Chapter 35

Alpha Xavier

"Mate," I mumble.

Nathan looks at me, eyes widening in confusion, his arms stretched out on either side of him, fingers pointing to the ground. "What are you mumbling about?"

"Sylvia is my mate," I declare.

"Who is Sylvia?" he asks.

"Sylvia," I say harshly. "My maid. Sylvia."

Nathan's eyes almost pop out of his head. "Your personal maid, Sylvia?"

"Yes, that's what I said, didn't I? Why do you look so shocked? You don't think she is good enough? I bark.

"Goddess, of course, she is good enough. She is quite the beauty. But why do you think she is your mate? When did you figure it out?" Nathan asks curiously.

"Yesterday. She was running away from me like she usually does, but I caught her. And when I did, I felt the mate bond," I explain to Nathan.

"Oh? What did it feel like?" Nathan had yet to find his mate, so he was always curious about what it would be like. And so was I.

And now I have found her.

"When I touched her, a surge of emotion overcame me, and I felt our mate b