42 I Summoned You!

"This the book you were talking about?" Xavier asked her, placing his hand over his mouth.

"You didn't read anything in it, did you?"

He took the book away from her.

"Hey!" Madeline exclaimed, reaching for the book but unable to reach it since Xavier put it out of reach.

He shot Briar one look, and she took it as her sign to leave. Xavier was there, rest assured Madeline would be well taken care of.

As soon as Briar left, the three girls followed.

Obviously, they knew if the alpha spotted them there, eavesdropping on their conversation, they'd be severely punished.

'Faster, or we'll be spotted!'

'Come on! You wouldn't want the alpha to catch us still here do you? That's literally asking for a death wish!'

"Did you read it?" Xavier inquired, this time his voice stern.

Thankfully, Madeline shook her head, "I didn't read it, although I was about to."

Xavier sighed in relief. That book wasn't supposed to be in the library in the first place. It was supposed to be in his office, so he found it strange that it ended up here, in the hands of Madeline.

"Where did you find this?" He asked her.

Madeline shrugged, "It fell on me."

"It fell on you?" Xavier furrowed his brows.

How could it have fallen on her?

All the doubt in his head cleared. This girl certainly wasn't human.

After making a mental note to find out who Madeline was, Xavier held the book tighter in his hand.

This book was the one thing he didn't want Madeline to see. Yes, there was a fair number of things he decided to keep from her, but this was not something he wanted to concern Madeline with.

It was best she be left in the dark and remain blissfully ignorant.

"Did you see where it was before it fell?"

"How could I have?" Madeline retorted.

"And anyway, that book is blank," she said.

"There's nothing to read."

"The later pages at least, the first few contain text, but I never got to reading it. I only flipped through the pages," Madeline admitted.

Xavier opened the book.

How could it be blank?

Last he checked, the book was anything but blank.

He stared at the contents of the book, being rendered speechless.

'How could this be?' Xavier thought for what had to be the millionth time this week alone.

"Are you alright? You've been staring at that book for a while now," Madeline prodded him gently to grab his attention.

"Was it blank since you first got it or did it suddenly turn blank?" Xavier questioned.

Madeline heard the urgency in his voice.

"It was blank ever since I first got hold of the book," Madeline answered, eyeing him.

Had she done something?

Xavier didn't seem upset, but he didn't seem completely pleased either.

'Did he not want me to find that book?'

'Should I have gotten his permission to enter the library before coming here in the first place or something?'

Then, out of nowhere, Xavier questioned, "Are you certain you're a human?" ​

"Uh, yeah?" Madeline responded, sounding unsure of her answer when she was simply taken by surprise.

"I am a human," she answered, this time with more confidence.

"And are you completely certain?"

"What are you trying to get me to tell you?"

"That I'm not a human?"

"I'm asking you if you're completely sure you're a human, and if your birth parents are too."

Madeline turned silent for a brief moment, racking her brain for something to say in return.

In all honesty, she didn't know whether or not her parents were human. Her adoptive parents refused to say anything other than a couple of details Madeline needed to know.

Other than that, and a couple of stories her parents insisted she grew up listening to, she knew nothing.

Xavier had taken a seat across her and leaned forward.

"Are you?"

Madeline snapped, "I'm not sure!"

"I'm not sure, okay? I don't know much about my birth parents, I chose not to know about them and their identities, but one thing I do know is that I'm definitely a human."

Twisting his mouth, Xavier watched as Madeline continued.

Thank goodness there was no one else in the library.

"Why ask anyway?" Madeline asked, frowning.

Had Xavier even been listening to her this entire time? Or was he too occupied daydreaming?

"I have my reasons," Xavier answered.

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Madeline made herself comfortable in bed, before she slowly drifted off to sleep

And just like that, she was whisked away to the cave, where a mysterious stranger was waiting for her.

'Not this again,' Madeline cursed.

Why did she have to return to this place?

A voice echoed throughout the cave, "You may be wondering, why are you here again?"

Madeline creased her brow, was he reading her thoughts?

"Well, that's because I summoned you!" He exclaimed.

Sighing, Madeline couldn't help but feel a tad bit relieved that he couldn't read her mind. Then again, if he could he would've already found her by now.

"You know, we've gotten acquainted quite well over the past few times we met, don't you think? We can just get past the hide and seek part and skip right to the seeing and talking to each other part," he suggested.

Madeline wondered if he thought she'd fall for his trap. Did he really think she'd fall for that?

He really was underestimating her. That was his first mistake.

'Tch, he thinks I'm that stupid.'

'Pah! What is it with men thinking I'm some dumb cow with no intelligence whatsoever?'

'Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, but that's not the point.'

"What would it take me for you to show yourself, hmm?" She heard the stranger ask.

Madeline turned to look for the source of the voice. He couldn't find her whereabouts, and neither could she find his.

'Crap, I don't know where his voice is coming from,' Madeline said, beginning to get frustrated.

Whatever was happening, and wherever she was, this needed to stop. She needed to put an end to it, and part of the plan she was beginning to formulate in her head included… you guessed it, Xavier.