Xavier’s POV
I lay on the bed, wondering what had gone wrong and how my sons had managed to fumble everything he had ever worked for. If they didn’t manage to secure a mate, he would have to do something he never thought would ever happen. Handing over his pack to someone else was the last thing he wanted to do but he knew he wouldn’t have a choice when push came to shove.
The pack was bigger than him now and he had to preserve its legacy by any means possible. Maria would know what to say, she was always good with dealing with conflicts better than he ever was and in times like this, he missed her terribly. Her death had been something that broke him and one he had never recovered from.
Falling like with her had been unplanned, she was supposed to be sports as his father had wanted, a
