Xavier’s POV
Mia’s words hit me like a freight train. Reject me. She hadn’t shouted, hadn’t pleaded, but the weight of those three words was enough to shake me to my core.
I stood there, frozen, watching her retreating back as she stormed toward the stairs. She didn’t even glance over her shoulder. Not once. It was like we didn’t exist to her anymore—as if the bond we shared meant absolutely nothing.
Nathan’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts. “What the hell is her problem?” He marched toward the stairs, his face contorted in anger.
“Nathan, don’t,” I said sharply, stepping in his way.
“She’s asking for rejection, Xavier!” he growled, his eyes blazing. “She’s making a fool out of us. We’re the Alphas, and she thinks she can demand this from us? Hell no.”
“She’s not wrong,” Sean mut
