Chapter 298

Xavier's POV

I exhaled laboriously and tried to think of the best way to explain this, but it was quite simple. “So you don’t do anything stupid. Like running away, hurting me, or yourself. This is for my protection as well as yours."

She growled again and let out a short scream before shaking the bonds.

"For my protection? That's a bad joke. I don't need to be protected from myself. Much more, I need protection from you, it seems, because you're the one with a penchant for bondage."

I saw a sparkle in her eyes, which suddenly made me feel hot.

"Would you have a problem with that?"

I felt my skin starting to tingle and my wolf scratching the surface. Okay. Calm down. This is probably the worst and most inappropriate time for mating season. So I breathed in and out several times and tried to calm my wolf. There couldn't be a worse time for the heat than now.

But this statement didn't seem to leave her unaffected. I could smel