Chapter 65

Xavier's POV "I'm coming back for you as soon as I can," I told Astrid but she was still limp and unconscious, unable to hear my words. Maybe that was why I was even able to say them at all or the shame from facing her after all I had done would have killed me. "Until then please be safe and forgive me." I whispered finally. I knew there was a high possibility of her forgiveness being a long time coming but I would beg all my life if that was what she wanted. A few seconds later, Alpha Jaxon, escorted by some of his men, was at my side and taking Astrid from me. As I expected, he was far more focused on her unconscious form than he was on me. That was what enabled my escape. I escaped from the swamps shortly after Alpha Jaxon's men took Astrid for treatment. I could have run away with her before they came but if I had, we would have been caught in minutes with her weight dragging me back but I remembered what I had done to her and knew that when she woke up, I would be the last person