CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE
I watched with weird satisfaction as Xavier dug into Corbin's chest and took out his beating heart.
I was mortified when he bit into it.
I was shocked when the elders began cheering him on.
Maybe that was why he didn't invite me to the process.
I was peeved out by the whole process and for some reason, I kept watching instead of turning it off.
But what was worse was that the whole thing turned me on.
But then I remembered how he'd been acting towards me the past few days and I took control of my emotions once more.
I turned off the TV.
I created a rocking chair for Xander and went to sit by the window, watching the blue planet we were heading to as we approached it.
It was beautiful from the outside but only gods knows what was in it. The stories those Draks told still rang in my head.
Our plan was to fly over the planet, giving them a false sense of security while Xavier deployed his troops to attack them.
I stayed in that spot until he opened the door. I knew he was the one because no one else would be able to walk in without knocking.
He had washed up and changed into a different tracksuit and his hair was combed the way I told him I liked.
“I thought I'd find you here,” he said after closing the door behind him.
“It's the only place I can't be shut out of, so..” I trailed off.
“I didn't want you anywhere near all that blood again. The look in your eyes when you killed those men was unlike anything I've ever seen so it's best to keep you away from bloodshed for now,” he replied to me.
“And you didn't think I deserved to have that piece of information beforehand? Everyone was expecting me to be there with you, and suddenly, I had to start lying to avoid letting the entire ship know that my husband now hates me,” I snapped but reduced my voice when I noticed Xander jerk.
“Hate you? What are you talking about? I could never hate you!”
“And maybe that's the problem. You do want to, you are just incapable of it and it's coming out in different ways. I haven't forgotten what happened on our way back even though I want to and now this too. You don't need to pretend to love me Xavier, you've won. I'm yours now and I'm not going anywhere,” I finished and rested my head on the window seal and continued looking at the planet we were hurtling towards.
I felt his hand around my waist and I had to physically stop myself from resting on him.
“I know I've been a mess these days, but trust me, we're not at this point and will never be. I've never felt love before I met you, but what else will I call this need to make you happy, protected, and full of joy all the time? I've always been a selfish person before but with you, I always want to find ways to make myself useful to you, I want to please you, always. Believe me, I want to love you, and even if you weren't my Luminari, I would have still chased you until we were one. Please don't shut me out baby,” he said and held me tighter.
I sighed, all the anger leaving me gradually.
“I still don't understand what happened,” I whispered.
“I'm also confused. None of my actions make any sense but I'll try to fight it. I promised to make you happy but I've been fucking up all the time.”
“Not all the time,” I whispered, remembering when he nearly got killed just to get me my favorite flowers.
He turned me around to himself and I pushed Xander's cart further to create space for him.
He got in between my legs and held my face in his hands.
“We'll be leaving soon to fulfill our plans and all I feel is this overwhelming fear that I'll fail you. I ate Corbin's heart trying to overcome it but it's still there,” he poured his heart out to me.
I wanted to kiss him, but I felt wary about the whole heart-eating situation. He sounded so broken.
“What makes you think you'll fail me? You've been training these males for a while now, and the humans are loyal to the death too, which is our strongest suit. We have a good plan, and I know you'll come back to us, so what is bothering you?”
“What if I don't make it back?”
“Don't be ridiculous!” I chided him. My heart had jumped high at such an insinuation. Xavier was bigger than life itself in my eyes and the thought of losing him wasn't a reality I wanted to think about.
“I'm sorry, I just keep thinking about it and I don't know why. Maybe it's because the information we have of Zorvath is outdated, but that fear gnawing at me, and I don't know how to remove it.”
“You're not going to die, Xavier and that is a command from your queen, you hear me?” He looked at me and nodded.
I threw caution to the wind and kissed him.
He was unresponsive at first but I was tired of using words to convince him.
Besides, our proximity our my body in a state of lust and need.
I kissed him hard and passionately like I wanted to breathe life into him.
He grabbed my body from the chair and I wrapped my legs around his waist as we kissed.
Our tongues danced together and our moans filled the room.
We'd kissed before but none felt like this.
It seemed like we'd been practicing before and this was the real deal.
His tongue delved into my mouth as his hands cupped my ass.
“Mhm,” he groaned as I ground on his nether region.
He proceeded to kiss my neck and chest.
He tore my shirt open but then he paused out of the blues.
“Baby, I don't think we'll be able to keep quiet and we don't want to traumatize our son,” he whispered, making me giggle.
“Let me take him to Roe,” I replied and he released me reluctantly, still kissing all over my body.
“Fuck, I hate common sense sometimes,” he said as he finally let go.
I laughed at his antics while buttoning my shirt but the way he looked at me poured lust into me in rivulets.
“I'll be right back,” I said and took Xander's cot.
When I appeared in their room, I was met with a scene that scarred me instantly.
A ky'rhan held a knife to my best friend's neck.
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