The Coward's Retreat

POV: Alpha Xander

I ran.

The very second I laid eyes on my destined mate, sheer terror overtook my senses and I bolted. Now, I sit in the suffocating quiet of my private office, seeking cowardly refuge behind my heavy oak desk like a terrified child. The heavy wooden door is firmly shut, locking out the noise of the ball, but it does nothing to silence the chaos storming inside my own head. Wha