62: A COLOSSAL FUCK UP

XAVIERA I was premiumly fucked! I didn't know why I had let this thing with Caden even play the first scene. I didn't know why I had let him get that close to me when I knew what he wanted, what I was feeling, and how impossible, audacious even, for us to indulge. I had a mate for goodness sake! The fucking Alpha of the pack! What was I even thinking? Why didn't I push him off first? Why did I stall? Xaviera why?! The hours clocked by and each hour that led me to dusk spiked my apprehension. I didn't know what I'd say when he returned. I could explain, but what would I explain? He saw everything, and his reaction, confusing as it was, showed he understood perfectly. Could I even look him in the eye? I missed lunch. I had postp

62: ON THE OTHER END

BETA CADENI was walking on thin ice. A little crack, and I'd be going under. I knew this, but I couldn't help the anger that coursed through my veins when my mother told me about Ryker sleeping out for the past two nights, and Xaviera finding out he had been at Lauren's. I knew he was angry, but I didn't expect him to be unkind to her. I expected more from him. Like he did from you. Shut it, Murray!You kissed his girl. I almost did. It didn't happen. Not really. But goddess, I was this close! Close enough to feel her fluttering pulse, breath her in, see the confusion, the fear and…the need. I was close enough to knowing if she wanted me as I did her.And Ryker had seen it. Five days, and no confrontation. He'd nod at my observations at board meetings, act so fucking normal it scared the daylights out of me, but there was a wall now. And it got thicker by the minute. It was in his silence. The distance in his eyes. I was stupid to confront him, but this was Xaviera. Carmen was

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