Chapter 36


    I didn’t want Jaxon to leave but there wasn’t much I could do to stop him. He was determined to get


    to the bottom of the matter as soon as possible and there wasn’t much I could do except let him go.


    I didn’t want to be left alone but I knew that he was king first and my mate second and there was


    really nothing I could do about it so I shoved down my feelings concerning the matter.


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    He noticed that I was being withdrawn. Aiden had arrived to tell him that the elders were waiting for


    him in council room and he had made his way to the door when he stopped and walked back into


    the room and towards where I was sitting cross legged on the bed. He crouched next to me so that


    we were at eye level and he stroked my cheek softly.


    “I’ll be back,” he assured me but that wasn’t my issue. I knew he was going toe back but I knew


    it would take too long. “I have to do this so I can keep you safe. Do you understand?”


    I nodded because I did understand, it just didn’t mean that I had to like it. He pressed a k*ss to my


    forehead and walked out of the room. As soon as the door closed behind him, the silence hit me


    and it was suffocating. I felt like someone had their hands wrapped around my throat and was trying


    to squeeze the life out of me.


    Jaxon had taken the letter with him but it didn’t stop me from still reying those words over and


    over again. Ast I yed it over in my head for what was possibly the tenth time, I suddenly decided


    that I had enough. I felt like I was losing my mind or going crazy or possibly both and I was tired.


    I rose to my feet and opened the door to the room only to be met with two guards standing on either


    side of the door. As soon as they saw me, they stood at attention, poised and ready to follow me


    wherever I chose. I had not expected Jaxon to get the guards so quickly and I had not expected to


    have them follow me around when I was in the castle.


    I had never seen them before but I figured they must be men that Jaxon trusted so I smiled to both


    of them. They didn’t smile back but they bowed to me as a sign of respect and I took that in goodwill


    and started to move. They kept a steady pace behind me and I felt bad that I was making them


    follow me around but I couldn’t help it.


    I went down the stairs and I could feel their confusion as I made my way through the deserted stone


    hallways and if I were to guess, I would have said that they had never been to this part of the castle


    before. I made my way through the halls until I got to the familiar double doors and then I turned.


    They were whispering between themselves but stopped immediately they noticed I had turned to


    look at them. Their faces were nk and they cleared their throats as if ufortable that I had


    caught them whispering


    about me.


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    “I want to go in there alone,” I said slowly and they understood.


    “We need to sweep the ce first and make sure it is safe.”


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    I nodded and stepped aside while one of them went in to do the sweep. I used that brief moment to


    analyze both of them and I realized they actually looked alike. I would not have been surprised to


    find out that they were brothers or twins. They both had close cropped dark brown hair and very


    dark eyes. They looked young- early twenties at most but if they were lycans like I thought they


    were then they were probably a lot older.


    “Are you twins?” I asked the guard who had remained with me and he hesitated for a second before


    nodding. “That’s fascinating, who is older?”


    “Don’t tell him I admitted that he is,” he rolled his eyes then caught himself as if he realized he


    shouldn’t have been doing that in front of me. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have done that.”


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    “It’s fin,” I assured him. “What’s your name?”


    “Jaden,”


    I was about to say more when his brother walked out and gave me a nod to go in. I thanked them


    both and walked into the ball room. It was exactly as I remembered and I closed the door behind me


    because I wanted the utmost privacy.


    It had been cleaned recently although not very well because there was still dust everywhere. I


    wasn’t exactly sure how to do what I nned but I hoped that I would do it right. I found a dais and


    ced my phone there and tapped y on the ssical music that I had found. Aiden had said that


    he woulde here to pretend like he was the son of a Lord. I was no princess but at least I could


    pretend, to get my mind off things.


    As soon as the music started, I felt awkward because I didn’t know what to do but I decided to just


    move with it. It felt weird dancing alone but it also felt freeing and very stress relieving. Soon I was


    getting lost in the music and I didn’t care what was happening around me, I was just existing.


