Xavier’s POV
I don’t know if it was anger I felt or jealousy at this moment, but just
looking at Tristan made me so angry. What exactly is he doing here
again? Does he have to follow us everywhere we go, or is he stalking Mia?
He has no right to be here after everything!
It’s no wonder that Mia won’t even give us an opportunity at all-it’s all
because he is around. Maybe we should just get rid of him once and for
all. His appearance makes everything so difficult for me and my
brothers. I think he’s always out to get us.
Looking at him walk freely around this place made me think of the
possibilities, so I left my brothers after the meeting was over and went
out to look for him. I couldn’t find him anymore in the place I saw him
first, so I continued the search. Finally, I found him waiting somewhere
around the garden.
He turned around, probably because he sensed me, and looked at me
with an expression that was similar to what he always had in the past-
the expression of arrogance, something he always wore every time we
met.
“If it isn’t the new bodyguards humiliating themselves and their entire
packs. Alpha Xavier, can I do anything for you?” he mocked me.
I wanted to wipe that smug look off his face so he wouldn’t be able to
mock us anymore, but I knew he was in favor of Mia, and I didn’t want to
do anything to upset her. However, I still couldn’t get rid of the fact that
he was around her and would make things difficult for us in the future.
That’s why I had to do whatever it took to make him get away from her.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing here?” I questioned him almost
immediately.
He shrugged. “I don’t think you’re in any place to ask me that question.
How about just going away and doing your job? After all, how will you get
paid if you don’t?”
I moved closer to him, gritting my teeth. “It’s not for money that we are
doing this. You know very well the main reason we are here, so don’t try
to dismiss that.”
He shook his head. “I don’t care why you are here, and it doesn’t matter
to me. The only thing I care about is that I will protect her from evil
beings like you and your brothers.”
I grabbed the collar of his shirt. He was trying to make me completely
mad, and it was working.
“Stay away from her! She is our mate, and you can never have her in this
life or the next.”
He scoffed. “You think she belongs to you? You don’t own her, and you
can’t tell her what to do. Besides, you guys already killed her once. Are
you trying to kill her again?”
Everyone keeps speaking of the past, and no one wants to see anything
else. It seems like there will be no good in whatever we do. After
everything that happened in the past, I want to forget all of that and have
a good life with her. But is it even possible for me?
It’s not just the mating bond that is keeping us connected now. I also feel
a lot of affection for her. However, she’s not even willing to look our way
-at least, not after everything she went through.
“No matter what, you are not going to succeed this time around. I
promise you that,” I said to him, pushing him away.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing to my mate?” I heard Daisy,
Mia’s cousin, shout.
She rushed to Tristan and helped him up from the ground. I wasn’t
paying much attention to the fact that she was scolding me-I was only
thinking about what she said. She called him her mate. Doesn’t this
automatically mean that he can’t do anything with Mia?
“Are you saying he’s your mate?” I asked her.
She frowned at me. “I don’t think that should be the question you should
be asking here. Why the hell are you attacking him? Who do you think
you are, attacking my guest?”
I shook my head. “I was only trying to have a conversation with him. I
pushed him by mistake. Besides, I didn’t know he was your mate. You
must have a good relationship with each other.”
“What do you think, you weirdo? No wonder my cousin hates you so
much. You guys are so annoying and hypocritical!” she yelled.
I smirked at Tristan, who was quiet and didn’t seem to know what to say.
I don’t know how it happened, but it seemed like she didn’t know what
he was trying to do with her cousin.
“It’s nothing compared to what your so-called mate is doing behind
your back. He’s pursuing your cousin. Do you know that?” I asked her.
I looked at the expression on his face, and I loved it. If he’s not going to
stay away from Mia, I might as well ruin things for him.
“So what? I gave them my permission. It doesn’t matter if he pursues her
or not. It is not in your place to tell us what to do. It’s none of your
business!”
“What? You’re okay with him seeing your cousin?”
“It’s so much better than being with you people. Let’s go, Tristan. He’s
not worth your time,” she said, dragging him away.
I saw the look on his face as he passed by me. He was smiling, and it
made me so angry. How could things be getting worse for us every single
time? I decided to go for a run in the woods nearby.
I needed time to think and also an opportunity to let my wolf out. I was
running with so much speed and anger. I just couldn’t stop remembering
the conversation I had with Daisy. She wasn’t even giving me a chance to
speak at all, and she defended him.
It’s so ridiculous that she’s letting this happen. I don’t care anymore.
I’m not going to let anyone take Mia away from us-not when we already
found her. She’s going to forgive us eventually and be with us. The
mating bond is too strong for her to break. Even if she has a bond with
him…
Ouch! My feet snapped on something, and I stopped. Looking down
through my wolf’s eyes, I could see that I had gotten my leg stuck in a
trap. It was piercing through my bones. My wolf couldn’t move anymore,
and we fell to the ground.
What the hell is going on? Who put this trap here? Am I going to end up
dying because there’s no one around to help me?
I managed to shift back, and it was painful because the trap adjusted to
my body. Still, I tried to pull it out.
However, I became weak after pulling it out, and I just sat there, hoping
for someone to pass by and help me. It felt like I was dying, and my wolf
wasn’t healing any faster. We were both injured.