Chapter 6 CHAPTER 6

CELIA’S POV

The silence in the hallway was absolute, a vacuum that sucked the air from my lungs. 

Mate. 

The word echoed, a deafening roar in the stillness. I saw the shock on every face around us—the wide eyes, the parted lips. They’d all heard him.

Xavier’s gray eyes held mine, unblinking, wai...