must confess, I enjoy the peace and comfort of this moment.It was still more like a dream to me. The fact that I was mated to a great alpha like Alpha Xavier. I had heard his name quite a lot in the pack, and his reputation, especially with the Vampires, shook the werewolf tribe.He was said to hate vampires due to what happened to him. I can't recall the exact details, but it was true that he had a falling out with the Vampires. I wonder if he's as vicious as rumored.Every time he called my name, I felt like a puppy that had cold water poured on me. Not only was he handsome, but he's also my mate. I don't know how to act around him. I feel shy and nervous at the same time. I have never felt this way even with Caspian before, but I can't stop myself from feeling this way around him.While he cleaned my injury, the moment our
**Xavier's POV**As soon as I left the room, I went over to meet Caspian in the woods where he had asked us to meet. I wonder why he's trying to see me.Caspian and I aren't actually close, even though we are both Alphas. Since he didn't call for a race, I didn't bother shifting to my wolf form.I wanted to know what he really had in mind to tell me."Yes, I heard you wanted to see me," I said as I approached him slowly. Caspian folded his arms and rested his head against the back of a tree."I never thought you would honor my invite after what happened earlier.""Well, I never would have wanted to if not for the fact that I'm still curious as to why you really wanted to see me.""Since you're here, I think I should just go straight to the point," Caspian said, walking over to meet me."That's what I really wanted anyway, do shoot.""Are you truly Melissa's mate, or did you just say that in the crowd just to save her?"I raised an instant brow at Caspian's words."Is there a reason wh
**Xavier's POV**Day 2"Alpha Xavier, what do you really have in mind about this mate of yours? And how do you plan to prove her innocence? I mean, what if she's lying to you?""There's no way the moon goddess would send me a liar for a mate.""You're so confident about her. Does this mean you've fallen deeply for her?""What are you talking about, Drake?" I asked with a raised brow."I mean I've never seen you help anyone before. Over the years, the only thing you've ever been interested in was killing the vampires. But now, I'm really surprised to see that you have something else you want to fight for.""And who told you I still don't have the appetite to kill more vampires? As you can see, we are stuck in Lockwood until we are able to find out exactly what happened. What you should be doing for me is helping me think of a solution and not trying to poke out news from me about Melissa.""Oh, I see. You already address her by her name now. How is this not you having thoughts about he
***Jasmine's POV***No way! I can't let this happen to me. That witch! How dare she try to sabotage my plans. And she's Mated to Alpha Xavier? I let out a scoff. That's a filthy lie from hell. There's no way she's mated to that Alpha. I guess she has her way with men, and she may have managed to cast a spell on him to make him defend her. Else how could I describe how she got the powers to break the spell bracelet which I had cast on Caspian. Talking about Caspian. I need to go see him again. He's the only man for me, I cannot lose him this way. I quickly hopped out of bed and went searching for him. I really hope I will see him this time. There's no way I'm letting him go. Getting to his room, I knocked on the door, but no one answered. “Alpha, please open the door, I really need to talk to you now, ,” I pleaded, hoping he would listen to me. I heard no response, and so I knocked on the door again, and still no response. This was rather strange. Why wouldn't he respond to me? At
*****Kyle's POV***I quickly shut Jasmine up before she would talk out of line. It would be terribly disastrous if those outside were to hear what she was saying. I can't let her die, even though she's at fault. “Dad?”“You shouldn't speak of things that would get you in trouble, my child.”“Huh?”“Even though you tried to have her killed, I understand that it's because you didn't want her to take your place at the Alpha's side.”“Wait dad, do you mean you still support me even when you know what I did?”“I know what you did. Do you think I wouldn't know what you're capable of? From the moment I saw the scissors in the hands of Melissa, I knew you both had fought over something. And knowing how dominant you are over Melissa, I knew you must have attempted on her life first.”“But dad, since you know all this, why didn't you say anything? Why didn't you tell Alpha Caspian that I have been the one at fault, and that Melissa must have tried to defend herself? You're the Alpha's beta. I'
***Caspian's POV***Every night, I dream of the day of Melissa's execution and how she broke off the mate bond. And whenever I dream of it, I lose sleep. I was filled with regret. If I had known she was actually my mate, I never would have made the mistake of trying to execute her. Though what I felt for her was pity, it still wasn't her fault for what she went through. I have known her since she was little, and I know that beta Kyle never really liked Melissa. His favorite has always been Jasmine. At this point, I blame myself for all Melissa had gone through. I had always felt this attraction towards her, but I always backed up my feeling with pity. I would rather not bring myself to admit that I actually had feelings for Melissa. And this was because everyone, though, Melissa was a weakling. I couldn't bring myself to admit that I had feelings for her, knowing she was a weakling. To be honest, that was the only thing stopping me from letting my feelings take place with Melissa.
***Melissa's POV***I just do not understand what Alpha Caspian is up to as of this moment. Everything he does seems rather Strange. This was the first time I had a good talked with him. And to be honest, I didn't actually see anything mighty about him. All what he was saying only annoys me Asif this moment. He did plenty of things wrongly, and he's going to apologize now? “Alpha, as you well know, I'm mated to Alpha Xavier now. I guess the moon goddess finally took pity on me.”“That's not true. The moon goddess doesn't give mates to those who already have. Dead or alive. I know you're only just saying this just to make me feel bad. And I have to be honest when I say, I'm truly affected.”This was strange, coming out of Alpha Caspian. This is so not what I expected from him. “Listen, Alpha, I don't know how else to convince you about this anymore, but I'm serious when I that you're not my mate anymore. The mate bond between you and me was broken, the day I was to be executed. Ever