Chapter 40

XANDER

"Let me help you," I lowered my voice, willing it to come out soft. The fear that flashes through my mate's eyes hurts more than the daggers that bitch had piercing every part of my body. The worst part is I know I deserve it, I've been an asshole to her. I let my ego and pride blind me so much that I almost killed her. I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself had anything happened to her.

There were a lot of things I could have done differently from the first time I met her, just looking at her, you could see the white in her, the pure innocence. That was probably what drove the darkness in me mad. A gift so pure was given to us, and the first reaction we had to that was to ruin it. Because that is what I do, I ruin things. We are fucked up and didn't know how to treat something precious the right way.

I'd just planned to keep her on the side, before I found out she was my mate. She wasn't going to be luna, she wou