ALPHA XANDER’S POV“Why are you even bothered?” I asked Donovan. He has been pestering me to tell him where I was all through yesterday, not that there was a problem telling him but I just didn’t think it was worth it.“Because I want to know just how pussy hooked you are.” He gripped his chin with two fingers like he was deep in thought. “Except. You haven’t even gotten any pussy yet.” He let out a loud dry laugh that grated on my ears. I still refused to give him the benefit of getting a reaction out of me. He knows well enough that I would throw his ass out when he annoyed me well enough.“You don’t just disappear for hours when the pack needs you, that’s not how an alpha acts.” I groaned loudly. “Do you just never give up?” I kept the pen that was in my hand and gave him a blank look. We could keep doing this for hours and it wouldn’t bother him, but I had work to do.“I’m just asking, Xander. You could say, I’m even worried about you, and the pack.” He was speaking slowly, like h

ALPHA XANDER’S POV“You know, you can just tell me and save yourself the trouble because I’m going to figure it out anyways.” Donovan simply doesn’t know when to let things go and give up. I’ve realized that in the past two hours. We would be talking about the pack when out of the blue he would bring the topic of the witch back up. I’ve tried everything possible to get him to let it go, but he pretends to be deaf. Maybe I should throw him out of my office to have a moment of peace.“I won’t, just fucking give up.” I growled out in annoyance. I was feeling aggravated after being here for so long and not knowing how Adriana is doing. Daciana went up to see her a few minutes ago, I was informed. It is one of the reasons I’m still entertaining Donovan’s nosiness. Him being here and trying to know something that was none of his business kept him away from her and until I am sure she is safe around him, I wouldn’t want him anywhere near her.“No need to get all angry. I’m only trying to hel

ADRIANA'S POVI usually wasn’t so perceptive, especially when it came to telling when I’m in danger, I guess it is why I landed in more trouble than everyone else in this world. Not to mention how I have the longest streak of bad luck in the entire universe. I should have listened to the voice in my head that told me how much of a bad idea wearing this nightie was. Dacia said it was the only thing she could find that would fit me.My jeans are so much better than this. I’d tried closing my door after she left since we had dinner together but then I started feeling sick and I had to open the door. I barely even made it to the door on my feet. I felt like I was falling, my chest felt tight and the walls were closing in around me. It was a terrible feeling and I hope to never experience it again.If that wasn’t sign enough, I should have gone to change after I saw Xander standing by the doorway. I have heard of the boogeyman from tales that Carlson forced me to listen to, just to terrori

ALPHA XANDER’S POV “Why is she not awake?” I growled at the doctor who was still checking out Adriana. I didn’t think she would appreciate being taken back to the hospital so I had the doctor sent over. It was unfortunately not the same woman that treated her at the hospital. She lived out of town and wouldn’t be here until morning. I was left with this fumbling, incompetent man treating my mate. I’ve growled at him in warning more than five times since he got here ten minutes ago. I didn’t have time to change her and since she had a few scratches on her back that weren’t healing like they would have if she had a wolf, I had no choice but to leave her in the stupid clothes. The single glare I shot after he got here told him not to look beyond where he wasn’t treating. That at least he has abided by. It was the only thing he has done right since he got here. “I don’t know alpha. Maybe she just needs to sleep, she seems tired.” He stuttered through the words like a total weak ass. I s

ADRIANA’S POVUnlike yesterday when my being unable to walk to the bath was entirely fictional, I was actually struggling with it now. I’ve groaned and cursed about ten times since Candace left me in the bathroom. She’d helped me out of the wheelchair first then helped me get into the bath.I would have chosen a quick shower but standing was a bitch. What the hell motivated me to run out of the room with no shoes on? Whatever dumb spirit that was, I was really hating on it right now.I finished my bath faster than last night then got out of the tub, wincing with every contact my feet made with the cold tiles. I wasn’t even paying attention to the fact that I had no shoes on in the bathroom. It wasn’t dirty in the least, if I was being honest, the bathroom was much neater than my room back at my old pack.I was tying the towel around me when I heard a knock on the bedroom door. My heart almost stopped, thinking it was Xander. Something told me if it was him, a scene like last night’s w