Xavier's POV
"Your mother saved my life."
"And you've repaid that debt a thousand times over. Xavier, if staying here is destroying your relationship with your mate, then I need to leave. I can't, I won't be the reason you lose the most important person in your life."
"You're not the reason. The problem is that Thelma doesn't understand…"
"Doesn't understand what? That you have a history with another woman? That you're spending more time helping me than being with her?" Elizabeth's voice was gentle but firm. "Xavier, from the outside, this doesn't look good. Even if there's nothing between us, even if there never could be, the optics are terrible."
I dropped my head into my hands. "I don't know what to do."
"Talk to her. Go to the Silvermoon territory tomorrow and talk to her. Make h
