XAVIER’S POVXena left the room without bothering to have another word with me. My heart sank and I felt like I was losing my family all over again,Things were not meant to be like this. She was supposed to be on my side. We were supposed to fight together, side by side. Not like this.Lartes was going to come here, I could feel it. The town was growing, and it was only a matter of time before he sent his men down here. She had to be by my side. I had to make her see the reasons.As the guards approached me, I knew that I would take up their offer and stay in the place for a few days. Anything it cost to save my sister from the hands of the crippled king.“Do you want to escort you to the mountains, or would you take the room the queen offered?” one of the guards said with defiance in his voice.My mind was already made up and nothing he said had much of an effect on me.“I’ll take the room.” I got to my feet, and they led the way to the said room.At first, I thought the room in que
ANNA’S POVAfter trying to convince Charles to help me the first time and he refused, I decided to try again after a few days. Since Xena was still angry with me, I stopped working in the palace and spent my time in the house thinking of strategies.Two days later, I made up my mind to try again. Charles was a man like everyone else. If I could pretend to give him listening ears to what he wanted, he would help me. I just needed to pretend to dance to his tune for a few days.As soon as the sun started rising in the sky, I got out of bed and changed into a nice beach dress I got from Xena. The dress had tiny hands that were almost invincible. It hugged my chest and spread gently to the top of my knees in a flair.I let my hair flow freely down my back and for the first time in a long time, I applied very light makeup to my face. When I finished with that I moved to the mirror in the bathroom and took a moment to admire myself.Ever since I moved to the island, a lot of the bones on my
ANNA’S POVMy heart squeezed in pain at the accusation, but I didn’t let it get to me. Rather I was happy to see him on the island, it meant that he came for me. It meant that his anger had been subsided and there was a solution. We could come to a compromise.I started walking towards him with hope, but he raised his right hand and placed it in front of me.“Do not even think of bringing your filthy legs here! Have you lost it? How dare you, Anna? Who the fuck do you think you are?”“Excuse me, who are you?” Charles interjected, pulling me behind him but I pushed him aside.“Let it be Charles,” I growled turning my attention to Xavier. “Xavier, we can talk about this. This is only—” My words faded into the air, blending with the breeze coming from the sea as the men around me had other plans.The heavy sound of a punch landing on their skin snapped me back to reality and that was when I realized that Xavier had pulled me towards him, and he had landed a punch on Charles.“You bastard
XAVIER’S POVThey said males were the only ones who were fond of cultivating pride the most, but Anna had just disrupted that understanding. Her eyes said something else, but her lips also spilled a different tale. Yet she dared to ask about my plan…Without giving her a response, I started walking away. There was no point talking to her. She was never going to change and associating myself with her was only going to bring me pain.“Xavier, where are you going? Xavier!” She yelled behind me, but I paid her no heed.I continued marching, my anger and broken heart fueling my feet to keep pushing forward, till I was way past the colorful town. I tried to think of my sister, Xena, and what she had said.She wanted revenge, she just didn’t want it to come back to bite her. I understood her. I also understood where she was coming from, and my mind was made up to save her from the clutches of that crippled king.“Xavier!” Anna’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts, and I realized that she wa
ANNA’S POVEvery cell in my body was close to exploding as Xavier continued thrusting hard and fast into me. It was only a matter of time before I came undone around his thick cock in a crashing wave of pleasure.As my folds constricted around him following the aftermath of my orgasm, Xavier let out a grunt and soon, I felt the strings of his sperm pump into me.We remained still against the tree for a moment longer before he pulled out of me. The absence of his body against mine left an emptiness in my skin. I heard him putting on his clothes and I slowly pulled down my dress, making myself in a more presentable state.I loved Xavier. I wanted him with every pore in my skin and every cell in my body, I needed him, but I had just been too careful around him. I thought he was playing with me. I thought it was all a joke to him. Somewhere within me, I thought he was still working with his uncle; at a point, I thought he was too much of a coward. But after everything he went through, I
ANNA’S POVHer question caused my eyes to blink a couple of times before I could come up with any solution in my head. But she was already a step ahead of me. Before I could speak, she turned left and right, confirming that there was no one watching, and then she pulled my right arm towards an empty room in the corridor.“You have been with Xavier; I can smell him all over you!” she hissed as soon as the door closed behind us.“I… we—”“You don’t even need to deny it. That is not what bothers me. My concern is why you are here. I told you to stop coming here. We have nothing in common anymore and the king, my mate, doesn’t want you here, yet you came and as I can see it, you are here for him,” she said with eyes that stared down at me as if she wanted to touch my soul with those orbs.My mouth opened and closed like a fish as I tried to come up with a good cover story but in the end, I couldn’t keep it within me anymore. I have tolerated her cowardice for long enough.“I am here to se
ANNA’S POV“There is nothing here, Anna,” Xena repeated, and something snapped in my head.This wasn’t right. The weapons were here… unless…“Shit!” I cursed, turning away from the room. I started heading out with a frown fixed on my face like a detective on a mission. This was a sabotage.“Anna!” I could hear Xena’s footsteps behind me, but I couldn’t bring myself to stop now. It was like I had started a streak of activities that I couldn’t stop until they were completed.I was just about to step out of the warehouse together when Xena pulled me back with such force I got pulled out of the firestorm in my head.“Anna, where are you going so fast? Where are the weapons… if they ever existed, that is?” she cried out as our eyes met in a fierce battle.Then it occurred to me that she didn’t understand the magnitude of the situation. “I need to inform Kelvin. This is a major issue. What if it has been stolen? We need to go after it before those weapons fall into the wrong hands!” I said
XAVIER’S POV“I see that you have made your choice?” Edna said the moment I walked into the house.I was exhausted and my heart was heavy but as I heard her voice, my mind closed off every drawback I had. I had to finish this. I had to end this madness with Uncle Lartes. I had to put him in his place and if Anna still wanted me after it was over, then I would know that she was being sincere. For now, I had to move on with my plans.“Are you with me on this?” Edna added, taking a step closer to me.I took a deep breath and my fists tightened. “Yes,” I said coming to stand before her. “I have made up my mind. Let us end this.”Edna let a small smile slip off her lips and then she turned away from me, heading out of the room. “Good, I was just speaking to Nico. Everything is ready. We should set sail by morning.”A frown formed on my face, not because we were leaving so soon but because Nico was supposed to speak to me and not… well not just her. “Did he come here?” I asked as I went af