Xavier's POVThe water was freezing, but that wasn't what made my blood run cold. It was the look in my mother's eyes, not triumph, not cruelty, but something worse. Resignation."I'm sorry it had to be this way," she said, and her voice cracked. "I truly am.""Sorry?" I treaded water, my wolf screaming at me to attack, to escape. But something held me back. "You poisoned Thelma. You've been manipulating my entire life. You faked your own death and let me grow up thinking you were gone!""I did what I had to do to keep you alive!" Her composure shattered. "You don't understand, Xavier. You've never understood. Everything I've done, every terrible choice, every sacrifice, it was all to protect you!"Victoria laid a hand on my mother's shoulder, silencing her. "How touching. But we're running out of time. Xavier, I'm going to give you a choice. A real one, not like the illusions of choice you've been living with your whole life.""I'm not interested in anything you have to offer.""Not
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