ALPHA XANDER’S POV I tell Adriana to stop mostly because I want to keep being in her presence more than anything else. And there Is something weird in the air, inside of me that I can only test when she is this close. I need to make sure the stress has not successfully made me lose my mind. There is no way I can explain to anybody what I’m feeling without sounding crazy. My heart is beating fast for some reason and I can feel the hairs on the back of my arms standing. I watch my sister, her face is passive, the blank look in her eyes giving nothing away. I know she is annoyed with me, I don’t think she has forgiven me for any of the things I have done to Adriana and while I hate myself sometimes when I think of the terrible way I treated her, I plan on making up for it now, in any way that I can. Daciana loves Adriana like her sister, their bond is one of a kind, something I can’t put into words. How fast they got close and how well they treat each other, it is like a match made in

ALPHA XANDER’S POV I knew. Somehow, someway, even before she came out and said it. I knew. So I didn’t bother asking her how or what happened, only one thing came to my mind and so I asked her that.“Why?” Daciana gives me a blank look. Adriana’s emotions are all over the place and the fact that I’m feeling it so closely isn’t helping at all. I need to be rational, I need to think but I can’t. I can’t when I feel my mate thinking the worst of me, thinking of horrid things I would do to her—might.And it hurts a lot more to know I’m the reason she thinks that. Just me and no one else.“Why what?” Daciana finally asks, making me turn to face her. I didn’t even realize I turned from her until she spoke. My eyes keep finding Adriana though she is doing a good job at pretending she isn’t noticing it.“Why did you help him?” she doesn’t say anything for a few minutes, Adriana holds her breath while I just watch my sister, trying and failing to come up with why she would do that.I know she

ALPHA XANDER’S POV   Donovan curses, stands up before sitting back down. His face is a shade darker and the violence swirling in his eyes has me raising my brows. “She won’t come here, she isn’t stupid enough to do that.” I tell him, hoping I sound more confident that I think I do. “Very comforting,” sarcasm drips from his tone. I have nothing better to say so I just keep quiet. “You know we can’t let her get into the pack right?” 

ADRIANA’S POVI’m still watching Daciana with awe fifteen minutes later. I can see the driver from outside the shop window, sulking in the front seat of his car. To feel useful probably, he rolled down the windows of the SUV and has been looking out the windows. I feel a little bad for him, knowing he is stuck between Xander and his sister. Though I’m sure a part of him knows Xander will kill him if he doesn’t listen to his sister.What I still don’t understand is why everybody thinks he cares about me. I mean it makes butterflies swarm my belly but that is beside the point.“What plans do you have?” I remember her saying that in her room. Now I’m kind of curious.Daciana looks up at me over the cup of milkshake in her hand, then she bats her eyelashes which makes an amused smile touch my lips. “I told you my love, I can’t divulge my mental secrets for the fear of it being jinxed.” I sigh and pout. This time she chuckles. “Don’t look like that, you’ll find out soon enough. Come now, l

ALPHA XANDER’S POV    Feeling Adriana’s emotion, I have come to realize is both a bad and a good thing. Good because I can feel everything she feels, while she still has reservations against me, I can almost feel us getting closer and I love that. The bad part is, I’m always unable to concentrate, due to her being on my mind every second of every day. I try hard to stay, because I have shit to focus on, things that I need to do to keep her safe. I want her by my side for a very long time and if I want that to happen then I need to make sure she lives long enough for that.