Chapter 168: Sending a message (3)
By now, Selene had gotten up from the ground since she wasn’t injured. She didn’t intend to run out to stop Xavier from killing the stranger following them but worried about the town guards coming to them again.
Selene was tired of hearing the town guards at the gates. She didn’t dislike that her husband caught the attention of the town guards but she was annoyed that the town guards never noticed what they had to put up with to lead to someone dying.
Why was someone else following them now?
"Your shoe," Selene noticed the bloody mess as Xavier started to walk back to her. "We should wash it off quickly. I know where there is water to use."
"That bat, you said the king made the wrong enemy. Is the king following you, me or both?" Selene asked.
"You," Xavier replied.
Selene didn’t want it to be her being followed. The king’s obsession with the women at Xavier’s side was getting out of hand. She hadn’t said much before the king yet he was going to these lengths to keep an eye on her.
"I do not understand why he must go this far. What have you done that he wishes to trouble with your life like this? Or, is he simply bored?" Selene wondered.
Xavier took Selene’s hand to walk with her away from the fallen trap. "He is a fool. He has always been that way since he believed his father prized me over him. Now he feels he must show that he is better than me by obtaining all that I have. He thinks stealing women will upset me."