Xavier’s POV
"She's staying in my room because I invited her."
"And this is my house," he replies evenly. "Your mother is the Luna. She has responsibilities to consider."
There it is. Rank. Duty. Responsibility. The familiar collection of words that can justify almost anything if you arrange them carefully enough. Sloane has spent enough of her life being reminded of where she stands in the hierarchy. She doesn't need my family reinforcing it.
Moros is exceptionally sensitive to the emotions of other wolves, particularly those whose rank and strength might otherwise make their intentions difficult to read. Yet his impressions aren't always easy to separate from his own possessiveness. He has made it abundantly clear that he considers Sloane ours, and he isn't exactly impartial when it
