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~ARIA~
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, what I was seeing. Xander stood there, right in front of me, acting like he actually cared. Like he was here to defend me. Alpha Xander, the same person who had planned to reject me in front of the whole pack. The Alpha who had made it so clear he only wanted a mate for his status, not because he actually needed me. And yet, here he was, staring down Selena, his voice steady and cold as he demanded her to apologize… to me.
I didn’t know how to process it. I was just an Omega. Omegas didn’t get apologies. Omegas weren’t supposed to be defended. And especially not by someone like Xander. This whole thing felt surreal, almost like a dream I didn’t know how to wake up from. I was staring at him, waiting for any kind of answer, some clue to h
