Chapter 8: Shall we begin?
Xavier POV
I couldn't stop thinking about the strange woman I met at the park.
Colton, my wolf, had become restless since that encounter. The more I tried to thrust her away from my mind, the more her picture became vivid.
Since Selene's death, she was the first woman that lingered in my mind. I closed my eyes, trying to imagine Selene, but I couldn't. Every day, memories of her were slowly slipping away from me. I was scared of losing it.
There was no picture of her anywhere. When she was alive, we didn't have the luxury to click and make memories and now I regretted that every day of my life. I dropped on the couch in my study room, running my hands through my hair.
I was tired... every worse thing that could ever happen to a pack was happening to me. The people kept dying from strange illnesses, not to mention that we've not had rain for years now. Then there was inflation... and I was enemies with all the Alphas of the region.
Things kept getting messier and my people were all moving away, leaving the pack. At this rate, it'll just be me and Lucius soon if we are not careful. The last moon priestess I had visited had suggested I remarry...but I couldn't seem to bring myself to be with another woman since Selene.
My hand strayed to her mark on my neck and I sighed again, feeling the emptiness creep in. Even Belinda couldn't fill the void Selene left. What I felt for Selene was beyond needing her to be my strength. I loved her and I didn't realize it until she was gone.
There was a brief knock on the door before Lucius's head peeked from the doorway.
"You're back?" he asked through our mind link.
Since Selene's death, I went mute, and I lost my sense of smell. I couldn't pick scents nor tell wolves apart and so far; Lucius was my stand-in at almost all the events and occasions I had to attend. I had remained indoors since that day, refusing to meet with any person except Lucius and, occasionally, Belinda.