Chapter 87

XANDER

The maid I've been familiar with stiffens before slowly turning to face me. I give her a small smile and she clears her throat before bowing in respect. I try to keep my eyes on her, mostly because I was looking for an excuse to not glance at my mate again. The way my heart thudded when I first caught a glimpse of her threatened to make the organ seize its function. I had a pack to lead, I couldn't afford to fall dead right now.

"Alpha," she says in a small voice, losing the savviness it had before. "I didn't know you were very close."

"Of course, you didn't." Unable to keep myself from doing that, I look up and take her light pink lips. My entire focus goes back there and a need to claim them, the urge to know them gripped me so hard my muscles bunched under the layers of clothes I was wearing." Can I see my wife-to-be now?" I ask her, my tone sarcastic.

The woman's cheek goes a shade da