Chapter 23

Huh, what are you saying? Vixen says and he looks ta her very sure of what he heard.
You said when you wanted to seduce me. And then you stopped after that came from your lips.
Did I say that? Vixen says and he nods to her. She realizes that she has literally put herself to shame. How could she have exposed the part of herself that she wasn't supposed to tell him.
"I don't remember saying that." Vixen says and he looks at her in absurdity.
"I can't clearly why you said that you chose to seduce me, I don't even understand that in the first place why you will choose to seduce them in
the first place."
Oh, that was a mistake. I wasn't supposed to use the word seduce. Vixen looks for a way to run away from the situation.
Then what word were you supposed to use? He ask her and she looks at him tired of going round the same topic.
Can we stop talking about seduction and go into the main problem? Why have you come back here? Do you believe me now? She asks him and he looks at her.
Yes. "Yes, I guess I'm forced to believe you or some sort. He says and she rolls her eyes at him."
"You don't sound like someone who's willing to trust me. You know what Hunter, I feel like it doesn't matter anymore. If you do not want to trust me then do whatever you like." But listen to me. I'm not so jobless or shamelessly keep coming to meet you. Take a look at me very well. Listen to what all the men in Southland say. And I never put myself out there. A man does the chasing when comes to me, Vixen says and he looks at her.
Really? Just now you were trying to seduce me. Hunter says.
Shut up, Hunter! I wasn't trying to seduce you for the last time. She says to him and he smiles, making the side of his lips literally go up and she finds it for the first time that he is actually smiling. When sees that he is smiling, she unconsciously smiles too.
And then there's a moment of silence. Listen to me your story has some kind of loopholes in it, which I didn't understand. And listen to me. I'm not going to go into all of these circumstances that do not rhyme because I'm not trying to dive into your personal life.
" So I will try to know the basics, anything I need to know. So you say this beat gives you life, energy or some sort. It is the first time I'm hearing that a bead will give someone life or energy but one thing that also amuses me is the fact that Nathan is uptight and that is really shocking." So because of this, I have to believe you here, Vixen.
Even if I do not want to, he says to her and she nods her head.
So what do you think? She asks him.
"First of all, I know he doesn't have proof."
Really? You think he doesn't have proof? Did he say something to you? Vixen asks.
" No, it looks like he's trying to threaten only you for the main while and also, do not tell him anything, continue to oppose the truth that he knows. Do not contact me." I will contact you if I have something important to say and do not engage in any conversation with him.
I fear that you may, for some reason, say some truths. For someone like him to come into you the first time he has met you and put something out there shows that he's very good at manipulating. I've had a conversation with him too and it looks to be true. Hunter says she nods her head in agreement.
" Fine." Vixen says to him and Emerald and Susan return back to her.
Lady Vixen, your father's arriving very soon. Susan says, she whispers in Vixen s ear.
It would not be a good at all if he were to know that she had already started associating with Hunter. And he knew nothing about it.
Yes, I will see you again. She says seen and he nods as she enters into the carriage.
Vixen did not think she would be seeing him again. Just that at the ball game Hunter decided to call every entanglement. Even after she decided to stay away from him after he gave her the beads and just like that, it has been rebuilt. But there's a reason there's something that they have in common that has brought them together.
She was in fear the first time she had that possibly all the odds were against her. She thought she was alone it is but after speaking to Hunter, she realizes that she's not alone. She has someone to at least defend that she's not fighting this test or whatever on our own.
Vixen takes a deep breath and Susan looks at them.
see the both of you are speaking to each other once again. Susan says and she looks at her.
I had no idea. Susan tells Vixen.
Vixen, please would you tell me if something has happened? Emerald looks at Vixen because she knows there's something possibly going on between mistress and the man of the war. And if it involves him, it is like something dangerous. And if her mistress is cooked up in this web of lies, or whatever it was. Then it was something that needs to be spoken about.
Oh my goodness! Emerald says.
Do not tell me you're caught up in some kind of love triangle. Emerald says this as a joke and she begins to laugh, but Susan isn't laughing. Neither is vixen who literally wonders how Emerald could get the same thing that is literally going on.
" Of course not." Vixen says And Susan looks at her lady.
Lies. Susan says.
She says and Vixen looks at Susan. Why would I lie?. Vixen says to her.
I know you when you lie. Literally, every time you lie, I've always, always gotten it and you've always confessed later on. So now tell me the truth. Is what Emerald just said really the truth? Susan says without bating.
Oh my goodness, how can you say that!? Emerald says and she hits Susan by the shoulder. What kind of accusation is that against our mistress do you not know that she is a bride to be with the king? A king s bride never do that. Emerald says and Vixen is quiet.
Emerald expects her to say something. Vixen and Susan are gazing at each other intensely.
You are right. Vixen says and she sees how Emerald s mouth is dropped open but Suzanne is not surprised. There's something going on between me and Hunter. There you have it. You Happy? Happy?
Why would I be happy about that news? Susan almost shouts at her.
And now let me tell me the second part of it. Someone knows about it. Vixen says.
Emerald does not even finish trying to move the fact that what Susan said as a joke is literally what is going on. And she is just quiet. Wondering how something like this can literally take place.
Who knows about it? Susan asks.
It is from the Arab Lords, he is a guest or their adviser…something. Vixen replies and Emerald looks at them.
I'll kill him. Susan says and Vixen looks at her.
You cannot kill him, he is from the heart of war, these men invest in swords and war. He would kill you between the slightest chance! She says and Susan looks a her.
"Might I remind you, princess! It's like you forgotten who has trained me. I've been trained in the art of war by many warriors in Southland and I am more than capable of taking down a man as him." If it is a struggle. I have gone through it, if it is at work and workmanship I've also gone through it so why do you deem me incapable. Susan says.
Oh my goodness I will not put you in the danger to take down some man who threatens me. I can see very well that he is dangerous. Susan you're not any kind of machine or something. "You're my friend. I would kill myself first before I send you to a man like him. Vixen says and the carriage ride is quiet as it continues to move.
No one particularly knows what they are thinking about. And the girls are quiet as they allow the information to sink into their minds and Emerald cannot even begin to make it make sense. She's just trying to organize some kind of understanding of all that is going on. It feels as if she has had something that shouldn't be true. Emerald hopes it is not true, she feels as if it is a joke.
But no one is laughing, either of them is calling it some kind of lie. Everyone is still serious. It's true. She thinks to herself as the carriage continues to move and they get to the estate. And yet no one said that this was a joke and this is where she realizes that the matter is more dangerous than she thinks it is.