My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

Chapter 0244

When our third meeting was over we had some time to kill before dinner and then the ball, which seemed to be all the women talked about. Luna Anne was not wrong, the females are only here to be paraded around like prizes for the choosing. I can't imagine wanting to be with anyone other than my Goddess given mate no matter what their rank is.

But I also did not grow up like the rest of these girls, so I can't judge, yet. No matter how hard I want to, given the looks I am getting from them. I decided to take a walk in the halls that no one else was allowed in upstairs just to listen to silence after all of the talking and noise. I am slowly walking not really paying attention, I know there is a guard following me somewhere out of sight, he'll make sure I'm back where I need to be on time. All of the paintings and stained glass in the castle are fascinating. They depict times and places in our history that I'm sure I've read about, but there is nothing to indicate what they represent, so I'll have to ask Luna Anne to give me a real tour one of these days.

scuffle not far from me. There are several little nooks and alcoves to hide in up here. I'm sure that's by design for a quick getaway.

sound overpowers my discipline and my curiosity takes over. It sounds like a muted fight, like pushing and shoving, which can be so many things in a place like this. I finally get to a tapestry where the shuffle is the loudest, there isn't really any talking, but definitely at least two people. I really should just walk away, but what if something bad

here. I take a deep breath and pull back the tapestry,

both look disheveled, there is no question as to what was going on here. Xander's pristinely pressed suit

Xander. I heard noises and I wasn't sure what was going on, and no one else is supposed to be up here, so I thought maybe something was wrong..." I trailed off, placing my hands on my cheeks, getting more and more embarrassed as I spoke. I'm