Lexie’s POV Not knowing what to say back to Xavier, I laid my phone down and completely immersed myself under the water blocking out everything around me as I listened to my heartbeat as it echoed through the small ripples of the water. What was I doing flirting with Xavier when my heart will always belong to Tyler. It wasn’t fair to anyone in my future to date. Tyler had ruined me from ever being able to love someone else, but most of all he has ruined me from ever accepting that someone could actually love me and want me for me. As my heartbeat slowed to a dangerous beat, I rose from the water sucking in deep breathes as my lungs began to burn making me feel the reality around me. Just then my bathroom door flew open, and Samuel stood alert looking around my bathroom until his eyes landed on me in the bathtub. “Ms., I mean Lexie are you okay?” Samuel asks me as I see his eyes wandering lower than my face and I quickly cover up my naked breast. “I am fine, Samuel.” I tell him,
Lexie’s POV Strong muscular arms pull me in closer and I moaned to the feeling of being held. There was something foreign about it but I let myself indulge in the feeling. If it was just a dream I wanted to enjoy it for just a few more moments before I allowed myself to wake. Hot breath tickled my neck and another moan slips from my lips as it sent a tingle all the way to my toes. His hardness now presses hard against my ass and I move my hips to rub against it. Lips now move to my ear and soft playful nibbles begin on my sensitive lobe as hot breaths caress my flesh and then a smooth tongue licks the outline of my ear and takes the lobe fulling in. Wetness pools between my thighs and I have never been turned on to this magnitude. Large hands reach beneath my night shirt and move up my mid-thigh to my drenched panties. A growl rumbled from behind me vibrating my whole body and then a husky familiar voice says, “You are so fucking wet.” My eyes flew open and I take in the very la
Xavier’s POV When Lexie ran into my arms I was just as shocked as Tyler was. I was sure that he had her when he told her to look at me but when her eye landed on mine she showed no fear. I knew at that moment that I was looking at my Luna but I had listened and heard every word that she said to Tyler. She wasn’t a woman that wanted to be owned by a man. She was one that wanted to be cherished and loved and I was more than willing to do that. After seeing her go toe to toe with the Immortal King I knew that she had what it took to be my mate. I felt it the first time I met her and that is why I insisted on taking her to lunch and then asking her to dinner. Lexie was a woman that had to fight her way to the top. She wasn’t born into money like I was or Tyler, she did it all on her own and I could tell she was a fighter. And to be honest I was turned on by the power that exerted towards Tyler. Never did I think I would see a hundred pound woman back step the Immortal King himself espec
Lexie’s POV Xavier wanted me, all of me but I couldn’t give him that. Tyler had scared me of ever being able to give someone all of me and as I look into those Sapphire blue eyes, I feel sadness take over knowing that I can never give him what he wants. “I’m broken.” I finally said to Xavier and I could see hope then flash through his eyes. “You only feel that way because he made you feel that way. Give me the chance to show you that you can be whole again.” Xavier pleads with me and I want nothing more than to be able to give myself fully to him. “Can you give me the opportunity to show you how you deserve to be treated?” He now asks and something inside of me begs to give him this chance. Maybe it was the piece of me that had been broken apart from the rest of me that wanted to be pulled back and pieced back together making me feel whole that Tyler had broken from me or maybe it was because there was something about Xavier that made me feel again. Either way something inside of m
Tyler’s POV Realization hits me hard that I had not only lost Lexie, but I had also lost control of my coven. I knew that Chase had to be involved and it was time that I paid him a visit. I wanted to keep Lexie’s name out of this but now that she was with the King of wolves, I hoped that by telling Chase that the vamps that he had sent were after her that he would call them off. There had to be a part of him that still cared for her like I do. As I pull into the front of his company I quickly got out and throw my keys at the valet attendant and I walk at a fast pace into his company. The front desk receptionist stands and says, “Mr. Conner I don’t have you on my list today.” I looked her and said, “I don’t need on no damn list.” As I make my way to the elevator and hit the button for the top floor. The doors open and Chase’s secretary tries to stop me from going back to his office because he was in a damn meeting at the moment, but I didn’t care. What I had to say needed to be
Lexie’s POV Xavier escorted me to the dining room where we were to have lunch with his family. His words of what just happened being the appetizer stuck in my head and I wondered when I was getting to the main course. I had only ever been touched by Tyler before this and it was a totally different experience with Xavier and my body hungered for more of his touch. When we turned the corner to the dining room all those thoughts froze when I saw his sister Oliva and a slightly older woman waiting for us. This couldn’t be his mother that was with Oliva for she only looked a few years older than me. Her features looked just like Oliva’s and I wondered if she was an older sister but when she spoke, I realized I was so wrong. “Xavier, when Oliva told me that you had a woman here with you, I didn’t believe her but now I see with my own two eyes that this is real.” She said as she walked towards us and held out her hand to me and said, “I am Sophia, Xavier’s mother. It is a pleasure to m
