Chapter 28

Xavier's Pov:
Last night's Lsabella made the whole East Continent feel her charm, and I think I should be the only one in the world who didn't feel the excitement and joy.
She was dancing in front of me, but I felt she was as far away as the moon.
Lsabella wore the dress Jasper gave her and danced another dance for him. Everyone there could see the ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them.
After all that had happened recently, I naively thought that there was nothing left between me and Lsabella.
And that our relationship was one step closer and that I had a huge possibility to reach happiness.
As I began to look forward to and covet Lsabella, the moon goddess began to mock my greed at this time again.
But this night, I had nothing left. The great emptiness of abandonment came over me and I spent the whole night staring at the ceiling with my eyes open, wondering what I was missing.
Now I can still remember the touch of Lsabella in my arms, she needs me, and I can't leave her. We feel each other's heartbeat and breath in a world where no one is disturbed.
So what exactly am I missing? Or is this the choice of the moon goddess, who has never refused to take pity on me.
When despair burned into anger, and the long-suppressed anger in my heart burned up uncontrollably, I saw my wolf, who looked at me calmly in the flames.
Perhaps it was because I had experienced too many disappointments and trials, and at this moment, under the scene of re-encountering with Geb, I was such a flat.
"Geb?"
"I am."
I let out a long breath. It was good to know that now I was no longer completely alone.
"Do you smell that? A good smell?"
"Where?" I inhaled hard twice and seemed to really catch a familiar yet unfamiliar scent.
"I think Lsabella smells good on me."
"Of course," it seemed my wolf's aesthetic was the same as mine: "And she's pretty."
I suddenly felt that feeling on my heart didn't go away, instead the emptiness inside me was expanding, which then caused me to panic. My eyes were fixed on Lsabella, and I reassured myself that she was right in front of me and I had no need to be afraid.
But the feeling did not abate at all, and it had even started to bring physical pain, a feeling I had experienced, a millionth of the pain I had endured on the day my wolf awakened.
"Geb, what's going on? Why did you fall into a deep sleep in the first place? What happened to us at that point?"
"I don't remember, but I know I must have forgotten something, something very important, that I forgot..."
What was it exactly? Tears were falling from my eyes.
The people around the campfire started to get up in arms and they wanted Lsabella and Jasper to dance together.
Lsabella hesitated for a moment and placed her hand on Jasper's, and cheers and whistles rang out all around.
This is another highlight of the party, Lsabella and Jasper danced in the crowd, working together perfectly.
What a pair of pair of mate.
If in the old days, Jasper could treat Lsabella with sincerity, maybe I would really bow out.
Even if I can't become Lsabella's mate, I will be with her for the rest of my life.
But now I don't think that way anymore, I became insatiable after I tasted some sweetness.
I was so good to Lsabella that Jasper simply couldn't do those parts that I was able to do, so why should I give up the chance to compete beside Lsabella?
Besides, Lsabella will return to Blood Moon Pack in two months, and by then I will still be the only one qualified to be by Lsabella's side constantly.
I was standing by the lake of Purple Moon Pack resting when Lsabella was asked away by Jasper this morning. I had nothing else to do, and spent my time looking at the sparkling lake.
"You should believe in yourself, you have the qualifications to compete with Jasper."
As if to make up for the lack of time from his previous slumber, Geb would often jump in to chat with me.
"He's an Alpha, I'm just a Beta, and besides, I've been abandoned by the Moon Goddess."
"But your wolf didn't abandon you, and your Alpha didn't abandon you, Xavier, that's no reason for you to run away."
"I did not run away, for all things Lsabella, I was brave."
"You dared to die for her, but you were afraid to say you loved her."
My heart was struck hard, my heart beating powerfully with one sound after another under high pressure.
"How do you know that?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
"Where is..."
"Xavier? So there you are."
Lsabella's arrival suddenly interrupted our argument.
Because it happened to be discussing her, hearing her voice, I scrambled to my feet like a child caught making a mistake.
"Didn't you go to see the snowy mountains? Why are you here now?"
Lsabella sat down next to me: "What else can it be? Of course, I've been canceled by Jasper again."
I would have liked to have seen that.
"What is it this time?"
"Miss Olivia came to enjoy the flowers at Purple Moon Pack, you should have seen her."
