ADRIANA’S POV
My feet carry me to where Xander is standing even before my mind can fully register what I’m seeing. Candace is stuck but I’m able to move even in my shocked state. We meet in the middle and he wraps his arms around me and pulls me to him, wrapping me in his scent and warmth. My body immediately relaxes against his, a reaction I’ve realized I can’t fight anymore.
He buries his face in the crook on my neck and inhales audibly, I feel the muscles on his face relax under my palms and the feeling it gives me is heady. Seeing someone as powerful as Xander melt under my touch.
ADRIANA’S POV“But since when?” I ask when I’m able to speak. We were together before she quickly ran off, I can’t even remember what she said she needed to but I think she said she would be right back. And as much as I tried, I can’t even remember where she followed. I’d started feeling breathless and that burning feeling almost immediately. Something isn’t right.“You were last seen together. When did she leave you?” I relate everything that happened up until the point that I started feeling my chest constrict. I don’t go into full details on that but I no
ALPHA XANDER’S POVI’m not sure Adriana hears all of the things I said and somehow that makes me happy. When I tell her I love her, I want her to be wide awake, and this might be hoping for much but I want her to say it back too. That might not happen soon, I’ll be patient enough to wait. It is the least I can do after all I have made her go through.I don’t move from the position. I love her warmth. There is nothing sexual about this even though she is straddling me and I can easily slip into her heat, there is just a different kind of intimacy with her like this. Being completely relaxed around me
ALPHA XANDER’S POVNavigating where Donovan and a few other pack warriors followed is an easy task for me. I grew up here, I helped build this pack and most of the construction was either run by me or I’d been the one to propose that. They are at the further part of the pack, a little close to the border on the south part.It follows a backdoor from one of the few abandoned buildings I haven’t thought of renovating yet. It leads a path toward the woods, where we sometimes go for pack runs, and into the deeper denser woods. Unless we have something to do, no one really ventures into this part. It is not on
ADRIANA’S POVI’m not surprised when I wake up to an empty bed, for a very different reason than the past few days, I'm happy Xander isn’t here because it means he has gone out to help in finding Daciana. I’m still hoping she only went out. All of that aside, I feel great. For some weird reason, I also feel different. I narrow that down to the man whose scent is still in every corner of the room. He might not have left long ago.“Hi, you’re awake.” Candace comments as she walks in, carrying a tray in one hand and a black bag in the order. I nod at her and stifle a yawn as she keeps
ADRIANA’S POVI stagger and almost trip as I move back, scared by my own reflection that is staring back at me. I can’t even think of what might be happening. For a brief second I thought, finally, it was my wolf but that thought immediately left my head when I stared back at the black iris staring back at me. If it was my wolf, my eyes would have turned gold. I have no idea what is going on.“Adriana,” Candace’s voice sounds far away. I’m unable to turn to and face her, as much as the image in the mirror scares me, I can’t bring myself to look away. This is absolutely crazy. I mus
ALPHA XANDER’S POVThe skies darken to a deadly shade of gray, I look toward it in confusion. Wondering just what the hell is going on. The pain in my head hasn’t lessened one bit and I’m still in my wolf form. That isn’t fully my doing either. I didn’t need a scientist to tell me what the hell is going, I think it is pretty damn obvious and that annoys the fuck out of me. Magic outside of my pack, not my business, but in my pack and aimed directly at me. Then that fucking makes me lose my mind.I circle the area I’m standing in like I’m studying my prey. I’ll be damned if I’m the prey. If Dreaya wants to fuck with me then she should know very well I won’t easily back down and she needs to show her fucking face.I’m slightly worried about Daciana being with her, she wouldn’t do anything to her. Her problem was, and will always be men. I have no idea what shit they did to her but she hasn’t forgiven the entire species till date.“Fucking show yourself Dreaya,” I don’t care that I’m spe
ALPHA XANDER’S POV“What happened to her?” I move to bed immediately and take my mate’s hand. She feels cold to the touch, and though her face looks calm as usual, there is a stillness to her that I don’t like. How pale she looks isn’t helping either.Candace’s eyes are unfocused so I know I won’t get anything from her, Zara’s eyes are also filled with fear but at least she is more composed than the maid.“We don’t really know alpha, but I was outside when I heard them screaming and then I came here to see what was going on. She told me the luna threw up a snake.” I shake the thoughts I’m having and chuckle lowly, then I ask her to repeat herself. She does and that makes me sit up, Adriana’s hand slips from mine as I stand to my feet.“What are you talking about? What snake? What does that mean?” Zara takes a frightened step back but that isn’t my problem.“I don’t know, alpha. Only Candace saw and she told me but I looked everywhere and there was nothing.”“Call the pack doctor,” I c
ALPHA XANDEER’S POVI don’t have an answer to that question and from the look on Donovan’s face, neither does he. It is beyond frustrating at this point, how we keep looking for answers but only come up with more questions. There is a realm of possibility that Adriana is not his biological daughter. That would bring more inconsistencies in why he does most of the things he does. I know he is smart enough to figure out if she is not his, and there is no way he would let her stay in his pack if she wasn’t his. His mate died because of her discovery.I know Jameson is a piece of shit but even he can only stoop so low, and you can’t treat your mate as nothing to that extent. She fucking lost her life.“What are we going to do now? Daciana is still missing.” Donovan points out and I hum in response.Logic would suggest I leave Dreaya to play her stupid games and focus on more important things. How to stop her from getting into my pack and killing more of my pack members. Khai wasn’t a pack