Alaia POV After Xander left, I was left alone with my thoughts. So much had happened in one day, and now was a perfect time to sort out my feelings. I knew that at any moment, the challenge would be starting, and I didn’t want to be anywhere near it. I did not doubt that I wanted Xander. My mind, definitely my body, and my soul craved him. He had become like fresh air to me, and I couldn’t imagine how bland my life would be without him in it. The things I had felt for Alexi were child’s play in comparison. Xander would come back to me. He would claim and mark me. He would bury himself deep within my walls and fill me with his seed. I wanted all of that and more with him. My one concern was Alexi. Would he concede? Xander was a dominant alpha, fighting for his mate. There was little c