Chapter 200

XANDER

Dad told me when I was much younger that a good leader understood what their people needed and went through with it no matter how hard it was for them. Their people came first. Easier said than done when it involved my own mate.

Was dealing with Asry absolutely necessary? Yes. Was everyone at risk while he was alive? Absolutely. However, the only way to deal with him was to throw my own mate into the lion’s den. Emma was far more capable to face everything that we had been through so far than anyone else I had ever known. That did not lessen my fear and worry though.

Asry already tried to lay claim to her many times. It was hard to think about her anywhere near him.

I was trying my best to keep my emotions under wraps because she had enough shit to deal with, but I was certain that she still felt it. She would never call me out on my emotions though because they mirrored her own. Well, hers were a lot stronger than mine though. She was terrified that Kai would end up getting