CHAPTER 14 (A NEW PLAN)

XAVIER'S POV

"I was almost caught. I slipped out of the guard's reach narrowly and it was thanks to Harrison," Abigail said with a sombre look.

Harrison. The sound of his name brought sadness and guilt to me.

"When he came into the hideout from the tunnel, it took the guards by surprise and so I acted on that and dashed out of the room," Abigail explained further.

I felt guilty. Why was I not there? I deserved to be there. I deserved to be killed and not them.

I also did not tell them that I was with Harrison. I did not tell them that he had been tortured before his death. I did not tell them that it was he who had saved me from death by warning me not to come out.

"It was bloody Xav! So bloody," Abigail said as she broke down into tears.

I held her in my arms once again.

It was so hard to see her in tears. The last time and first time I had seen her in tears was years ago when she had been narrating to me the story of how she had seen her father's head in a box.

"I'm sorry.