Alpha Xander's Undoing Chasing my Unknown Mate Back novel Chapter 24

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“No, it’s not.”

The words were low, sharp and deadly.

I stiffened, my stomach twisting as I slowly turned as my eyes met the furious, ice–blue gaze of Xander.

Shit.

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His entire body was rigid, his hands clenched into fists at his sides as his jaw ticked in a way that made my pulse skitter with unease. He looked like he was barely keeping himself in check, his rage coiling tightly beneath his skin.

Matt straightened beside me, tense but refusing to back down. “Xander-”

“How fucking dare you kiss my wife?!” Xander’s voice was a snarl as he stalked closer, stopping just inches away. “If you have a problem with our relationship, you come to me. You do not take advantage of her.”

“I wasn’t- Matt exhaled sharply as his shoulders squared. “She’s been sad, Xander. If you won’t do a fucking thing about it-”

“It’s none of your concern,” Xander snapped, cutting him off.

My stomach twisted further.

Matt let out a humorless chuckle, shaking his head.

“Right. Of course. Because everything that happens to Rory is your concern, but not mine? I’m the one who’s always with her because you refuse to be. Do you even hear yourself?”

* hear myself just fine,” Xander growled. “You think you’re some knight in shining armor, swooping in to comfort her when I’m not looking? You think that makes you a better man?”

Matt’s lips pressed into a thin line, his fists clenching at his sides.

“think she deserves better than this.”

The words landed like a physical blow between them.

For a spot second, Vander stilled, his nostrils flaring. Then, his voice dropped to something colder, quieter, more terrifying

“5 is My Wife,” bus gritted out, barely containing himself “If you weren’t my beta, and if you weren’t my best friend, I wouldn’t have averlooked this Betrayal

Atense siente stratched between them

At our Fender continued, “you’re uff duty from giving Rory her medicine. You are to stay as far away from her as psable.”

snapped my head up “What?”

Matt stapped forward, eyes flashing “You can ple that

“I just did

“She’s still my friend, Kander that doesn’t just go away because you say balls was 6cm, waing “TH spend every fucking day apologizing for that kiss, but

not walking away from her?

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“You will.” It wasn’t up for discussion.

“He’s my friend, Xander,” I managed to finally say after recovering from whatever the hell just happened.

Xander scoffed, shaking his head. “Not anymore.”

“Please.” I gripped his shirt, and his gaze fell to where my fists were coiled in his shirt, then to my eyes. I saw the pain in his–the confusion and the hurt. The sting of betrayal, but also the possessiveness and anger. He faltered for just a minute, as if I was able to break through his walls just a little.

But then his anger was back, and he growled at Matt as he took a step closer.

“No,” was all he said.

And with that, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me away.

I didn’t even process that I was following him until I looked over my shoulder.

Matt was still standing there, and he looked wrecked.

I should have expected it.

But when I sat by my door, expecting Matt to show up at his usual time like every other morning, there was no one there.

A small, uneasy weight settled in my chest. I should’ve felt relieved that things weren’t awkward after what happened yesterday, but I didn’t.

I wasn’t even sure how I felt about the kiss.

I mean, it didn’t ruin our friendship–at least, I didn’t think so. But Matt being gone from my morning felt… weird.

“You miss him,” Mona stated, pulling her brush through her freshly washed hair, since she just came back from her morning run with her wolf. I flopped down on my bed, rubbing at my temples.

“I don’t know if miss is the word,” I muttered. “I’m just used to him being here.”

Mona hummed. “I still don’t know how to feel about him kissing you?”

“Me neither.”

Dhara, who had been tending to the flower wall she had created along the left side of the room, mumbled something spiritual and cryptic under her breath

Mona shot her a look “English, please?

Dhara sighed, wiping her hands on her robe.

“The heart is like a garden. if you don’t tend to it, it withers. And if you overwater it, it drowns.”

Mona blinked at her. “…That literally didn’t help

“It wasn’t for you,” Dhara said simply

I huffed, shaking my head, but I couldn’t deny that she had a point. As much as I wanted to hate him, my heart cried for Xander. But apart from that heated night we had in the bathroom a week ago, there hadn’t been much watering and well… my heart was withering.

Matt did have a point when he said that i was sad, because I was. I didn’t have my wolt, I didn’t have my mate, and now I lost a friend too. I don’t know if I could take any more loss.

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Chapter 24

I considered more than once telling Xander that I was his mate. But if I was his wife and he treated me this way, I didn’t want it to change only because he was my mate. It would be like I’m forcing his hand–or fate, rather.

But if he loved me for me then…

A knock sounded at the door, and I jumped up, my stomach flipping.

Maybe Xander changed his mind. Maybe he allowed Matt to-

I pulled the door open, but it wasn’t Matt.

It was someone I didn’t recognize.

A guy tall, maybe a year or two older than me, stood in front of me with a friendly smile and a smoothie in his hands.

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