Tougher Than Looks

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I let Xavier block himself out but then he returned in my head.

'What? You know you can't handle watching her get hurt. That's why you gave the reigns to me. What's with the return?' I asked annoyed.

"I need to hear this. I have to know this." He simply said.

'Fine. I'll tell you the gist of it later. Now go back. You'll slow me down.' I said.

"I won't. I'll just be here. Do what needs to be done. I trust you. I should have trusted you all along." He confessed and I felt bad for him for the first time in a while.

No matter what, no wolf deserve to be betrayed by their chosen mate the way Devereux did to Xavier.

'Just feel free to block out if it gets too much.' I said before focusing on the tied up woman in front of me.

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It had been a few long hours of me asking as nicely as I could before I got down to turly awful methods but all I had recieved in return was Lilac's fearful eyes combined with her vicious smirk.

She was terrified of someone worse than me and she was d