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“Come in.”
Xander opened the door, beaming but attempting to repress it even a bit. He came upon Lexi sitting on their massive bed, wearing one of his loose T-shirts again, her bottom half bare except for the blue underwear that covered her tasty bits.
She was gorgeous, her hair looking slightly messy, hanging over her shoulders in a wavy pattern. Her sparkling green eyes stared into her phone, nodding along to someone on the other end.
It took Xander a few minutes to realize she was video chatting with someone and didn’t want to interrupt the conversation. But Lexi did the work for him, saying goodbye to her pack enforcer before placing her phone on the bed.
“How was your day?”
Xander could sense something was wrong, even after having been in the room for fewer than thirty seconds. The day before, she quite literally spread her legs for him, begging for him to taste. Now, it was like they hadn’t had sex for hours on end at all.
He took a step toward her, reaching out to touch her ankle. She flicked it away from him, tucking it underneath her butt as she sat cross-legged.
Xander didn’t have time for such games.
“What is going on?” he said firmly.
She looked at him directly, her face blank and indifferent. It irked him how gorgeous she still seemed, even with her attitude.
“Nothing is wrong, Xander,” she said back firmly.
He stepped closer to the bed, clenching his fists and gazing down. But she didn’t move an inch or show a single inclination of intimidation.
“I don’t believe you,” he growled.
Lexi crossed her arms over her chest, making her bosom larger, and flashed him a smirk. It annoyed him but impressed him all at the same time.
“It’s something I will deal with, Xander. I can’t have you going around kicking down doors to solve my problems constantly. I will look weak.”
Xander’s mind started to wander, considering what could have happened to make her seem so suddenly cold to him. Was it something the pack said or did? Or was it Maureen?
He sighed, knowing that he wasn’t going to get much more out of her for the time being. She wasn’t wrong either. If she started coming to him with all of her slights too early in the relationship, the pack likely wouldn’t respect her as their queen.
She was already proving to be a formidable woman, which made Xander even more attracted to her.
So he let the subject go, telling her that he was going to shower and change. She nodded at him, returning to her phone.
Xander wanted to crawl onto the bed and remind her of what they had done merely the day before. He wanted to give her orgasm after orgasm and have her forget anything anyone could have said that would have put her off being drawn to him.
But that wouldn’t solve much, would it? Other than being a fun distraction, she would likely remember everything the next day and still continue to make her own way as the future queen.
Which was what he wanted her to do … when his wolf wasn’t in charge anyway.
So he showered, in a particularly cold shower, wanting to get rid of the desire in him that waged war with his logical mind. When he got out, he saw her again, still in her underwear and the loose T-shirt, as she stood next to the window.
She had a perfectly curved ass, aesthetically formed and built from years of maintenance. Her neck was exposed as she pulled her hair to one side, the supple softness calling out to his mouth and even his teeth for a teasing bite.
Xander barked a question at her to keep himself from the impulse to devour her.
“Did you have dinner?”
She looked at him, slightly startled.
“No, I wasn’t feeling hungry earlier.”
Wearing only a towel, Xander walked over to the intercom system on the side of the door. Her eyes followed him, arousing him even more.
“The kitchen is always open,” he said, beginning to snarl. “Plus, you should never skip meals if you want to stay strong.”