Tyler’s POV I waited on the tarmac for my father’s arrival as anticipation of what he had to tell me about Lexie plagued my thoughts. Last night I barely got a wink of sleep wondering what information he had to share with me about Lexie. Father knew something about her and I hoped that it was something that could solve my fear of mating with her that is if I wasn’t too late. The wolf king had already taken a liking to her and I could clearly see the feeling was mutual with her. For some reason in my thick skull, I never believed that Lexie could have feelings for anyone but myself. A piece of me hoped that she would wait for me and the day that I would feel able to make her my mate, but I realize now that was just a dream that I had. I don’t know what the hell I was thinking. Lexie would continue to age as I was frozen in time and at some point, I would have to let her free of me if I didn’t mate with her. I was also depriving her of her fertile years where she would be able to
Lexie’s POV Last night had to be the most amazing night of my entire existence. Xavier and I made love all night long only taking naps in between our frenzy. Although we didn’t get much sleep, I felt more alive than ever. I had lost count of the times he made me climax just knowing that it was more than I ever had in my life. With each climax I felt something inside me come alive. It was as if something inside of me was waking from a long nap and I wondered if Sophia’s friend the witch would be able to help me find out what that was. Large arms pull me in tight and I snuggle into Xavier’s body as I take in his scent of cinnamon and I begin to giggle as his hands find a tickle spot beneath my ribs. “What is so amusing my Love?” Xavier asks as he pulls me in a little tighter and his hot breath is now on my ear. “First off you were tickling me with your fingers and second do you own stock in cinnamon flavored gum?” I asked him and he froze and I quickly turned in his arms and ask,
Lexie’s POV One could say I was a bit nervous as I was to say my vows once again. This time things were a bit different than the last time and this time I had my best friend by my side as I waited for the wedding to start. Xavier then entered the room I was waiting in with Emily and quickly moved to her, placing his hand on her now extremely large belly. “How are you feeling?” He asked her concerned that she was ready to pop at any moment. She swatted his hand away and said to him, “I am not having this baby until I see my best friend marry my brother.” Xavier chuckled at her and then gave her a kiss before he turned to me and said, “I am happy for you today and I know that my brother is happy to see you are happy once again too. Tyler and Samuel may not have seen eye to eye on a lot of things, but the one thing that the both of them agreed on was that you were the one for them.” I could feel tears starting to pool behind my lids and Emily says to Xavier, “Get out of here before
Lexie’s POV After my talk with Emily, I headed home to my empty house. Pulling into the driveway with only the motion senser light turning on to my arrival and then opening a locked door with no one waiting on the other side to greet me, made me realize how alone in this world I really was. Laying my purse on the counter I walked over and slumped onto my couch with a million things now running through my head. Maybe Emily shouldn’t have told me about Tyler’s situation, like he asked her not to. I had been fine before all of this. I was beginning to be able to function normally in this world on my own. I was on my way to recovering and now I am sitting here thinking about him, trying to convince myself that I am happy all in this world alone without him. Yes, the last couple months had been rough, but I made it through them without him. I didn’t need him in my life and I was perfectly happy without him in it, I kept telling myself, but my heart began to ache the more I thought ab
Lexie’s POV Today was a huge milestone as it has been two months now on my own without Derrick by my side and I have been taking baby steps daily towards my old lifestyle. Each day has been a challenge for me but I have been trying to be positive moving forward in my life. It has also been months since I have talked to Tyler and I had met up with Lena and Emily a few times for lunch, but Lena seemed a little bit standoffish towards me and I don’t blame her. I knew she and Tyler were trying to make their marriage work even though that is what she had run from in the first place, but I could tell that she had resentment towards me, and I had no clue why. I had stayed away from Tyler not wanting to interfere in their relationship and I thought I was doing the right thing by doing so. Lena was my sister, there was no doubt about that but the two of us had been raised so differently that we really didn’t have much in common, unlike her and Emily. I had been asked many times to go sho
