Chapter ninety-Seven Alpha Xander's POV I felt something tear inside me the moment I pronounced my rejection of our mate bond. Selena screeched loudly and grabbed her chest in pain. The pain of the rejection felt like a knife s***h to my heart and I took a deep breath to calm myself before walking out of the scene. I had thought I could love Selena as I did before now but with the few weeks she had spent in my pack, I realized that she wasn't the same woman I used to love. Something about her felt odd, she was rude, insensitive, and totally different from how I used to remember her. A part of me couldn't help but feel that she only wanted to be mated to me for the gain. I had tried to love her again and overlook her excesses but it didn't work. No matter how much I tried to garne

