Chapter 30: The world was colourful now...
Xavier POV
The room seemed to blur and a rush of memories flooded into my mind, rushing in all at once.
My breath caught in my throat as a minty, fruity scent wafted up my nose, bringing tears to my eyes. For three years, I sought to remember how Selene smelt, the first image that flashed my eyes was the wedding scene that kept hunting my dreams for three years.
In it, I was dressed in a ceremonial Alpha wedding robe and opposite me was Olivia, looking at me with smiling eyes. I could feel a burst of happiness emanating from her as I held her close so she wouldn’t slip and fall.
"I, Selene Thorne, accept you, Alpha Xavier Steele as my mate,".
My eyelids fluttered as the vision faded. Olivia was Selene. My mate has been with me all this while and I didn’t know. I couldn’t see her. My fingers trembled as I stooped to pick up her journal and flipped through it again.
I was skimming through each page as quickly as I could. Everything talked about how much she missed Greyhound and how she could feel Bea—her wolf longing for me several times. She also was thankful that the kids didn’t take after her. They seemed healthy after birth and wouldn’t be subjected to a life of weakness like her.
I closed the journal, feeling my heart thumping in my chest as I walked out of my office to the corridor. Fragments of laughter, echoes of conversations and the warmth of having her here in the last few days filled my mind.
Olivia—Selene was here. She was back from the dead.
Was that what everyone has been trying to tell me all week? Could it be that Lucius was also aware that she was my mate, and he didn’t say anything? Who else knew?
The words of the Fox that had attacked them at the hotel a few days ago flashed into my mind: