Chapter 368 – A Vampire’s Plea – II

Unlike many times in her life that she had sensed danger and been in a situation of the kind, this did not exactly come as one to her. Maybe, it was the fact that there was a palace filled with shifters behind her or the luna tingle that was calming her down instead of having her raise alarm or panic. 

“That,” she repeated, “would have to do because no one is going to help you here and you can take my word for it.” 

“I can help you more than you know. I have been on the inside and I know—’

“Perhaps we have failed to understand that is the reason why I cannot trust you!” She barked louder than ever. 

Knowing that he was on the other side, the side which had taken too much from her and too soon, would never settle well with her. 

Even though Adaline believed in forgiving, this was the one thing that she could never manage to forgive and forget. 

“No,” he shook his head, “it is not what it looks like when it comes to nathaniel. You have to understand that there are bigger things at play here. Forces that we thought were long dead. Fuck, it may even be exiled gofs for all we know and we do not know it for sure—”

Adaline raised her palm, stopping him immediately, “whatever you talk of is bullshit to me. And what exiled gods do you talk of?” 

She knew there was only one God that they followed and there was the god of the moon. Which man she did not have to believe anyway that came from him because it was clearly a lie. 

“Exiled may be a word that does not mean much to you but it can drive someone crazy.” He snapped and Adaline barely suppressed the flinch. “Why do you think Nathaniel is where he is today? The crowned king Cassius might not have been what he is today had it not been for the exile of Nathaniel.” 

Nathaniel was an exiled Prince? That was definitely news because she had never been aware of it. 

How? How did she not know? 

“No,” Adaline came back to reality and shook her head once again. “I don’t care. Leave!” She turned around to leave and get away from him but a choking sound stopped her. 

Adrian stepped forward and just as she was about to step back, Adaline noticed something. The moment he neared her, he glitched, like actually glitched as she had seen in movies before. But was that possible in this world? 

“I,” his voice glitched too. It sounded like how a robotic voice would sound but nothing in this world could tell her that they were so advanced in technology to actually have robots, “I need help..” 

Her eyes widened when she saw him glitch again and this time instead of a small and quick one, it was more consistent and one time she even saw the land behind him as if he had completely vanished. 

“He–help..”

The glitching grew more frequent making her take a step back and fear and before she knew it right to say another set of words before vanishing completely. 

For a moment she continued to stand still, to the point of being frozen, and stared at this point she had last seen him in. 

From glitching to completely varnishing and  staring at the ground as if that would provide some kind of explanation for this. 

An uncomfortable feeling rose in her throat and she gagged, feeling like she was about to vomit. 

Licking her lips and breathing in and out to get rid of the feeling, she started to walk back to the palace not really understanding the foreign feeling that had certainly dawned on her. 

Ignoring the uncomfortable feeling she made her way back into the palace only to see Xavier coming towards her with a frowning face. 

He was maybe ten steps away from her when he started to speak and Adaline felt the urge rise. 

“Where were yo—”

Unable to reign it in anymore, Adaline gagged before bending over her stomach and letting the contents of her stomach go.

It seemed like the entire world was against her because the moment she let it go, the smell of the puke made her do it all over again. 

Xavier pulled her from behind and gently patted her back before grabbing the area slowly. However, it did not comfort her and she felt like crying. 

The burn in her throat slowly intensified and when all of it was over, with her hands on her knees, she continued to heave dryly and waited if there was more to come. 

“I don’t..” she heaved and cringed at the taste in her mouth. “I don’t..”

“It’s alright sweetheart,” Xavier’s calm and collected voice soothed her. “We will take care of it.” 

She really hoped that they did because this was very difficult. The feeling did not go away and the dirty taste in her mouth only intensified her to puke more. 

Adaline shook her head as she closed her eyes and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. 

“Here,” he held out a glass of water towards her, “gargle.” 

It did not take one try to get rid of the taste but several and when it did she finally breathed out a sigh of relief. 

Sniffing, Adaline looked at who smiled at her gently. 

“It’s alright,” he nodded and leaned in to kiss her forehead, “your human stomach must have caught a bug.” 

That might be true because living in the palace meant she had to eat a lot of non vegetarian dishes and not all of them were always cooked well. 

“Come on,” he bent down and picked her up in his arms, “you rest until the healer comes to look at you.” 

His concerned words were ignored by her as Adaline kept on staring at the entrance of the forest where she had met Adrian and then she turned to look at the ground where she had vomited. 

Was it her being paranoid or could they possibly be a connection in between both