chapter 99

Jax parked the car in the driveway and I got out, we had a nice chat and I may have strangled him playfully while he was driving. He was a goose a very silly, playful goose.

“Your grace I cannot believe you have tasted the flesh of a fellow human”

“I was caught unaware I didn’t even notice until Camari warned me” I entered the house and saw Gillian there.

“Gillian where you waiting for me or for Jax” she looked down but a blush was glowing off her cheeks, two love birds in the house, I nudged Jax in her direction and he beamed a smile at her if only I could see Jeremy smile like this.

“Where is Xavier”

“The prince’s father came to talk to him your highness they are in the kitchen” she bowed and smiled at Jax awkwardly

“I will leave you guys to it then, you better not be having sex in one of the bedrooms when I get back” I winked at Jax and he widened his eyes. I walked to the kitchen with my backpack still on my back pulling my shoulder’s down with the heavy notes I had to read for assessments next week. It was just Thursday guys, fear God.

“Father, that is not possible I cannot marry Antonia you know I cannot marry Antonia”

“Son, everybody in paradise is laughing at how we are putting our kingdom in jeopardy, what would happen when they wage war against us. They would end us and we have to surrender to Him” I knew that they would stop talking if I walked in so I pressed my ear on the door and listened carefully.

“Father, they want peace, we can do what we do kill and they do what they do best produce more humans there is no killing there”

“Quod de Romanis pontificibus in Vaticano agro urbem,” (What about the popes in the Vatican city)

“Quid de illa” (what about them) I was only picking up a few things from what they were saying, very soon they would speak English.

“Et ut illam uti ad eorum commodum, they will attack her because a weak queen means a weak kingdom” I am not weak I can learn on the job, shh. (they would use her as an advantage)

“What do you suggest I do?”

“Marry Antonia secretly and Winter can be your second wife she doesn’t even have to know, you can tell her that Antonia is her advisor” I gasped lowly then I slapped my palm over my mouth, they stopped talking for a while but then they resumed.

“Antonia is not going to bear my children, father”

“I understand, Winter will still produce the heir to the throne” He was going through with it. Tears pricked my eyes, I was going to be the second wife after all. Even if he was already my man, why did I feel like I was the other woman in the equation?

I dumped my bag on the floor and ran upstairs with extreme speed and fell into the bed. My shoulders shook with tears and sobs.

“Baby baby baby” Xavier ran to me and pulled me into his arms.

“LET ME GO XAVIER” I yelled and pushed his hands away from my body, they felt worse than the throbbing injuries that the pup caused me. “You were going to keep it away from me! you were going to lie to my face for God knows how many years I trusted you”

“Winter, I am sorry I have to do it if you heard everything you should know it is my duty to do this I don’t have a choice but to protect my kingdom”

“It is alright” I wiped my tears “I get it, it’s the kingdom before anything else right, Xavier I can’t believe you” I removed the necklace he gave me, it was for protection but in some way it was almost like a wedding ring to me, a thing of promise, a commitment thing. After all, I have never taken it off for anybody and it has never failed to make me feel like Xavier is right next to my heart.

“What are you doing, put it back on” apparently that is what he saw it as, as well.

“I am breaking up with you, you want to marry two wives fine, but I will not be the lovesick puppy who stays behind breastfeeding your children while you are out on an adventure with miss snow white”

“You are being unreasonable right now”

I walked out of the room.

“Your highness!” Gillian and Jax yelled “where are you going”

“Out, to school or anywhere faraway from him” I ran out of the house as fast as I could, not sure exactly where I was going but I knew I did not want to see Xavier’s face ever again. But who am I to decide that, I couldn’t get away from Xavier if I wanted to. To think in five months’ time I was going to say I do, to him.

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“Zoe where are you going”

“WINTER, What are you doing here,” she said closing the door behind her and pulling her coat further up her shoulders.

“I came here to see you and you are going out”

“Were you crying”

“No, where are you going”

“To the club with Alec and Wyatt” she said shivering a little, the club. ON A WEEKDAY, whoa Zoe you are rolling with the big guys now. Tomorrow was her and Wyatt’s second year anniversary so they were going to ditch anyway, I love love, not the love between Xavier and I though. I loved that love but it seems now I am the only one putting sensitivity in the love.

“Your parents are aware?”

“They are out of town, I told them they could have some alone time after refusing they couldn’t turn down the weekend spa treatment I bought for them in that luxury hotel”

“And they left you after what happened to Chloe?”

“Pretty much, do you wanna come in”

’Aren’t you going to the club anymore”

“They can handle themselves without me, seriously you look cold”

“I will follow you I want to talk with friends anyways”

“Okay let us go to the CLUB,” she said excitedly and I laughed at her enthusiasm.

You probably know I don’t handle alcohol very well so I was grinding on Alec while Wyatt and Chloe were lost in the tight crowd.

“You are wasted we should probably get you home,” Alec said, I get it now, he was their designated driver that is why he refused to drink anything. I spotted a few of my other friends already we talked for a while then walked away from each other.

I was using tequila to drown out all my sorrow and the hurt in my heart that Xavier caused, I do not know why it hurt so much but it did. Alec led me out of the club and you know me, the queen of face-planting, face-planted again in front of his car. The concrete felt hard against my skin, He pulled me up and maybe I put a little too much energy in helping him help me up, we ended up eye to eye, nose to nose, mouth very close to mouth.

“Alec I...” YOU WHAT? I pressed my lips on his, our first kiss I was drunk and was probably not going to remember this tomorrow, I wrapped my hand around his neck and pulled into the kiss tighter pressing his body against mine, his abs were evident under his shirt. I ran my hand over

Alec’s torso and kissed him harder, I just wanted to forget what Xavier had done to me. I went to the extent of taking Alec’s hand placing it on my ass because clearly he was shy. My leg on its own accord wrapped around his waist while my back pressed against his car door

“Your highness” I pulled away, and suddenly I became sober Jeremy was standing there with his hand behind his back, it could have been anybody but him. I ran to the nearest potted plant and emptied my stomach contents into it.