Smiling on the outside...

Xavier POV

Colton howled with pain as she accepted our rejection. 

I was smiling on the outside and crying on the inside. The only reason why I had to let Selene go was to prove to her that I was not the man she thought I was. I would win back my mate, slow and steady. 

With the way she hesitated, I knew I still had a chance to make her mine, this is just temporary. 

The Alphas were surprised… I could see they weren't expecting this and I didn't blame them… I was seething with anger after learning of everything they'd been doing behind my back. 

How they've misappropriated the Regional Council Funding for their gains. From the findings, Lucius gathered, all of them had assets running in lands, properties, bonds, and gold stored in foreign reserves… all except Jared.