CHAPTER 99 (THE GREATER GOOD OR MORE TROUBLE)

XAVIER'S POV

"Why did you stop us? We would have killed them all! Why did you do that?" Jehu questioned me aggressively.

I did not have an explanation to give him and so I brought out my perfect defence from my artillery.

"And who are you to question my authority?" I asked Jehu.

My voice was just as stern as my face and I dared him to give me a reply.

He was breathing hard with anger and from the look on his face I knew he was trying his best to keep from replying to me.

I looked at what was left of the palace guards –men who looked so angry one would think they would explode. The adrenaline that was pumping in their blood could be seen in the tremors coursing through their bodies. They wanted blood and I had denied them of it. But it was for the greater good.

My greater good.

I was in a fix. I knew that I needed to give them an explanation as to why I had stopped them but I could not think of any at that moment.

Nico may not have killed me but he had set a trap for me that was defin