Xavier’s POV
Seeing that they were speechless, I push to my feet, needing a few minutes to clear my head before I go to the training ground, wondering when my parents became so selfish.
Then the thought hits me harder. Maybe they didn't. Maybe I simply never noticed because their selfishness rarely cost me anything. Or because I never saw it as indifference.
Their expectations made sense when they were about me. Be the future Alpha. Protect the pack. Choose carefully. Marry someone who strengthens our bloodline. Put duty before everything else.
I accepted all of it because I was the one benefiting from it.
Until Sloane. Now every word is different.
I think about all the times I stood beside my parents, all the times I heard people talk about Omegas as though their worth could be meas
