Chapter 111

Xavier's POV

I've arrived at the pack since dawn. I have been waiting outside their boarders staking out the situation. I couldn't charge inside without Intel. At the moment, everything seems normal. There is no commotion. I was far from the pack, so it was kind of hard trying to find out what was going on the inside. The point is, I am here, and I can't turn back until I find Julian and make sure he is alright. That's if he is even alive, which I hope he is.

I sigh. Okay. I guess I am doing this. I can't stay here if I want to find out what is going on inside. I just need to find a way to go inside without our boarder patrol noticing me or things could go badly quicker than I would like. It's a good thing I came with the scent cloaking potion. It will take me a few minutes to go in undetected. I opened the bottle and drank the little potion.

I left my car behind and took off running into the woods, making a beeline for the packhouse. So far, it has been working. No one was on my trail. That's a good sign. After running for a few minutes, I got close to the opening. I slowed down upon hearing people's voices. People were out there and rebuilding. I guess it went down after all. So if it's really over, could it be that Julian didn't make it?

No, I shouldn't think like that. Due to all the things that have been going on, I seem to have forgotten something very crucial. I almost forgot that Julian and I are immortal tal. Thanks to her. So no matter what, he is alive because he can't die. He is not dead, not until I see his dead, dead body in front of me.

Julian failed after all. He should have listened to me and let it go. I don't know what state he is in right now. Is it even worth it for me to be out here trying to save his neck? I sometimes wish that I didn't care about him so much, but I owe him a lot. All the years he has been with me by my side, he easily erased this one moment of weakness that led to his betrayal.

It's so hard for me to even think about turning my back on him. While still lost in my thoughts, I got careless and lost focus. At the moment, I didn't realize that my clocking spell had worn off, and I had been caught.

" Who are you and what are you doing hiding in the bushes?"

I tensed, not knowing what to do. I don't want to fight or end up killing anyone. Things will get ugly, and I am outnumbered at the moment. I have to get myself out of this without violence.

I raised my hands and slowly turned around.

In front of me was one of the patrol members. Ah shit. How do I get out of this one?

" Uh, I mean no harm. I'm just here to.. uh.. to meet your Alpha," I finally blurted out.

His face turned cold at the mention of his Alpha. Wolves emerged a few feet behind him, snarling and growling in warning. Okay. I had better not make any rash moves.

" Who are you and what business do you have with our Alpha?"

" That is business between him and I. Just take me to him, I surrender."

He grunted and roughly grabbed my arm, pulling me out of the woods. Look what I have come to. Any other day I would have slaughtered the one who dared to put their hands on me. But that can't happen now. I complied and went where I was being led.

They pulled me towards the pack house and forced me on my knees. I grunted in pain. Damn that hurt. I tried to keep my anger in check. Think they could be a little gentler. I'm not posing any threat to them. I sighed and waited for what they were doing.

People were standing around after taking notice of me. The guy who dragged me here told the wolves behind to keep guard of me and rip me apart if I tried anything.

" Stay put. Try to act smart, you already know how that will end."

I scoffed as I watched him leave and headed to the house. I can't believe this. No one has ever spoken to me like that. He is lucky that at the moment, I am still weak, and my wolf is still unavailable, and I don't even know what would have happened to him after talking to an Alpha like that. He is a measly patrol guard. It was a fucking insult.

Now, now, calm down, Xavier. Now is not the time to get distracted. Let's get on with what we came here for and then get the fuck out of here. I hope we can. I am not in the best shape to get into a fight. After waiting for what is like forever, the nameless guy can come back. I was anticipating that someone would be following behind him, but it seemed it was just him.

" What is it now? Is your Alpha refusing me an audience?"

" Just shut up. I won't answer you, traspasser!"

Rude. Absolutely unnecessary but refreshing to be told off by someone who doesn't know who he is talking to.

He stood beside me and I attempted to get up, but he put his hand on my shoulder to keep me in place. I was almost at the limit of my patience when the door opened and someone walked out.

For the first time, I was able to see him so up close again. It was him. He looked the same, but a bit different from the person I last saw. I froze. I was ready to see him before I came here, but it felt a little weird. I didn't know what to do, say or how to react.

He, on the other hand, looked angry. His face wasn't showing it, but his eyes were almost blazing with fire. If I looked and could kill, I would be burned to a fucking crisp. Would you look at that? That was the same look he gave me when we last saw each other. Who would have thought that him and I would see each other again? To be honest, I thought about it a lot, and I was too scared to see him again. I was afraid all those emotions and bad feelings would take over and lead us to the same road again.

Seems that was destined and inevitable. I could run from it after all. I felt like laughing at myself. How foolishly reckless I had been. All the choices I made amounted to nothing. All they did was bring me pain and misery.

The silence between us was starting to get awkward. Without racking my brain for what to say, I said the one thing that came to mind.

" It's been a while... brother."