    I don’t know how long danced for but I was out of breath and my feet had started to hurt but still


    kept dancing. Suddenly, I heard the door and I stopped in my tracks. I turned to see Jaxon walking


    in, he looked exhausted and like he needed at least three days of rest. I briefly caught Jaden’s eye


    before he closed the door once more.


    The music was still ying but I had stopped, my whole world had stopped and Jaxon was just


    standing there. watching me. I walked over to my phone and when I saw the time, I wentpletely


    pale. It was almost nine which meant had been dancing for over five hours and I didn’t even realize


    it.


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    Ipletely abandoned everything and everyone including my own daughter. Jaxon must have


    seen the panic


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    on my face because he quickly walked over to me and cradled my cheeks in both hands. I could


    feel myself beginning to hyperventte but he pecked me slowly.


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    “Rx,” he breathed softly. “You have done nothing wrong. Kiara is fine; she’s with Aiden right now.


    She is safe. and she is asleep.”


    “I left her,” I spoke the words softly as if I couldn’t bear to hear them out in the world. It would have


    made my abandonment of her more real.


    “You didn’t abandon her,” Jaxon told me. When I didn’t respond, he sighed and took the phone out


    of my hand. He tapped y on the music and led me out into the middle of the ball room. “Did you


    know I attended my first ball here when I was only four years old?”


    I knew what he was doing and I was grateful for the distraction so I decided to y along.


    “Myst ball was at twenty. After my curse, my father didn’t want anyone to find out so he banned


    every single ball. Most people were relieved because no one could quite throw a ball like my


    grandfather.”


    “Did you ever meet your grandfather?” I asked and he nodded.


    “My grandfather died just a few years before I met you. He was almost five hundred years old. He


    moved out into the country to live alone because he couldn’t face me after what happened. He died


    of a broken heart and not old age.”


    I paused and assessed Jaxon. “How old are you?”


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    “The real answer,” he paused before responding. “One hundred and five.”


    My eyes widened inplete shock. I could not believe that Jaxon was that old. There was no part


    of me that could actuallye to terms with the fact that he looked so young and yet was that old.


    Jaxon saw my expression andughed. He ced one hand on my waist and pulled me closer so


    we were flush against each


    other.


    “Just follow my lead,” he said and then he started moving.


    He danced so wlessly and I couldn’t help but feel inadequate next to him. I stepped on his feet


    more times. than I could count but he neverined. In fact, he just kept moving like nothing


    had happened. Soon, I allowed myself to rx and just enjoy the feel of his body against mine.


    “Tell me about the balls,” I said after a moment of silence. “Alden told me that they were the talk of


    the century when your grandfather was alive.”


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    got to steal sweets when no one was looking.”


    “Were you always best friends?”


    He hesitated before responding. I thought he honestly wasn’t going to respond when he stopped


    moving. I felt like I had crossed a line and I was about to apologize when he finally spoke up.


    “Aiden was my servant,” he said slowly. “His mother was one of the maids in the pce and she got


    pregnant. She never revealed the name of his father but I heard the story from my mother. His


    mother was her maid. She requested for Aiden to be put with me which was weird considering there


    was barely two years between us.”


    “Why did she request it?”


    He shrugged. “Maybe it was to honor his mother. She died when he was just five. It was a freak


    ident, she was cleaning and there was a massive earthquake and she fell to her death.”


    He shook his head as if he could almost picture it. “It doesn’t matter; Aiden is the closest I had to


    family right now and as soon as I was of age to start training I demanded that he did too. He was


    wicked good with a sword and my father saw his potential and allowed him be a guard.”


    I


    “As soon as your dad died, you made him beta,” I deduced and Jaxon nodded.


    “My father would be rolling over in his grave right now that someone who is not of noble blood is


    ruling,” he smiled weakly. “Just don’t mention this to Aiden. His past is a very touchy subject.”


    “I won’t, I swear.”


    Jaxon smiled and held out his hand to me once more. “Come, we’ve had a long day.”


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