XAVIER For someone who has been kidn*pped, Stella fell asleep surprisingly fast. Her heartbeat and breathing slowed down and I can finally exhale. I lay down on the floor and feel like the complete piece of s**t that I am. Rewinding the memories of today, I can surely say that I am a complete i***t and acted exactly the way Cain probably wanted me to act. Making a complete fool of myself in front of my mate… Scaring her to death… Making her cry… And even chaining her to my bed. I mean, what the f**k was that? “That was me,” Draco reminds me, “And I sure as hell would do it again!” “Of course, you would, you are an i***t as well!” I roll my mental eyes at him. “Do you even realize how much damage was created?” “No,” he says stubbornly. “I don’t. Because, Xavier, it didn’t really do any

