Before he could take a step away from her Adeline shot up, raised herself on her knees and held his hand stopping him effectively.

"Before you even think of leaving me alone—"

Xavier interrupted before she could finish, "I am going to get you a glass of water, Adeline."

She gulped and let go of his wrist but did not take her eyes off him. Suffice to say that Ireland did not trust you Xavier to run away from this and keep on blaming himself.

But Xavier had done exactly what he had told her that he would do. He moved to the corner of the room where a glass and a jug were kept. Pouring some water into the glass he brought it to her and made her drink at least half of it. historical

"Thank you," Adeline said once she handed the cup to him and he kept it on the side.

Xavier nodded in return but pulled her by her hand and made her sit on the bed. They were sitting face to face but on the edge of the bed and none of them made a move to sit in the centre.

Adeline moved her eyes away from his face and Looked at the window. How bad was it on her part that did not regret trying to jump from a window? She did not have an ounce of guilt inside her for trying to commit suicide.

"Please don't ever do that again." She had previously and when she glanced at him she found him looking at where she had been.

He was also looking out the window.

"Can you promise to not one away from me again?" She rebuked instead. "I would much rather have you come to me and tell me what happened and solve it if you try to chain yourself."

Xavier took her hand in his and played with her fingers. "I did that because it was necessary. I am more possessive than any shifter you are going to say because of my rank and I would never let even a doctor near you." He smiled. "I have to be chained no matter what the reason was."

Did he really? Adelene could point out that he only needed to be changed for a day when she was being treated by the doctor and no one else was required in the room. After that, Xavier could hover her.

But she did not.

"This is permanent, right?" She pointed to the mark on her neck and Xavier nodded. "So this is never going to go away?" Adeline asked again and Xavier gave her a positive nod.

Adeline hummed and nodded to herself before speaking again. "If this is going to stay here forever then why don't we do something that is not expected from any of us to do?"

He scowled. "What?"

"Give this a chance." She said, "This mark is going to stay here forever. You are my mate which means I have no legal reasons to get rid of on the basis of. So why don't we move forward from this and give this a chance?"

Xavier continued to look at her before coughing and shaking his head. The reaction was enough for her to know that he was not entertaining the idea.

"You have no idea what it means to be a mud mate of a king." He laughed slightly. "You won't be able to take it, Adaline."

Was it just to her or just this man always happened to talk in riddles?

"What do you mean by that?" She hissed. "Can't you see that I'm the one who is trying to make an effort? This is the only option that we have other than spending time apart and this mark is practically going to kill me!"

"The mark placed on you had led me to be chained up. Don't you think that if I'm never going to let a doctor come close to you I might behave that similar way everyday?" Xavier cocked a brow up. "I am going to be a possessive fucker which you are completely not ready for. Which is why I wanted you to slowly warm up to the idea of being my mate."

Holyshit that might be the fact that she had not yet considered.

Alpha males were possessive. The possessiveness went up as much as the ranks did and Xavier the highest one of the mall and given that Adaline was human she was always going to have a constant threat on her.

The constant threat was going to make Xavier more possessive and protective than ever.

She faltered in her resolve what the constant pain in the side of her neck reminded hurt and there was no way out of this.

"I don't want this to be forced on me Xavier, more than any of it has already been." Adeline gave a resigned sigh. " What do you want me to do? This market is going to stay here forever and if we don't stay fogether it will show its effects on me more than it will do on you!"

"On the contrary, it's already showing its effects on me." He muttered under his breath as he gave her a heated look which looked past Adaline because she was busy in her own thoughts.

What was he supposed to do in this situation? On one hand she wanted to move forward and on the other she understood his reasons for trying to pull away.

Her heart called out to him. Couldn't he see it?!

"You know what," she huffed, "then we compromise." She declared. "There are going to be situations where you tone it down a little and where I try to understand where you are coming from. There is going to be a compromise, there is going to be you bowing down and there's bowing to me. This is going to be a relationship and we are going to give it our best. Now, are you in it or are you not?"

Adeline cleared at him while breathing heavily. Speaking so much that definitely took a toll on her when should be resting.

"Alright," Xavier nodded after some time. "We compromise. We are on the right track." He said softly before placing his lips on hers and giving her a small kiss.

Pulling back he smiled as she opened her eyes and said, "now, it is sealed."