A big confrontation will happen in the next chapter. Will it make them stronger together, or will it break them apart? 💛 Today's update was delayed because the weather was nice, so I spent hours teaching my daughter to bike.🌞 And I can only finish one tonight, but I will try to drop two chapters tomorrow so you have more to read. I hope you're also having a beautiful day/week! 💛
NADINE. I went directly to my room after I left Maddox’s office. I didn’t close my door, as I was sure Xander would be here after he dealt with his brother. I wiped my lips with my forearm as I entered the bathroom door, walking directly to the sink to wash my face. I wanted to vomit, but nothing was coming out. The man I loathed the most kissed me. I scrubbed my mouth with my coiled fist and kept telling myself I had prepared myself for this. I shouldn’t be upset. Didn’t I use Tristan and have sex with him to get more information? It should be the same. Everything was simply part of the plan. Star growled in my head and flashed me Xander’s furious expression when he entered the office. I felt guilty when I shouldn’t have.Xander was Maddox’s brother. I was hitting two birds with one stone. I should be rejoicing, but I couldn’t. “Tell me, Grandpa…” I talked to myself. “Should I just leave and forget all about this? Two days, and I was already derailed from my track.” I slammed my
NADINE. “You hurt me tonight. And my sanity is just hanging by a thread.” Xander’s voice was so low, but I could feel the agony in it. My heart shattered for him and for the female I had never met. I moved forward with fast strides, and despite his repetitious attempt to stop me, I still ended up in front of him. My arms wrapped around the man who was baring his soul to me. My hand went to the back of his head and pressed it against my stomach. His body was still shaking, and I was hoping he would find comfort in my hold. I leaned my head down and pressed a soft kiss on his head as his arms wrapped around me. “I don’t want to hurt you.” He murmured.“You didn’t hurt me,” I told him.“I punched and kicked Maddox.” He added.I closed my eyes before slowly lowering my body until I was on my knees. I cupped his face and met his eyes before I spoke. “He deserves it.”He didn’t say anything, but he just kept staring at me. “I’m sorry…” I said in a soft voice as my thumbs wiped his tea
XANDER. “It means my body only wants you…” Nadine said in a seductive voice before capturing my mouth for a searing kiss, and my body reacted in the way it always does whenever her lips touched mine. My hold around her tightened before my hand cupped her ass, lifting her off the floor as she wrapped her legs around my waist in a vice grip.There was no doubt her arousal was so potent, and she was right—I didn’t smell this earlier. Nadine kissed me hard, but I tried not to kiss her as hard. I was torn. I still felt guilty for being harsh on her, and I didn’t want to remind her how aggressive I could be. I wanted her to forget that I was a violent man. I didn’t want to cross any of her boundaries. She moaned before she pulled away from my lips, her forehead creasing as she spoke. “You’re not kissing me hard.”“I don’t want to hurt you.”“I want you to kiss me the way you were kissing me before all this.” Her eyes softened before she continued. “I want to feel that you still want me.”
XANDER.“I’m going to fill every part of you that is missing, Xander. If you let me…” Nadine had been overwhelming me with her words. I had no idea what happened, but I found myself telling her things I had never told anyone. Perhaps it was because I expected she would do the same, as until now, my knowledge of her remained limited.She was kissing me tenderly, not the aggressive ones that she had been giving me since day one. For some reason, I didn’t want her to think of me as fragile. But before I could do anything, she gently pulled away and met my eyes.“I’m so happy to be here with you,” she said.“Are you? Is it safe to assume I was already forgiven for the mess I made when you appeared at the border?” I asked.She nodded her head. “I don’t easily forgive and forget, but if I don’t forgive you, my wolf will hate me. Plus, I think I like you already.” A little smile crawled across her mouth, and a scarlet flush was creeping into her cheeks as she said the last part.I felt like
XANDER.My gums were itching, and I knew where this was leading. My wolf and I wanted to mark her, but I shouldn't decide on that alone. I kept my mouth closed and grazed my lips on her neck while my nose nuzzled on her soft spot. And just when I was about to ask her for her permission, her body stiffened, and I felt her aura changing.“Xander!” She exclaimed, and I automatically withdrew my head from her neck, turning her body around abruptly to meet her gaze.“What's going on?” I asked. “Is your mindlink close?” She asked back as her forehead creased. “Yes. I don’t want anyone to disturb us.”“Mindy, mindlinked me...” “Fuck!” I growled. Mindy never mindlinked me unless important or she was in danger, and the fact that Nadine’s expression was too worried meant that it could have something to do with one person: Maddox.“Maddox is banging on her door!” Nadine said in a hurry as she moved away from me and got out of bed. She picked up my shirt while I grabbed my sweatpants that wer
NADINE. My eyes snapped open, and they immediately widened when I saw Xander’s face hovering over mine.I almost screamed. My hand moved and slapped his chest before I gently pushed him away, but he just laughed and slid his arms around me before dropping his weight on my side and taking me along with him. I closed my eyes and hugged him back, resting my head on his firm torso.“I fell asleep,” I mumbled. “I tried to stay awake, but I hadn’t slept well for the last two nights, so I caved in.”“It’s better you fell asleep, as it took me more than two hours to return here.” He answered in a low voice before he pulled me closer to him. I wanted to tell him he hadn’t slept since last night either, but then there were important things to know first.“How was Mindy? Is she okay?” I asked.I felt him nod his head. “Maddox was there outside her door for a long time, as it took me a while to get there, but he didn’t destroy her door. It seemed like he had no plan to do that at all. Mindy said
NADINE. “And the pack? We will just leave them behind? Because we, as well as Mindy, are safe?” I couldn’t stop my mouth.“There are things that we can’t do anything about. Maybe this was one of them.” He said lowly before letting out another sigh.I could see in his eyes that it was difficult for him to say those words. He didn’t want to abandon him. And I wanted to push him more not to. “But we can find a way.”“How?” He moved away from me and got off the bed. He headed toward the window and looked outside as he spoke. “I am nothing, Nadine. Throw me in with humans with nothing on me, and I will still survive. But throw me to the wolves, and I would be eaten alive. I knew nothing about packs. Nothing about shifters. I have no connections and no friends in this world. I can’t go there and kill my brother and expect everything will fall into place after that. Maddox has allies. They will come after me and this pack.”His chest was heaving, and so was mine. I sat up from lying down, r
NADINE. The Omega informed us that the Alpha would join us for breakfast, but I didn’t hear the rest of her words as I was already connecting my head with Xander. The last thing I wanted was for Maddox to put another Alpha command in place and jeopardize everything I had with Xander. And for me to fall prey to his game. I was supposed to be the one playing games here. ‘I’m on my way back. I’ll be there soon. I already assumed he was home, as no one was there at Carlotta’s. Just relax. I got you.’‘Thank you.’ I replied. ‘Be careful.’He thought I was terrified of Maddox. I wasn’t. He could do whatever he wanted. My only concern was Xander. I didn’t want him to doubt me again. My wolf purred in my head because of my thoughts, plus the fact that Xander responded to my mindlink right away after I informed him the Alpha would join me and Kenzo for breakfast.“Good morning, Alpha.” Kenzo’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts. He stood up and bowed his head toward the person who had ente