The Eyes Of 'Rah

Catching A Partner in Crime

***Few minutes before revealing the eyes***

As Lord Witcharoft's daughter, Lady Annaliese and Seraphine moved along, Xavier walked up to his father, Lord Manchester and Alpha Weinroff who were in a discussion. He didn't need to take a wild guess to know that they were talking about Lord Vanderbilt.

He advanced towards the group of elders, majority of them being the Upper House members.

"Xavier" Eric Manchester patted his shoulder, "alpha Weinroff was just telling me your contribution in solving the problem, well done" while Nickolai smiled proudly.

"I thought I saw your daughter just now" Alpha Weinroff turned to Lord Witcharoft.

"You mean Annaliese is here?" Nickolai confirmed, "that's surprising"

"I'm surprised as well" he looked around to see if he could catch his daughter's form.

"She came to me not quite long, accompanied by a lady in a spectacle asking to use my study" Eric Manchester supplied.

"Any word about Damien?" Alpha Weinroff sipped her glass of wine while waiting for Nickolai to respond, they all know he's been watching him over the years.

"He has either stopped, which I don't think so or he's been keeping it rather low. My men have not been able to guess if he's still looking for the Eyes or not."

That caught Xavier's attention real quick, "you mean Phemerah's Eyes?"

They all nodded, "I heard one of his sons is getting married soon" Eric supplied.

"Are we invited?" Alpha Weinroff teased, earning a scoff from the others.

"Of course, if you don't mind sacrificing your fur" Lord Witcharoft replied.

While the elders continued their discussions, announcement was made about the provision of different gambling rooms for the males while the females can engage in whatever they wished.

As Xavier advanced to join Daniel and Francis, his path was blocked by the redhead witch.

"A word, if you don't mind, Mr. Orsini" Annaliese politely courtesied. Xavier nodded as he followed her to the study.

No sooner had they settled down when the lady spoke, "a time will come very soon, right here in this party where Seraphine would have no choice than to show her eyes, it would be in her best interest if she could remove her spectacle "

Xavier looked at the witch, "it would be foolish of me to ask how you know, we've all heard about your unique power, but how do you think I should do that when we won't be in the same room?"

Annaliese gave a knowing smile, "we both know you can", Xavier's face hardened.

Annaliese assured him, "believe me, I'm sworn by a oath which I can never break even if I want to. Your secret is safe with me"

Xavier was impressed about the witch's power, he had kept his power for so long that no one knew about it except his parents. Since she had assured him that she would keep it a secret, he would give her a benefit of the doubt, "I don't know how you know and I don't care. But if you as much as think about telling others about it, I'll rip of your tongue before you could express the thought" he threatened.

The witch swallowed and nodded, "noted. I believe you'll know when exactly to tell her"

Xavier fixed his gaze at the brown-eyed redhead, she had an unwavering gaze which suggested a look of sincerity. Deciding to rely on his guts which was to trust the woman, he stood up and nodded, "all right"