(Alexander) It's the following night and time for my date with Selene. Yesterday had been hectic for her and she was emotional, but Maya and I managed to calm her down. I also warned Lucas not to rest Selene in any way because he didn't understand the things that she was going through. He might hate me, but that was his problem, not mine. If he doesn't follow through with my warning, then I am going to punish him if he ever makes Selene cry like that again. I stood outside her door, trying not to pace. My hands were in my pockets and I felt nervous. This was our first official date. We’d been through so much already. Mated. Marked. Shared moments so intense they left me breathless. But this? This felt different. It felt like the beginning of something new between us. I wanted it to

