"Where's he?" Xavier asked Lucas "and when did this happen?"
"He just came in some minutes ago and he's at the drawing room" Lucas answered and Xavier stood, making his way to the drawing room with Kyle following behind, happy that she could finally meet her dad.
At the drawing room, Morgan was seated waiting for Xavier to come as Lucas had told him, and some minutes later, Xavier came in with Hazel behind. The moment Kyle saw him, she rushed forward to hug him and he reciprocated her hug.
"I missed you so much" Kyle said
"I missed you too, Hazel" Morgan replied
"Where were you all along? Where did they keep you?" She continued
"Hazel dear, I guess Lord Xavier wants to speak to me also" Morgan reminded
"Oh yes... Sure" Kyle said, disengaging from the hug
"We are assuming that the witches had a hand in your disappearance for the past few days" Xavier said when Kyle settled down
"Yes, and it was Selles herself, and you won't believe what I'm about to tell you"
"What's it?"
"The priest that Hazel goes to visit at the church isn't Connor but a switcher like me. I believe Connor was killed during his stay at Poetwyth and this switcher which his name is Cross, possessed him. Hazel should stop going to meet him"
"We figured that out" Xavier said not surprised. Kyle just nodded knowing that the person in question was Hazel's tutor for her witches abilities. She didn't really place Connor as someone important, so she didn't care
"My question is, how did you escape"
"Ugh...well... About that... I waited for the moment Selles was out leaving me with Cross. It was easy bypassing him since he wasn't so attentive"
"Hmmn... So you're saying, by now, they would have noticed you are missing"
"I guess so"
"Do you have any idea how they plan to get Hazel from me"
"That I don't. Whenever they want to discuss something of that matter, they usually don't stay close to me, so I can't hear them"
"Okay then... I guess you and Hazel will need dome time alone" Xavier said before getting up and left
"Dad, I missed you" Kyle said once again
"I missed you more, I thought I won't be able to see you again" Morgan said hugging her again
"You must be tired. Cone lets take you to your room" Kyle said leading the way
At Xavier's room, he and Elliot were talking on the sudden appearance of Morgan
"I'm not trying yo say that he's lying, but I don't think Selles will readily let him escape like that without having some master plan" Elliot confessed "Selles isn't stupid and she won't just allow her only source of getting Hazel just escape like that" he continued
"Sometimes, I wished I still knew what was going on in that witch's head" Xavier murmured "So, you're trying to say that Morgan can't be trusted? Do you think he'll want to harm his own daughter? Although I know they aren't exactly family but he loves her as much, and moreover, its Kyle we have with us not Hazel, so why are you so concerned?"
"Exactly, we don't want a situation where they get yo know that that isn't Hazel, this why I'm telling you not to trust him with that information. Just until I figure him out"
"Sure. Speaking of Hazel, how's she doing?"
"I haven't been there or heard from Crane but I'm sure he must gave taken her, so do not fear, she's safe from those ghouls"
"Okay, but do check on her yourself"
"You know I can't go there for the time being. What of Kyle, how are you coping with her?"
"She's not clingy and I do appreciate that, and from what I've seen, she and Dorin are getting close"
"Hmmn"
"You're really sure, Hazel is safe with your godfather right?"
"Yes and he isn't my godfather"
"She called him that" Xavier defended
Back at the forest, where Morgan was kept captive, Edith and Selles sat
"Why do you think what you did will work out. We would have just used him to lure her out instead of sending him back" Edith complained
"I can't keep waiting for that female vampire you talked about " Selles scoffed
"Ms Dorin you mean" Edith grumbled
"Whatever, bit if you so trust her, then... But, I'm very confident that this will work"
"Don't you think they'll suspect something?"
"The girl won't let them, after all, she so loves her dad. Again, if Ms Dorin and Morgan can work together to get her to me faster, the better. This has taken so much time and it needs to be stopped, we need to open that portal soonest"
"The vampire said, the girl is beginning to trust her a bit, she just needs a perfect moment to get her to us"
"Excellent then, she and Morgan can work on that. What was that saying again,two heads are better than one" Selles said smiling to herself.
The next day, Elliot went to Evelyn's dance school to meet her. The last time they had met, she didn't seem to be that bothered or interested about him and he didn't like it, so he was using the excuse of helping him check on Hazel as per Xavier pleadings, to see her.
