Alyssa POV
So, even though I was Xavier's fated mate, I was not the first woman he had contemplated taking for his Luna? I stared as he confessed the truth and felt sympathy wash over me as he told me she had killed herself. "How old were you?" I asked softly, watching how his eyes went bleak, his shoulders slumped, and how he clenched his jaw.
Talking about this was no doubt painful, but I had to know.
"I was in college" he answered, glancing away from me, his lips tightening, "and I was convinced that Cassandra was the love of my life, even if she wasn't my mate. I thought that she would be perfect as Luna, and I was too young and naive to consider the possibility that she would not be able to get over what I truly was. I thought that if she loved me, that would be enough" he said b
