Chapter 173

KAI

“Talk to me,” I said softly to Xander.

He had not spoken since he woke up from the trip into our mate’s mind except to whisper things to her about her incredible strength and how proud he was of her. He looked broken, and I had never seen him broken before. Not like this. He held onto our mate as he whispered words of affirmation to her.

Whatever he saw had to have been devastating. He kissed her forehead and his mark before looking at me.

“Ezekiel will die a very slow death. The first memory was not long after Ezekiel took over. She refused to tell the pack that Zane was a traitor. She stood up to him with so much fucking strength and determination that I never imagined was even possible. He swore that he would have fun breaking her and threw her with his full strength across the room where her spine collided with a desk. Yet, she repeated a mantra that she would not bow and would not break. Then the death of Millie where she got mauled by a fucking wolf and held down as they