Alexi POV
It was time. Nine hours ago, I let my ego take over, and now I was about to fight an Alpha for his mate.
I wouldn’t admit it to anyone but myself, but Alaia was, in fact, his. The moment she walked out of my room, she became his.
My pride was hurt when she didn’t fight for me, fight for us, for what we could have been. Didn’t she want me as much as I wanted her?
Now it was that pride that I was fighting for. I may never get to claim and mark her, but no one would ever say that Alexi Kostov ran away. I was a beta and a warrior. I’d fight to regain my pride or die trying.
I walked to the center of the sparring circle and faced Alpha Xander and his Beta to his left.
Aaron stood to my right, with my dad and Alpha Jonathan standing side by side between Aaron and Kade.
It was t
