Alaia POV
I could feel that Xander was stressed, or at the very least, he was upset, so I went to go and check on him. I found him standing in the shower, letting the water wash over him. How long he was there for I couldn’t say, but judging by the lack of steam coming off the water, I would say it was a while.
I stood right at the door and called out to him. “Xander?”
I got no response. He had one arm propped on the shower wall, his eyes were closed, and his head was tilted down toward the floor. His mind was somewhere far away from here, and I needed it back.
“Xander? Can you hear me?”
When I again didn’t get an answer, I stepped under the water and reached up to cup his face.
I was right about the water; it was freezing, and he didn’t seem to notice at all.
When he finally re
