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It was her aunt who had broken the silence. 

"Say that again young man," Tessa hissed, "my niece goes wherever she wants to." 

She was not afraid of any shifter even if it was the king himself. A child has already been through so much and services would be damned if she would let anyone else control what Adeline wanted to do. 

Adeline winced. Her aunt had gotten angry enough to blaze on anyone. 

Xavier growled loud enough to scare everyone into obedience and enough for Teresa\'s need to stand by her for protection. 

"Tessa," Korr hissed. "I think we can talk about it in private. There is no need for any of us—"

"No," the stubborn human did not back away, "let it be known that Adaline is not staying anywhere where she does not want to be." Her eyes remained on Xavier making it known to everyone that he was talking about him. 

The man glared at her. "Adeline is my marked mate. I have rights on her—" 

Tessa scoffed, " forcefully mar—"

"Tessa!" Cassandra intervened, " there are a few things that are not going to be known to people. Can you think before you speak?" 

Adeline winced. This was not going into the direction she wanted it to go. 

"Is there any specific reason why I am supposed to stay here?" She asked in her usually soft voice which brought everyone\'s attention to her. "If there is something that is going on and..requires me to stay here, I would like to know." 

She gave everyone a good look as she spoke about anything that was required from her. Adaline did not want to be forced, which was obvious but she also didn\'t want to create problems for anyone else. 

Javier released a sigh. "I\'ll tell her." He said as if it would relieve everyone of the burden on the shoulders. 

"You are more connected to him than you ever were before. Adeline, that puts you at a disadvantage if you go away from him for a long period of time." Javier smiled slightly as he continued, "this could put both of you to great pain especially when you are newly marked." 

She realized what he was talking about. Adeline had heard and read about it countless times to know what would happen if she chose not to stay with Xavier. 

Which at the end, did force her to live with him so that she would be able to avoid the pain that she would feel. 

God, she felt torn again. 

Her eyes went to her aunt who appeared to be glaring at Xavier. 

Adeline understood what her aunt was coming from and she had a complete idea about what Xavier was talking about also but that put her on the spot of choosing one of them. 

"How about I spend the night with my aunt," Adeline looked at Tessa, "and then the next one with you?" She looked at Xavier hopefully. 

He didn\'t look convinced. 

However, her aunt looked proud. 

"No," he grunted out, "you are my mate. Mine." 

Adeline could see the displeasure bubbling in her aunt\'s chest. 

"What do you—" for her aunt could even finish the sentence, Adelind felt herself being raised into the air and thrown over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. 

"Xavier?" She asked in question the upside down version of the world. 

He started to walk and surpassed everyone. Adeline watched from his shoulder how her aunt was watching them leave with her mouth open. 

"Xavier!" Adeline yelled when she realized what he was doing. "Drop me down this instant!" 

The raging little Penguin did not even receive a reply from him as Xavier continued to walk without worry about the world. 

"Xavier!" She screamed again as she would wiggled a little once they turned around at the end of the hallway and her family disappeared from sight. 

"Can you stop walking for one minute and listen to me!" 

"No," he grunted out and continued walking without any worry. 

She was about to open her mouth to argue more when he suddenly increased his speed and before she knew which they were standing in front of the door that he opened in human speed and entered the room with. 

Adeline felt her head to be dizzy and she felt everything to be moving. 

 "Xavier.." she whispered out the word and before she knew it she was placed down on the floor at her feet and there was a bucket kept in front of her in which she vomited. 

She coughed a little at the end of it and was provided with a napkin and a water bottle by him.

"Here," he handed her the water bottle. "Drink some of it and gargle." 

Not wanting for the taste to remain in her mouth she did as told and when it finally went away, she nodded at him. 

It was then when she looked up at him she noticed what was going on around them. They were in a room bigger than what she had been in her entire life. 

How was this room big enough to house 10 people at least? 

"Where are we?" She asked as she took the room in. Were they..

"My rooms." He answered, still staring at her and not bothering to hide his stare. 

She knew it. 

Adelene turned around and stared at him by narrowing her eyes conveying the displeasure she felt. "Can you tell me why we are here? Did I not propose an offer—"

"The offer was shit and you know that." He spat as if angry by the mention of the offer in front of him. "What would you achieve by spending one night here and there?"

At least by that both of them would be happy. Now her aunt was going to be fuming in anger. 

"Nothing.." she muttered under her breath and walked inside. 

Rooms had been a correct word that he had used. When she walked inside, there was an empty room and after that came the living room where she could tell that it was meant for the Royalty. 

"Your rooms," she muttered before turning around and looking at him, who was standing at the door, "why am I here?"