Xavier's POV
The next few weeks flew by in a blur, and before I knew it council members had shown up at the gates.
They have been hounding me for a visit ever since I held that ball for my mate, but I've refused to leave unless for work. They wanted to meet her and I wasn't ready for it. Those old bastards are judgmental as f**k. A half -wolf/half-human child approached one once and he sneered down at the boy, they only preferred to be spoken to by 'purebred’ werewolves.
So them wanting to see Esme, as she is still human and of vampire royalty I knew they wouldn't approve of her as my Queen; their Queen.
And because I've refused to leave Esme's side she has been coming with me. I forgot how much of a hard worker she is, she sets personal relations and feelings aside so she can do her j
