I wasn’t about to let her go like this.
I had to try again. I needed to tell her the whole truth, maybe then she would be willing to give me another chance.
I stormed back into the palace, passing my brothers on the way. Everyone was looking at me with a worried look on their face but I wasn’t concerned with any of that.
I needed to see Eden.
I knocked on her door as soon as I reached her room. from the moment she saw me standing in front of her, she moved to shut the door once more.
I pushed it open and stood in front of her.
“We need to talk.”
“What more do you want to say?” she demanded.
I winced at the look on her face.
“You’re the only one for me Eden. You’re made just for me. I can’t function without you by my side-,”
“You seemed to function pretty well with Clara.”
“Eden.” I said. “Listen to me, she means nothing to me. not in that way at least. I made a wrong decision. Believe me, I know that I did and I regret it so much. But please, don’t separate us because of it.”
She crossed her arms over her chest and stared pointedly at me. “I want to know why you keep saying that my life is in danger because we are together.”
I sighed. I didn’t want to tell her this. I didn’t want her to worry, not like this.
“You’re clearly not ready to tell me the truth.” She snapped. “So please, get out of my room.”
“You are engaged to someone else … The council, it’s where you’re from. They’re forcing you to marry him. Your life is in danger and it’s because of me.”
Her eyes widened and I wasn’t sure whether she believed me or not. After what I’d done, I didn’t think she would listen to a single word I told her.
“I don’t understand,” she whispered. “If there is a man that’s supposedly causing all of this trouble for us then where is he? If he’s the reason why we can’t stay together, then where the hell is he?”
“Right here.”
I stiffened.
I knew that voice.
Hunter…
***EDEn***
“What are you doing here Hunter?” James growled. His hands were knotted into fists and his eyes were blazing as he faced the strange man.
I’d seen James angry and uncomfortable before but I had to admit that this time seemed to be a lot more serious than any of my past experiences.
I didn’t know what was happening. Our new guest had this scary look about him. He was definitely handsome but the coldness in his eyes made him hard to look at. He had the type of look that could scar anyone if he tried hard enough.
Despite all of that, there was this unusual calm composure about him. He looked like he was good at masking his emotions whenever he wanted to.
How could he be this calm while James looked like he was about to explode with anger? I suddenly remembered what he’d said to catch our attention.
He’d claimed to be the man James was telling me about … the one I was supposed to get married to. According to James, he was also the one responsible for putting both of our lives in danger whenever we chose to be together.
I didn’t find it so hard to believe now, Hunter looked like he was capable of doing those unspeakable things.
Was this emotionless, cold man really my fianc???
A haze of fear clouded my vision at that sudden conclusion.
I was terrified.
I didn’t want him to be. I couldn’t imagine living with someone that looked as heartless as he did. He wasn’t looking at me though and I was grateful for that, I didn’t want to be the one under his harsh gaze. Instead, it was directed straight at James. I didn’t know how neither men flinched from the intensity of their gazes.
“I should ask you why you’re both in the same room together … I expected you to learn from the last incident.” Hunter finally answered.
I felt a chill down my spine at his deep voice. Even that proved to be just as scary.
James’s shoulders tensed as he took a step closer to Hunter. for some reason, seeing them this close to each other made me feel extremely uneasy. It was like my body was telling me to separate them as soon as possible. I winced as I felt a wave of nausea followed by an image of James and Hunter, one I was sure I hadn’t witnessed recently.
Was it a memory?
“What are you doing here?” James demanded again, bringing my attention back to the both of them.
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