ANNA'S POVMy head was still trying to figure out what Lartes had done to me. Had he heard what I asked myself?But then I frowned as I thought about it all over again. He couldn't possibly have gone through my thoughts. That was impossible.But then again, if he didn't, how come he nodded?My mind drifted once again as I began to feel the pull of Xavier's presence within me.I was disgusted by it and all I wanted was to throw it out of me. But it seemed like the more I fought it, the stronger the pull.Why was I feeling this way?We had sex but he didn't tell me. Simple sex couldn't have made his presence embed itself within me.What did he do to me?And then the most expensive question in my head remained. Why couldn't I move?I felt everything around me like I was in some kind of weird movie where my body could be stiff and my eyes closed, yet I could literally feel and see all that went on around me.My heart started racing as Xavier's presence made itself stronger. This time, it
XAVIER'S POV 'Had I made the right decision?' This question kept on resounding through my head like a broken gong.Anna had really proven herself to be a ticking time bomb. I had made a rash decision, though one commendable, just because she had rejected me.If she thought she hated me, I hated her more now.My heart beat wildly in my chest throughout the ride. It had never stopped bearing this fast ever since I had walked into Nico's territory.The next few hours would determine how my life would go. I could have just signed my death warrant by recruiting Nico's help."Arrgh!" I exclaimed, clutching my head as a sharp terrible pain hit me. It felt like I had been hit by a large boulder on my head.The pain lasted for a while before it disappeared just as suddenly as it had appeared.Something was off but I could not place my finger on it. Everything was normal on different levels even though I had no idea what it was exactly.But I knew for sure that there was more to it than meets
ANNA'S POVThe voices left just the same way they had come and they left me drained. I slumped into the bed and surrendered myself into the hands of a peaceful sleep.It was a wild ride for both I and the other people in the room. I heard a man beg the goddess for his life a couple of times as I convulsed and I could only wonder what my life had to do with him staying alive.Minutes after I slept, I felt the presence of someone I knew too well.It was Xavier. I knew without a doubt. But it was not how it used to be. His presence did not feel the same way it used to feel. It was as if I could feel him more now. Like he was not only in the room with me but he was within me.The feeling was not a bad one but it was a very strange one as I had never in my life felt someone in my head before. It was so real as if he was in my head and not in the room...I wanted to wake up and see him but I was so tired that I did not even try.I heard a man narrate some of the things that happened to m
XAVIER'S POV It had begun!The whole room broke up in pandemonium as the sound of the explosion shook the very foundations of the palace.Nico had arrived and he did it as unexpectedly as I had known it would be but it was sooner than I thought it would. Also at the wrongest of times. Nick had terrible timing.I pulled Anna close to me to shield her from whatever it was that had happened and I had her entire torso wrapped under my body."What is going on? Who are those attacking?" I heard Anna's muffled voice against my chest."Shhhh," I said to her in reply."Everybody, find somewhere safe to hide! No one should run out we don't know who the enemies are and what they want!" I heard one of the men who I positioned to guard her door –it was a caution I had set in place as I had been suspecting my uncle might send someone to kill her when I was not around.I could hear the pandemonium going on outside. The war shouts between the bandits and the soldiers of the palace and the clinking
XAVIER'S POV"I need to go," I said out loud. I purposely ignored her question while looking around trying to find somewhere suitable I could hide her."Who do you need to warn?!" I heard her ask me in my head once again. She was adamant about getting her answer and as much as I missed this part of her, I couldn't deal with it at that moment.So once again, I did not give her an answer.She pushed away from my body and I actually let her as I had been preoccupied with much bigger problems in my head that I could not be bothered with putting up a struggle with her."What's going on Xavier?" She asked me her voice sounding more like a growl than her usual voice in my head.It was as if this new mode of communication of ours had become her favorite as she had not spoken to me with her mouth ever since the discovery.I looked down at her and saw her looking at me with cloudy eyes that were filled with suspicion."Do you know something about what is going on?" She asked me as she looked
XAVIER'S POVIt was not an easy feat trying to cuff her to the bed. Anna put up a great fight. It was so great that one wouldn't believe that such strength came from her frail bodyI needed the help of the guard to successfully cuff her to the bed. I held her down while he fixed the cuffs amidst her threats and screams."You are going to regret this Xavier! I promise you!" She threatened with tears of frustration flowing down her eyes."I know and I would await them but one thing you should know is that I don't regret what I have just done," I said to her.She was breathing so hard from anger and It did not please me to see her in this way but I had to do it. She had given me no other choice with her defiance."Make sure you have some rest. You really need it," I said stroking her head until I felt the warm wetness on the skin beneath my shirt.I did not see the projectile of saliva coming till it landed on my shirt."I hate you!" She snarled to me.I did not say anything to her. I j
XAVIER'S POVMy whole body went cold as I heard what the soldier had said.My instincts had been right. I should have never trusted Nico. I was a fool to have thought I would get loyalty from a mercenary whose only loyalty lay in how much money he was paid.A blast of a cannon shook the whole place making the ground shake like the tremors of an earthquake.The blast was followed by the guttural screams of the men who had been wounded —making the place sound so eerie."We need to do something! We can't just stand here! They would breach these gates if we do not act fast!" I said more to myself than to the soldier.Now that I knew that Nico was not acting based on my orders and rather was acting against me, it was time for me to take things seriously and not only protect myself but protect my legacy. I looked at the soldiers, most of whom had faces that looked like they were ready to kill. Very few of them looked shaken by what was going on out there and those were the young ones who h
XAVIER'S POVI clenched my teeth so hard I thought they would shatter.It was no wonder Nico had garnered fame as the King of crime. The man was not only ruthless but he knew his onions. He was good at the game.I kept an eye open for him ever since I had come out but not for once had my eyes fallen on him and here he was, pouncing up on me unexpectedly."But I must say, showing your face here was a very wrong decision, your highness," Nico said dragging his words for emphasis.I tried to move and pull up a maneuver on him and release myself from his bondage but it was useless."Tsk tsk tsk," He said. "That will be a very terrible idea, Your Highness, trust me," Nico warned me in a very casual tone.I stopped moving and kept still taking his warning strongly. His warning did not make me take that decision as much as the tone in which he had spoken.His voice had sounded so casual for a threat yet I felt just how deadly the threat was. If someone could say something so heavy as death i