Chapter 82

XANDER.

Lunch was uncomfortable as fuck.

Maddox was running the show. I was finally convinced he was a big fat ass liar. He told the old man that he had sustained the cut from an attack by an unidentified wolf or a rogue, and its claws were rabid. The wound didn’t close at all and had to be sewn after the poison was taken out.

And I became the lame one again because I was asked where I was while Maddox was fighting for his life.

At this point, I didn’t know if I had wanted him to tell him that it was Nadine who did it, or if I should be grateful he made it appear Nadine was not a threat.

But one thing was for sure: it seemed he hid many things from his grandfather, including being mated to a Montrell. And I guess he didn’t tell him either that Catherine was here for a few days and that he had gone to Claiming for her.

“What are you going to do with her? Nadine is the name, right?” Alpha Maximus asked.

“Yes, Nadine. Nadine Montrell.” Maddox replied as he eased back into his seat. “