The doubts that had been there before were finally suppressed at this point, this Olivia's presence was so special that Jasper was almost too attached to him. It was clear that we would be returning soon, and this lady really came when she said she was coming to see a flower. How many escorts does it take for her body to fall over when the wind blows?
"Who is she to Jasper, why is he so attached?"
"I don't know, I heard that Olivia saved Jasper back then, that's why he cares about Miss Olivia like this, right?"
I laughed coldly, I wouldn't shape up for such nonsense.
"What are you laughing at? This kind of thing is very likely to happen. Aren't you also following me so faithfully because I saved you?"
I froze, but immediately reacted, although I did not dare to say it out loud. I am so loyal, not just to repay the kindness of saving my life so simple ...
Wait a minute, in that case...
A green light flashed in my eyes, so that is the case?
Seeing that I didn't say anything for a long time, Lsabella inclined her head to look at me: "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing."
I gave a gentle smile towards her.
Lsabella's pov :
With the feeling of being on top from last night, I quickly agreed to Jasper's invitation to go with him early in the morning to see a small, nameless flower that only blooms on the snowy mountains.
Then Jasper quickly poured cold water over my head, and he left in a hurry after hearing Declan's report, and I stood in the doorway, looking embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, Miss Lsabella. Miss Olivia can be very capricious on occasion."
Yes, rushing to Purple Moon Pack to see the flowers when the Union Army was about to return was very capricious indeed.
"Miss Olivia's body is weak, there are quite a few warriors escorting her this time, right? It's also thanks to a big wolf pack like Blue Moon Pack that they can afford it."
The fact that I can flirt like this means that I am still in a good mood.
Wyatt seemed to feel it too.
"Does Miss Lsabella still want to go see the flowers? We can accompany you."
I was lost in thought, looking in the direction Jasper had left, and I could now confirm that I was second to Olivia in Jasper's heart, and that this would not change as Jasper and I spent more time together.
So what am I expecting here? Am I too afraid to take a step forward and break out of this rut myself?
Or is it really true what the man said, that a thorny love is not enough for one person to be brave.
One person's bravery? Xavier's face flashed in my mind, whose courage is needed to add to this matter...
I know I would rather be a loser in love than a failed Alpha, because love is my business alone, but as an Alpha I have a clan of people behind me.
That clears up my emotions, the reason I still still stay with Jasper is just for the moonstone.
When I danced with him last night, we were so close that we could almost hear each other's heartbeats, but at that was when I knew that our hearts could never beat on the same frequency.
"No," I remembered that I hadn't shared the good news about the moonstone with Xavier: "I have other things to do too, so I'll leave now."
I found Xavier at the lake, and I was so happy that I didn't even have the heart to tease him first, so I explained it all at once.
"I inquired about the moonstone."
Xavier came to life, he came over and lowered his voice: "Reliable?"
"Mr. Aaron recently caught a rogue, and the rogue, in order to save his life, volunteered that he had seen the moonstone, was in the rogue's group, and that he could lead us to it."
Xavier frowned: "Indeed, the Moonstone was robbed by the rogue in the first place. As long as none of the wolf packs on the East Continent claim to have it, the Moonstone's greatest chance is still in the rogues' hands."
"But don't the people who got the Moonlight Stone know its power? Why hasn't anything come to our forest in the past few years?"
Xavier gave me a surprised look, "Why are you still sorry, isn't that a good thing? We are so weak, how can we stand the rogue's torment?"
"Of course I know all this," that's not what I'm talking about, "It's going to be hard for us to expand the wolf pack anytime soon, relying on the power of the moonstone is the easy and effective way."
"But it's equally out of reach." Xavier calmly spat at me.
"It won't be out of reach, I can feel it, we'll make it."
Although I still have a little bit of worry: "That rogue is favoring this time to speak out about this, other think about it there are suspicions, I worry that it is the enemy in the shadows also can not resist, after all, they do not know the full secret of the moonstone."
"So we are going to meet the rogue?"
"That's one thing, I'm worried that Blood Moon Pack will be attacked, we might need to make a trip back soon."
The full moon that Jasper and I had agreed on was close at hand, and without incident I would make it back to Blood Moon Pack as soon as possible.
I didn't expect Xavier to be more excited than me: "Really? When are we going back, I can't wait."
"Soon," I looked out over the shimmering lake, "I'd love to go back too."