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,

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

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

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 What the hell was Tyler doing here again? Did he not get the hint the last time he was here? The growls between the two became louder and I knew I had to break this up before it became a contest of who had the biggest dick. Strolling over to where the two beasts of men stood having their altercation, I cleared my throat and said, “Boys.” Neither one of them turned my way as they were lost in their argument with one another. Before I could speak again, I heard Tyler says, “She is my mate.” And I stopped frozen in my tracks. Tyler has never said before that I was his mate. He has always said I was his, but he has never said I was his mate. What the hell changed that he would admit to that? Something shifted in the air at that moment and I felt power being carried in the wind and both men froze and turned my way. Darla then stood beside me and I knew the power was coming from her. Now that she had gotten their attention she said, “Gentlemen, I think we can sit and have