CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
It's been two weeks since the incident and the only things that had changed was my fast healing which pretty muched shocked everyone and my unexplained disgust with Corbin.
My mind was intact, my parents were here every night and they were actually remodeling the shop and insisting on remaining on the human side of town.
My sister changed schools though and I could see how much she was struggling with the change but I knew she was strong enough to pull through and if it ever became too much, I'm taking advantage of my freedom to make myself strong enough to do something about it.
Reason why I was currently in the gym getting my butt handed to me by Theresa.
“You know, for a human, you're surprisingly agile,” she commented.
“Yea right. You're trying to make me feel better about getting my ass whooped,”
“No, seriously. I've seen your species and you are exceptionally stronger. I suspect it's got to do with your changes,” she said as went into her fighting stance, the one I'd been trying to learn so I could stand a chance at defending myself when the whole world becomes aware of my position.
I doubt they would like me much; humans would feel betrayed, XYZ’s would feel insulted because a human was preferred over them once again and the rest definitely didn't want to be ruled in any capacity by a human. The worst possible case scenario would be if they find out Xavier wasn't treating me like the current queen was being treated and that he actually makes an attempt at building a relationship between us. They would literally want me dead, hence I was training myself to stand a chance until I was rescued in any case.
Besides, I had nothing better to do, I definitely wasn't interested in the wedding preparations no matter how much he wished I would take over it.
That's another thing that had changed in the past few weeks. Xavier was always in my personal space, trying to get to know me and all that weird stuff.
Last night, he bought me ice cream because he heard me talking about it with Anna and tonight was date night according to him, giving me no choice in the matter.
A part of me wants to just give up the fight and go with the flow considering the wedding is in a week's time and it's just formalities, I'm already tied to him in every way but I couldn't bring myself to let go.
“Ouch!” I felt Theresa's fist on my cheeks, definitely leaving a bruise
“You're distracted,”
“You're not the one getting married off to someone you don't want in this time and age. It's so ridiculous!” I snapped and walked over to the huge mirror in the indoor gym and checked out the view
There was a nasty bruise quite alright. Another argument will definitely happen when he sees this and I couldn't figure out a way out if it.
Xavier insisted I didn't need to get stronger and that I'll always have guards with me but I insisted.
It pissed him off to no end how I always came back with a bruised knuckle or a scratch and he'll make his case again but I was adamant. The only way he was stopping me was if he used his powers.
Last night, he was introduced to the world in a different light and I still couldn't believe I was going to be married to the most powerful man in the world.
As Theresa helped me clean the wound, all the fight beaten out of me, my mind went over the event which I had watched on the smart TV he installed in our room when I complained of boredom.
I had watched him fly over a crowd of cheering ABCs and moderates while his father, the King stood proudly on the podium.
At least, I'd proven my usefulness to him and he definitely should be doing everything to make me like him but he wasn't human and they didn't believe in the ideology of balance or what is right, it was selfishness above everything else.
He had taken the microphone and rattled the screaming crowd by displaying what he could do and they went agog in excitement.
“Theresa, what does it mean for you guys now that Xavier is all powerful and stuff?” I asked Theresa.
While my sister was in school, she'd been spending a lot of time with me and I even taught her how to swim.
She really meant it when she declared her allegiance to me instead of Xavier and always relayed his instructions to me first instead of going behind my back.
Gradually, she was winning back my trust.
“We've been waiting for a long time to go home, Tessa. We all feel it, this planet is corrupting us. But the destruction in Zorvath can only be repaired by a King with telekinesis and other strengths and unlike King Seth, Prince Xavier has that and the mental capacity to deal with the rebels that have taken over in our absence,” she explained but I only got confused.
I'd seen Xavier crush a monument without lifting a finger last night, so I understood that part but I had no idea there was going to be a war.
“I thought the whole continent got emptied after the natural disaster happened. What do you mean rebels?”
“I'm telling you this because you are now like one of us but it wasn't a natural disaster. King Seth’s father was on another level of wickedness and hated by a lot of Zorvathians for how he treated the people. So when some of our scientists were sent out by King Seth who was a prince then, they returned, more powerful than anyone else. They killed the old king and the rest of us in support of the royal family fled with one of the scientists. He's Corbin's father by the way,”
“That's why there's a subtle competition between them. Makes sense,” I noted
“Yea. It's a complicated history and we're all taught to fight and all because we're literally raising an army here. They don't have what we have, which is humans and they are too selfish to try to replicate more powerful ky’rhans by sharing their essence. They call it a democracy but our spies tell us they treat their subjects way worse than the old king did,”
“That's crazy. Why rebel against something only to become the same. And I guess those who remained felt they'd gotten a Messiah and now, they'll be filled with regret. Still doesn't feel good to know we're just tools in a war that has nothing to do with us. What if they come back here in anger?”
“I don't think Prince Xavier will allow that considering his Luminari is human. So I guess after your wedding, we'll begin preparations to go home. I can't wait, honestly. I could barely get up from bed this morning, that lethargic feeling keeps getting worse,” she said as she tried stretching her body.
“Ouch! You're hell-bent on beating me to a pulp today, Theresa. I'll send Xavier your way once he starts screaming at me,” I threatened as her tail hit my arm.
Her eyes widened like saucers
“I'm so sorry, I was trying to get my blood flowing, please don't tell him I did all of that. He'll kill me,” she pleaded but I was laughing.
“I'm just kidding. If he knows you're training me, he's simply going to tell you to stop. Now, let's go freshen up, we need to do that stuff we saw on TV once Anna gets back home,” I announced excitedly.
“What's that?”
“The girl's night thingy,” I said but she was still confused.
“The thing were they dress up in night clothes and paint each other's nails, eat junk food and talk about everything and nothing?” I explained
“Yea but don't you have your date with the Prince tonight?”
“Oh, that? I'm not remotely interested, thank you,” I said as I got into the elevator leading up to our room.
“At some point, you're gonna have to stop fighting him, you know,”
“Maybe. But that day's not today. Today, I'm finding new ways to occupy my time. I've been looking for the damn library, will you take me?”
“Sure. It's close to his office though,”
“Oh,”
“He won't mind I guess. I mean, he'll be happy you're close to him instead of getting yourself beat up,” she said jokingly but the thought of being so close to him rattled me deeply.
But I still wanted to immerse myself in a book when I'm not doing something else so I had a tough time making up my mind.
“Fine, I'll go but I'm hungry. Let's shower and have breakfast first and then we'll go,”
“Alright Mistress,” she said and ran out of the elevator.
“I'll catch you next time!” I screamed after her, laughing hysterically at her antics.
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