The Eyes Of 'Rah

The Unclaimed Book

Daniel was the first person to see them as they descended the stairs, "where have you been?"

The other eyes that have been looking for her turned to her, "I was  enjoying the cool air upstairs"

Xavier noticed how she was running her palms on her dress, he listened in on her heart to hear it racing more than necessary, he could taste her fear.

"Is everything ok, Miss Patrick?"

Seraphine felt a pounding headache which had started forming at the left side of her head as she thought about the shocking things she discovered, she needed answers to what she saw and the why Lord Knox have the creature in his house.

"You've been quiet, since you came back from wherever you were hiding" Daniel spoke, the others also looked at her.

"It seems you've not recovered from what you witnessed. It looked like you saw a ghost" Stephen mocked.

With a pleading look to Diane, "I'm sorry but I would like to retire for the night"

"I understand, you must have been really shocked with what you saw. I'm sorry you had to witness that" mistaking her pale face for something else, Diane hugged her friend.

"Xavier, I'm sorry to bother you again but could you drop Seraphine at The Pawn on your way home?"

Xavier would have gone before then if not for Seraphine that they were searching for. The only thing keeping his pain at bay was because of the high threshold he had for pain but the time when she won't be able to endure it anymore would soon commence.

With no time to waste any longer, Xavier nodded quickly as he led the way.

Seraphine was so lost in her thoughts that she was amaze she didn't bump into anyone as she followed Xavier into the carriage.

"What did you see?" That was the first thing he asked, he knew she must have seen something that left her shaken. If she had been in the balcony as she claimed, she should've been more relaxed than she was.

"Did you stumbled upon what you shouldn't have?"

"I did not!"

Seeing that he had guessed right by her sudden outburst, Xavier was now more curious than ever to know what she found at Lord Knox's house.

"Why did you now look like someone who saw a ghost?"

"Because I saw a life being taken by one of your kinds!" She retorted "and you all did like nothing happened"

"That could leave you shaken" nodding his head in understanding "but you're not saying the whole truth. While Diane was searching for you, I remembered checking the balcony but you were not there" putting his hands up to stop her from talking, "I checked all the rooms upstairs but you weren't in any. So where were you and what did you see?"

"I was upstairs, maybe you didn't check properly" she saw the way he was holding on to the seat, "are you in pain? You've been clenching your fist and slightly gritting your teeth since" needing an escape to change the conversation.

Xavier had been trying everything he could to take in the pain, he needed to conserve the little energy her had left to disappear to his room, if he was to achieve that, he would need to be quite close to home so as to use his abilities for the rest of his journey.

"That is nothing of your concern"

"The exact same response I was about to reply you for your questions." Raising her dress to get down from the carriage as it stopped in front of 'The Pawn', "thank you for the ride, have a lovely evening, Mr. Orsini"

She looked up at the towering body of Xavier as it blocked the entrance, "the conversation is not over yet but we will continue later because I have a pressing issue to attend to, have a good night as well, Miss Patrick"

He moved out of the way to allow her passage, watching her through the carriage window as she entered the shop, he glanced at the plain cream handkerchief which obviously belongs to her. Shoving it in his pocket before another pounding headache hit him.

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