Chapter 57

Rohan's words rang through my head as I walked up the castle stairs. What did he mean when he said Xavier 'didn't come back the same' and how were the hunters killed? I always wondered why Xavier didn't speak about the time that he lived there and perhaps he didn't want to because something terrible or dark happened. I know that I didn't feel comfortable or ready to speak about what happened when I was kidnapped maybe Xavier felt the same? But what could have happened to him? As I entered our bedroom and plopped down onto the bed like a starfish, I looked up at the ceiling. My thoughts consumed me. Everyday there seemed to be some new challenge. If it wasn't Cadmer, it was the war, if it wasn't the war it was my power and now this. The war would be upon us soon enough and the tension that hung like a swollen cloud hung heavy in the castle. The werewolves trained day and night and Xavier, I barely even saw him because he worked so hard. How could I burden him by this and ask