Chapter 116

ADRIANA

Xander has this way of gaining my attention even when my mind isn't there. I look up in time to see Zara's back straighten. Xander is standing less than a foot away from us now and I try to look at anywhere but him while I work on getting my breathing under control. I know for a fact the way my heart is beating isn't just because of the exertion.

"Alpha," Zara bows her head in respect.

"Can you give us a moment?" he asks, though his tone suggests it isn't a question. Zara, who knows how he is, is already out of the room before I even have a chance to catch my breath.

I swallow a lump that forms in my throat, still dancing on my toes and avoiding his gaze. I feel hot all of a sudden, also not as a result of the training.

Xander takes me in, from head to toe. He pauses around my thighs and I have to pinch myself to stop from clenching my thighs. His eyes continue their slow descent, over my stomach and to my