CHAPTER HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE
The shimmering stopped and it was replaced by steel, as if nothing had been there before.
I inhaled deeply and turned around to look at where we'd stepped into.
“Welcome to Zhilk’tik,” he announced, waving his hand across the ship.
Even though I was upset, I couldn't help being amazed at the beautiful view in front of me.
Technology was Anna's thing and she would have gone crazy at the sight of this but even I could understand the beauty in this.
We stood at what looked like the command area, the technology in it was a dead give away. It was silver and iron themed but there were leaves fused into every corner and it didn't look like decoration.
There were swirls of light behind each tree, making me wonder if that was what powered them.
“How are those surviving?” I asked, forgetting my intention of ignoring him.
“The ship thrives on my mind as well as the oxygen these greens emit. That's why there's so much of it, the ship is large,” he replied and I don't know why his excitement made my heart flutter.
“I don't even know how it's able to contain so many people. Where was it all these while?” I wondered.
“It's currently containing fifteen million people, humans and ky'rhans alike and will fly for five months before reaching Zorvath,” he explained proudly as we walked deeper into the room. Aliens were in their natural form here, half naked and working on different things. “It's all a part of me, I can shrink it and I can enlarge it. The reason my father was able to bring only a few people down here was as a result of his limited strength but I can make it bigger than this if I want to but I don't want to expand my energy.”
I wanted to take my hand away from his because I wanted to explore the place but he grabbed on tightly.
“My hand,” I whispered and I looked at him but looked away immediately to avoid the hurt in there as he let me go.
I should be happy that he's hurt but instead, I was reconsidering my decision.
I had to remind myself of the way my heart broke as I watched that video. He could have chosen any other way to get me to come out but decided to put me through that trauma and nightmare.
But the decision to distance myself from him, even though it was to protect my heart, seemed like the most painful thing I've ever done.
I walked towards the hologram that depicted a map of the ship and I studied it.
The ship was as large as he'd said, different parts of it dedicated for everyday existence
There was even a training ground of about a thousand metres and contained a soccer field, swimming pool, training area and so many more.
Then the living area took up most part of the ship, about sixty percent and I realized it wasn't class coded. People would have to tolerate each other and that made me smile.
Maybe he actually meant that humans would be treated differently in his new world. Somehow, I hoped he did, it'll make it easier for these feelings that I kept fighting.
The area we stood in was the command area and it showed how delicate it was by giving very little information. It was a map with the Command zone label and that was it.
“Do you want to rest? You've been stressed all day and that's not good for the baby,” he said next to me and I turned to look at him in annoyance.
“So without the baby, you really don't care about me?”
“No! That's not what I mean, I… I just wanted you to take it easy on your legs because I read they get swollen after long periods of standing or walking,” he spluttered, his cool demeanor giving way to a boyish look of frustration.
My chest fluttered again. ‘Stupid appendage!’ I scolded myself and nodded for him to lead the way.
“Hope I have my own room?” I demanded as we walked past people going to different parts of the ship, a map drawn in their hands. That was quite convenient.
“Your own room?” His hard voice was back and I knew an argument was about to start.
“Yes, where I'll sleep. I don't want to share one with you anymore.”
“But we're married!”
“And yet you broke my heart, my mind and hurt my feelings. I can't share a bed with the man who murdered my father.”
“What do you mean? You literally hugged the man before we left!” He exclaimed, frustrated.
“So the image I have in my head of you splitting his throat with a knife is a sign that I'm running mad?”
“Of course not! I sent you the video myself but it was AI generated, I told it to give me that and told it the words to use but none of it is real, you know that!” he exclaimed loudly, making people pause to look at us.
I shook my head, looking around to realize we were at a crossroad that led to the living area, the hospital and then another path which I was guessing belonged to us.
“Look, I've already done enough by coming with you on this journey, the best you can do is let me sleep on my own without being scared that you're going to kill me in my sleep,” I demanded, ignoring the pain that echoed through his eyes.
I've felt that pain too, much worse than this so he could suck it up.
I just didn't want to find myself curling into his body at night and then hating myself the next morning. Deep down, I missed those sex dreams and I hated that fact so I knew the both of us sharing a room was going to make things worse.
“Fine, you can stay in the room next to mine. One of the regional heads will have to move into the common quarters,” he said, crestfallen.
I'd not gotten the chance to meet these regional heads and I hoped my demand for a separate room didn't make me have an enemy but I was going to be selfish about this. It was important for my sanity.
My mother's words wafted into my head at that particular moment and I shook my head.
Beneath all of these things, I knew Xavier would never hurt me. I just wasn't satisfied with just that.
If he was going to ever have my heart, I needed to be sure he's got my people's interest in mind too.
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