Xayden’s POV
I cursed myself under my breath as I gained back control of the nosediving aircraft. The pilot was missing in action. The wide-open door and missing parachute over the exact same place where the “incident” happened, cemented my beliefs.
It was a no-brainer who was the mastermind behind all this.
However, I was more furious at myself than the author of the blood-stained scroll. Yes, the same scroll that I had handed over to Nox after marking him.
My laxity had almost cost the life of my mate, just like Ilana, as the scroll had said, and I was further enraged at my behaviour when I called my mate an “embarrassment”.
Shit, what was I thinking ? He was anything but an embarrassment to me. He was the pride of the pack, as my dad and the elders would say. Now, I screwed up my
