Marked by the Alpha
Luckily, he said nothing, and once I felt satisfied by the fact that I wasn’t going to burst into another fresh round of sobbing, I turned to face him, sniffing.
The corners of his mouth were turned down slightly, and from the way his eyes danced over my features I knew that he wanted to ask what was on my mind, but he knew enough to give me space, and finally Xavier sat up, straightening his spine as he cleared his throat.
“Your Alpha refused of course,” he muttered, giving me a careless shrug as he continued casually. “I let him know that if you agreed then, according to the Old Ways, he couldn’t keep you here, so…”