Lexie’s POV I watched as the real Lena walked directly to Tyler wrapping her arms around him and I could see the happiness in her eyes from being with him. It was a happiness that I used to have long ago when the two of us were together. “Lena, I want to introduce your twin sister to you, Lexie.” Tyler said to her and she turned my way like she hadn’t noticed me when she walked up to Tyler. “Wow, Tyler wasn’t kidding when he said we looked identical. I’m sorry where are my manners, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you. You will have to forgive my hesitation to embrace you, after what I have been through with our family. I hope that we can get to know one another, and I can find it in me to trust you. Tyler told me what happened to all of you on the island and I am sorry for your loss.” I knew exactly what she meant by having to find it in her to trust me because I also had the same feeling inside of me after what I had been through. “Don’t feel sorry for the way you feel, I hav
Lexie’s POV It’s now been a month since we returned from Boracay and still no word from Tyler and I am beginning to worry that something has happened to him too. The walls of the packhouse are starting to feel like a prison and I don’t know how much longer I can stay here. The only time I have left the pack lands is when Emily takes me to see a psychiatrist. After one of my breakdowns, Emily decided it would be a good idea to seek help for me with everything I had been through. Of course, the psychiatrist was a wolf and I could talk freely with her about what really happened. At first, we focused on the deaths of the twins and Samuel but then moved on to my fear of people shapeshifting, which seemed to be my biggest fear. Unfortunately, the treatments weren’t working so well and it was due to the amount of trauma I had been through in such a short period of time. I had no clue if I would ever live a normal life after everything I had seen. Derrick was once again assigned to me
Lexie’s POV Today was the second hardest day of my life laying Samuel to rest between his twin brother and our twins. Sophia didn’t blame me for her son’s death but welcomed me with open arms to their family. Even though Samuel’s family held no ill will against me for his death, I still felt the guilt on my shoulders. As Samuel’s celebration of life gathering happens, I sit in the corner of the room with my head down not knowing exactly if I belonged here. Yes, we were celebrating the life he lived and I was certainly a part of that life, but I felt out of place now among the wolves without him by my side. It had been a full week that I have been here at the packhouse and Emily has done her best to be by my side, but I feel so lost being here in Samuel’s room alone. Each day that passes I ask Emily if she has heard anything from Tyler and each day it is the same response of no. I had promised Tyler before I left the island that I would stay at the packhouse for my safety, but th
Lexie’s POV When Tyler and Xavier emerged from the packhouse I thought it was all over with but I was so wrong, by the look on their faces. Quickly, I stood up from the step I was sitting on as they walked towards me. I knew I had to look like a hot mess after all the crying I have been doing but I could care less. “What is it?” I asked them, wanting to know why they had the look on their faces that they had. Tyler shook his head, not able to say what needed to be said, which left Xavier to tell me, “It’s about Lena.” “What about Lena?” I asked him, confused as I looked up at the door to the house like she was going to walk out of it. “That wasn’t Lena I just killed in the house.” Xavier tells me and I furrow my eyebrows at him confused at what he is telling me. “Then who was it?” I asked him wanting to know who it could have possibly had been if it wasn’t Lena. “We don’t know who she was but we know it wasn’t Lena.” Xavier says and I start shaking my head not understand
Lexie’s POV “Derrick, is everyone okay?” I asked him as I looked at the gate to the packhouse. “Lexie, you shouldn’t be here, its not fully secured yet.” Derrick tells me and I begin to worry what is happening behind that broken down gate. “Have they found Xavier?” I asked him, hoping he would at least know that to tell me. “Yes, he was being held in one of the cabins on the property. He is with Tyler and they are securing the area as we speak.” Derrick told me and I felt a bit of relief wash over me but there was still the fact that I hadn’t heard from Samuel yet. “What about Samuel and my family?” I asked him and I noticed a change in his posture when I mentioned Samuel. “Lexie, I think it would be best if Xavier talks to you.” Derrick says to me and the pain that was there last night overtook me and I knew in my heart that it had to do with Samuel. “I want to speak with Xavier now.” I told Derrick and he began to shake his head no to me. Before he could say a word, I
Lexie’s POV It wasn’t quite morning when I heard Tyler’s voice talking to someone and as I listened, I realized that his men had arrived. Rolling over in the bed I watched him as he was giving the man on the other end of the line orders. He was in his element and he was used to people listening to him, unlike myself. Tyler looked over at the bed and he saw my eyes on him and he quickly finished the call as he walked over to the bed to me. With a groggy morning voice, I asked him, “What time is it?” “It’s almost four am. Why don’t you go back to sleep and I will wake you later.” Tyler said to me as he sat on the edge of the bed and ran his fingers through my hair and I closed my eyes relishing his gentle touch. I knew it was wrong of me to love the feel of it but my body was craving him and what he was doing was innocent or at least that was what I was telling myself. “Will you hold me in your arms again till I fall back to sleep.” I asked him as I curled up in the blanket. Tyl