XAVIER'S POV I knew something was totally wrong even before I opened my eyes. I woke up to find that I was stripped of my clothes and laying on a bed.I was shocked. This was not the way I had fallen asleep last night.The intense banging in my head and the foul taste in my mouth, including the foul breath, reminded me of how I fell asleep last night."No!" I heard someone beg beside me and I turned to see the scared face of my supposed bride to be beside me.She was so frail and small on the bed that it had been hard for me to notice her under the blanket.I watched as she suddenly jerked up from sleep, panting and filling me with disgust. Not just that the sound of her beating heart was just too loud and it was irritating my wolf's ears.She looked scared and confused but I did not care as I suddenly realized she must have been the one who moved me."What the fuck did you do to me?" I asked her.She swiveled her head sharply towards me and I watched as the fear on her face quickly

XAVIER'S POVI had always nursed this deep-rooted fear of my uncle ever since I was a kid. I had watched him rip out the beating hearts of eight men at once without breaking a sweat and all these he did in his human form and for this reason, I knew he was not someone to mess with.Even in his human form, one could see his Lycan features. His beautiful frame could not mask the terrible strength he carried within him and the danger in his eyes –eyes which were looking straight into my soul at the moment without flinching.My blood ran cold within me and it took me a moment to get myself together to be able to answer his question."I am going out," I answered with a small smile that didn't reach my eyes."That I can see but what I want to know is where exactly you're going?" My uncle asked before putting a bloody piece of meat in his mouth.I watched as he chewed the meat, his jaw moving as his powerful teeth ground into the flesh.In those split seconds that passed, I realized a very st

XAVIER'S POVI was stunned once again today as I heard the crack in Abigail's voice as she spoke."Mother warned me, she said it was all a misunderstanding and I was never fit for a prince but I still held on to my hopes that one day you would see how I felt for you. But after all, I have done for you! After all I have passed through for your sake you still never found me worthy," Abigail said.This time when she spoke, there was no anger in her voice and her eyes. All that was left there was pain. Too much pain.The only time I had ever seen Abigail in such pain in all the times we had known each other was when she had opened up to me and narrated how she had found her father's head in a box."Abigail..." I called softly, moving forward my arms outstretched reaching for her but she shifted back, lurking behind the door, using it as a shield between us."Don't touch me, Xavier! Don't! Not with those hands which you have caressed your bride," Abigail said."Abigail, please! Just give m

ANNA'S POVI was fucked.I had just broken the record for the shortest espionage mission in history.How could I have allowed myself to get busted so fast when I had not even achieved anything?'I'm sorry Father,' I said a silent apology in my mind because I knew this was the end.I knew that I may never get to tell him that apology in person as I don't think I would ever get to leave this town alive.I had not failed just him and the pack, I had doomed them all for death."What is going on here?" I heard the voice ask again. I could feel the anger in the voice and it sent chills down my spine.Slowly and reluctantly, I turned my body around to face the voice.I had never been one to be afraid but as my eyes fell on the man before me, I was gripped by immense fear.Xavier looked like the blood on his face had been entirely drained by a vampire.His near-perfect brows were scrunched together in anger.I could hear his heavy breathing and the sound of his racing heart mixed with mine so

XAVIER'S POVWhat was wrong with me? I wondered as I found myself bringing my lips closer and closer to hers.I knew there was something messed up with what I was doing but I could not seem to stop myself from reaching down to the full, pink lips that beckoned to me.I felt her body stiffen beneath me. She knew what was happening. She felt the tension of the moment too.We were still panting and our hearts racing but now, it was rhythmic. All of a sudden, our erratic and chaotic beating of our hearts had suddenly found a common pace and rhythm and our chests rose and fell at the same time causing our bodies to crush into each other in inappropriate places.I was suddenly conscious of everything. From the way her soft, small breast crushed into my chest with every breath to the scent of the wild roses perfume she was wearing, to the salty smell of sweat from our fight, the mixture of which was clouding my thoughts and giving me a heady feeling.This girl was exactly what I thought she