Xavier's POV
Damn it. Why was she there? The look on her face when she saw that side of me was pure fear — the same look others gave me when they witnessed just how ruthless I could be. I thought I had caught her scent earlier, but since I had slept beside her the night before, I figured it was just a lingering trace. I knew she had been feeling my distance lately, and maybe she was right to feel it.
A month ago, I received word through one of my warriors that her life was in danger, and I had been doing everything I could to contain the threat before she ever found out. Around the same time, reports began coming in of kidnapped and killed wolves — some of them former hired hands of mine, which I was not proud of. The culprit was being called the Nyx by those who had encountered him. I c
