No one came for her. Adaline did not know for how long she was there in the cell and on the dusty court. She did not know how long it had been when she heard the crickets distantly. There was a slight glow, a very very light one in the dungeons and she knew that now it was the morning.

She had spent an entire night in the dungeons and no one had come for her. The realisation scared her but eventually she closed her eyes and before she knew it she had fallen asleep only to wake up in the same place.

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She sniffed at the cold she never felt even though she knew that the sun was rising by this slide light appearing in the dungeon making everything visible to her more than before. There was nothing more in the room than a small pot that was empty then a metal toilet seat and the cot that she was sitting on.

She tightened her grip on her knees and brought them closer to her cells making her cells as small as possible. The fact that she was here alone probably on the floor, scared her. Anything could happen to her and no one will ever know.

She felt unnecessary tears build into her eyes as she thought about it. She was literally alone.

She gasped out loudly and jerked back into reality as she heard loud screeching and stood up immediately. Heavy footsteps were heard and she knew that they were coming to her away and towards her cell.

There was a slight tingle on her escape. A small ripple of electricity ran through her making her shiver and she knew who had come to meet her.

"Are you done playing games?" He asked as first thing without beating around the bush. "Is it going to take no time for you to understand what is going around you now?"

She bit it back, her tongue in anger. For the first time she realised that Xavier knew how to get on someone's nerves without even trying.

"I am not playing anything," she replied to his question and continued further, "though I cannot say the same for you."

"Why am I playing games?" He pointed to himself and laughed lightly. " The games I play usually end up with the victim in my belly. Do you want to try? I am sure I would love your taste."

She gaped silently and had the words he had just spoken to hell. Did he just threaten to eat her? " When it comes to me as No surprise that you actually eat someone. Murder must be really common in between the likes of your kind."

He sneered but held it back. "My kind of the likes of my kind adelen you must try to control your words. You do not want to be hated by either." He warned.

" Why?" She smiled, "Does it matter? Because they already have chomped down on my leg and tore apart my muscles. Would it matter if they did it once more and tore me apart for once to be successful at it!"

" Mind it!" He growled.

" Mind what?!" She screamed back with all her might, "Mind what? The fact that I fell in love with you, the one who killed my father!"

Finally the dam broke and he snapped. " Then maybe you don't deserve to sit on the throne as my because of you my brother ended up dead. Alexander is dead because of you and Ashlynn will soon follow him into the afterlife."

She took a step back as his words hate her in full source. She is there at his face waiting for him to laugh at the said words but none of that came. His expressions did not break into a huge grin telling her that he had got her over and this was over the plank. None of that happened.

"Wh-what?" She whispered. Alexander? Soon Ashlynn too?

He nodded curtly. "Have you not been too busy blaming me? Do you not seem to realise that they have been repetitions of what you've done? You have done all but heard every truth and start of me that I could help you with and then blame me for everything that happens. When did I ever come to the date of your father? If you had ever told me about that psycho neighbour of yours I would have prevented his death and many others that you caused."

She gulped, and still waited for his expression to break into something Jolly and then laugh out loud. Why was he not laughing?

"I didn't. . He died?"

"Ashylnn told you," he recalled as she looked down, "Ashylnn told you that very day when you decided to yell at me for being a murderer. But you again decided to prioritise yourself."

" I didn't . ." She shook her head. She realised that she had completely forgotten about that detail and focused on the fact that she had lost the baby and that have been too because you'll have to kill the child.

She gasped and cupped her mouth in horror. How could you forget such a detail? Alexander had died trying to protect her and Xavier and instead of that she had completely conveniently forgotten about that detail. She should have provided people with comfort but instead of doing that she placed blame on all of them.

"Oh my. . ." She whispered and took to the cot again.

How could she do that?

"Looks like you finally it got into your brain to do what you have done. Does that make you feel better when I blame you for everything?" He snarled at her.

She felt bitter inside and his words did not help her. She closed her eyes and bit her left painfully. How could you have been so cruel? Ashlynn would probably have hated her.

"You—"

"Shut up and get out!" She screamed at him.

"Don't yell at me like that. And that is what you do Adeline, you run away I don't." He replied back in equal anger. " Stay here until you learn how to talk to your King." He said and before she knew it had disappeared out of a line of sight.