THE FACEOFF

Xavier was restless all through the night and for the better part of the next day. Elder Xhang had come into his house, dropped the bomb and walked away happily. How did the Elder expect him to have a good night rest with the nature of the information that he had just dropped on him. Elder Xhang expected him to get married to his own cousin, Oliveira, the daughter of the Lycan King, the daughter of the very man that had killed his family. It was not even possible. Xavier knew what Elder Xhang was trying to avoid and it was a good reason but not enough to make him forgive the man that killed his parents. Ghost deserved to die for his crimes. He didn’t deserve to have his daughter married off to the Alpha of the strongest pack in the world. As Xavier pondered upon what to do, his mind drifted away slowly back to the girl he had been eyeing – Diana. Beautiful, quiet and with the poise and grace of a model. She would make a wonderful queen and not some Oliveira. For all he knew, she might