On reaching there, he walked passed the main hall into her office and knocked. Without waiting for a reply, he barged in to meet Evelyn with a man, the man in question was as tall as him, blue eyes and dark blonde hair. Both Evelyn and the man, not expecting the interruption, turned to see who it was, which was followed by an awkward silence with the both men locked in a staring contest.
"Well, Sir Nickolas, we'll continue with this some other time" Evelyn said breaking the silence causing Nickolas turn to her
"I was just about asking when and if you'll be free later on" Nickolas suggested
"She won't be free any..." Elliot started
"Sure, maybe later this evening, Sir Nickolas" Evelyn interrupted
"I'll love that then, and there's no need to be so polite Ms Evelyn, you can just call be Nickolas" he said ignoring the heated gaze Elliot was throwing his way
"Sure. If you also promise to call me just Evelyn" she said, and like a snap, Elliot turned to fave her, not believing she just said that
"I sure will" Nickolas said smiling softly before leaving
"What was that?" Elliot asked not being able to stop himself
"What"
"What and Who was that!!" He said again, this time, his voice a bit higher
"Do not shout at me Elliot, you don't have such right"
"That doesn't answer my question"
"That was Sir Nickolas"
"I don't care about his name, Evelyn"
"And he's one of my students uncle"
"So, why was one of your student's uncle in your office"
"That's none of your business. What did you come here for"
"You're really going to go out with him this evening?"
"Again, that's none of your business"
"——"
"What did you come here to do"
"Nothing" he said and walked out of the office, he searched the main hall to see if the man was there but he wasn't, so he left the building.
He tried to get himself busy by going back to the place where he saw Selles and Connor, to forget what he just witnessed,but when he reached there, the place was empty, so he guessed they had evacuated the place knowing that Morgan might have talker about this place.
He then went back to the mansion, still thinking whether she was serious about meeting the blondie. Evening came quicker than expected and with each second that passed, he was getting bothered. After some minutes of internal struggle, he decide to go see himself and stop her, so he prepared and left to her place once again.
Luckily for him, as he stepped into the main hall, he saw Evelyn and the blond guy coming out of her office
'So she was really serious huh' he thought to himself
With a deep breath and grinding his teeth in annoyance, he approached them
"I need to talk to you" he said ignoring the looks from Nickolas
"As you can see Elliot, I'm busy now, you should come back later" Evelyn said
"Its very urgent" he said through gritted teeth
"Aren't you the guy from earlier this morning. What do you want to talk about with her again, I'm sure I gave you some space earlier" Nicolas butted in
"Mind your business, Blondie" Elliot said to Nickolas while still facing Evelyn
"Look Elliot, whatever you have to say can wait, I'm busy, we'll talk later"
"Not happening" he said and then grabbed her hands, pulls them into her office and closed the door "you stay right here while I go talk to that Blondie" he said again and walked out leaving her in her office
Outside the office, at the main hall, Nickolas was still standing, confused on what just happened when Elliot came back to him again
"I'm going to make this real quick. Stay away from her Blondie" Elliot said
"And who are you to say that, cause last time I checked, she doesn't have any man in her life" Nickolas countered back
"Well, I like as you are straightforward, but I'm not going to say this again. Stay. Away. From. Her."
"She gets to decide what she wants for herself, and I'm not going to back down Mr" Nickolas said giving him a long stare before leaving.
Elliot then went back into the office where he left Evelyn
"What was that Elliot!" She shouted
"What?"
"Don't give me that bullshit! Why did you come to interrupt us!!"
"Well, I'm pretty sure I made it clear from my tone this morning that I didn't like that Blondie..."
"His name is Nickolas"
"I don't care. I made it clear that I didn't like you and that Blondie together" he yelled which frightened her a bit. She stilled for some seconds, before turning yo face her table with her head bent. After some time, she said softly and tiredly
"Why?"
"——"
"Why Elliot?"
"Why what" he asked confused with her tone
"Why are you doing this? You clearly made it known that you don't want me and you've gone ahead to ignore me for some time now, hell, you've been ignoring me since forever. And just when I have decided to move on and look for someone that wants me, you're coming to do this? It fucking took her time before I came to accept Nickolas. So why!!!" She said again, her eyes were rimming with tears which she didn't allow to fall
Elliot moved closer to he, turning her to face him, he used his thumb to wipe the stray tear that escaped her eyes, after which look into them
"Who said I didn't want you"