Axel POV:
Two Years Later
I leaned against the window as I stared up at the full moon hanging low in the sky.
Behind me, Xavier kept pacing back and forth.
I closed my eyes as I finally had enough. "Would you stop doing that? You're not helping my anxiety," I growled.
He stopped pacing. "Anxiety? You look perfectly calm to me," he shot back in a loud tone.
I turned to face him. I shrugged my jacket off and sighed as I threw it over the back of a chair. I then removed my tie and unbuttoned my shirt. I had flown 16 hours straight to get here. I was dying for a bath and something to eat, but none of that was more important than what was currently happening. "I'm not calm at all. When I took Olcan's place as Council member, I had to master the art of appearing impassive to everything. Ap
