Chapter 19

Javier looked into her eyes, he could see fear but he still wondered why she still stayed. His vision became blurry, his head began to spin, his energy was all gone, he couldn't even lift a finger, his head fell on her shoulder as Darkness overshadowed him.

Javier tilted to the other side of the sofa that he was laying on as he flickered his eyes open. He groaned at the amount of pain he was feeling, he cursed at the migraine he was feeling in his head. He looked around as he realised he was laying down on a sofa in his sitting room. He tried to recall what happened last night and why he was just there laying down, but he couldn't. He got up slowly from the chair not minding the throbbing pain he felt in his back also in his head. He walked towards the room and he almost bumped into Hattie, who seemed to be coming out from her room. 

What was she doing here? he wondered. She was supposed to be at Bella's house so what was she doing here?. He became worrisome that she must have seen him in season and he also wondered how he did not harm her because that was a very difficult task for any lashedta. They saw everybody as a prey during their season and it was very hard for any lashedta to resist a prey. They always have the tendency to kill any body they came in contact with. 

Still being confused, he lifted up her chin with his right hand as he noticed that she kept looking at the floor, he tilted her chin to the side in order to check if there was any injury. He saw red markings on her neck and it was slightly bruised. Now he was sure that he actually did something to her.

"Are you are okay?" he asked still unsure of the whole situation. Hattie just nodded her head as she still felt sleepy. 

To be honest, she wasn't as scared as she had expected her fearful self to be. But she was quite surprised at his agitation last night.

"Did I perhaps do anything" he asked as he looked around in confusion. 

"No you did not, you don't remember? Hattie lied, she did not want more to this, he probably was drunk and that was why he reacted like that. Most people when drunk, can be very aggressive and she assumed that was the case last night. But why did he try to kill her. That was too extreme, even for a drink person.

"So why do you have that markings on your neck?"

"I...i.." Hattie found it rather weird to say that he almost killed her yesterday. She wondered how he would react since he barely even remembered what happened.  "It's just a skin reaction, nothing to worry about" she added using her hair to cover the markings.

"And what are you doing here, I thought you were supposed to be at Bella's house?"

"About that, something huge came up." Hattie did not know how she would tell Javier about her encounter in Bella's super secret room. She was still in shock and she needed answers to all the questions but she wasn't going to ask them now. Javier probably still had a hungover from last night, with the way his eyes look dizzy and the way he kept holding his head in an attempt to stop a headache.

"Something like what?"

"I'll explain later, you look really ill"

"You are not wrong, I feel kind of dizzy and you shouldn't really be here"

"Why?"

"Because I'm too dangerous for you"

"I don't see how"

"You won't, but trust me when I say so"

"I think this is the after effect of the alcohol you took yesterday"

"How sure are you that I reacted based on the influence of alcohol that I took.

Hattie, you have to believe me, I know what I am saying" Javier slurred. 

He was really dizzy, he couldn't even talk properly, he felt the throb in his head. He held his head with his right palm trying to support it and stop the excruciating pain he felt.

"Are you ok?" Hattie asked as she stepped forward towards him .

"I.... I.... don't" he stammered. 

Javier could hardly even see her again as his vision was getting more blurry, his legs were shaking, his energy was already drained and he was weak. His leg started failing him as he fell and his head collapsed or Hattie's shoulder.

Hattie was shocked by the sudden skin contact. She felt his hot breath on her neck. She shivered slightly as goosebumps came right out of her body. She lost control of her breathing as it became rapid and intensed. That was the effect this man in front of her, had on her. She felt the heat travel around her. 

Hattie lost balance as a result of his weight on her. She fell to the floor, holding his head in place, carefully so as to prevent him from hitting his head on the floor. She sat down and placed his head on her lap. How wierd was it, having Javier sleeping calmly on her laps on the floor. She brushed the hair that was on his face away to the back of his ear. How beautiful he looked, with his perfectly chiseled jaw line and ever so structured face. She wondered why he wasn't a model.  She caressed his face softly with her left hand as she was still dumb struck of how perfect this man was.

Hattie's heart drifted back to the reason she was here in the first place. Everything that happened last night was still confusing, ranging from Bella's secret room all the way to Javier almost ending her life. She had rembered knocking on the door yesterday night. The door was opened and she saw Javier, he looked kind of different, the look in his eyes was differnt and she couldn't tell what exactly was wrong. She walked in and proceeded in telling him her encounter but he didn't seem to be intrested in what she had to say. She found it rather uncomfortable the way he looked at her. He started heading towards her after a long silence. He walked slowly but deadly. Hattie wondered what was wrong with him as she stepped 2 steps away from him. As if noticing her sudden retreat, he charged towards her, wrapping his hands around her neck. It happened so fast that Hattie thought it wasn't even real. He pushed her against the wall as he proceeded in banging her head repeatedly on the wall. She winced in pain, as she tried to fight him off. The kind of power he possessed at that point was unbelievable. She looked into his eyes, she still saw a little bit of Javier, she knew Javier was in there somewhere, she did not know what had possessed him, She just needed to remind him that it was her. Still gasping for breath,

"Javier it's me, Hattie" she finally said. She noticed how his eyes soften as she mentioned her name. As if realisation hit him, he slowly released his grip around her neck as he fell to the ground slowly and dropped to his knee.

"Javier?" She called out but she got no response, she raised his head and his eyes were closed. He was already asleep. She struggled with him. As she tried to lay him down on the sofa, not to far from them. Judging from how built and tall he was, it was difficult. Sh even hit his head on the floor multiple times in attempt to drag him to the chair. She couldn't just leave him on the cold ground, he might fall sick.

 Head first, followed by arm and then finally, legs, she managed to put him on the sofa. She staggered backward as she tried to catch her breath. Lifting a grown man wasn't an easy task at all.

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Bella knocked on Hattie's door, she was already late for breakfast, Bella wondered what was keeping her so Long. She knocked loudly on the door trying to alert Hattie to open the door.

"Hattie?" She added to the persistent knocking. There was no response, which was strange. Bella being curious of why Hattie was not responding, opened the door and was welcomed by emptiness. She walked into the room and she was surprised. 

"Hattie are you In the bathroom?" she called out but there was no response. She opened the bathroom door and it was empty too, She rushed out of the room, shouting Hattie's name hoping to get a response but she didn't get any response.

'Did she leave at night' Bella asked confusingly, she wondered where she had gone. She knew Hattie was on about living, but she did not know she would leave at night when no one expected. She must have gone back to her house, Bella thought.

 But What if she was at javier's house instead. That would be too dangerous. She had only one way to find out, She was going to call Javier. Hattie being with Javier was too dangerous, she didn't want Javier to regret doing anything to Hattie, so she needed to be sure that Hattie wasn't there. But why would Hattie leave without informing her at least.

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"Javier is in season" Andrew said to Lawson who was carefully  patting his dog which sat on his laps.

"Wrong timing" he said looking up to Andrew

"Very very wrong timing" Andrew voice was filled with a hint of frustration.

"Then we have to wait"

"I Don't wait for nobody"

"You have no choice or else you want to get killed, you are no match for a lashedta in season"

"And who said I was going for Javier? I was talking about the girl"

"Hattie?"

"Yes" 

"But you know that touching Hattie, is almost the same thing as touching Javier. He would retaliate and it won't be a pretty situation"

"I doubt he would even do anything. In season, a lashedta forget everything and everyone around them so I dont think that Javier would come for us. He would not even know Hattie is gone until he is out of season. This is the perfect opportunity to strike because we can actually get this thing done for"

"Should we tell mother?"

"No, she would be furious that Agatha's seed still works the earth. She would react out of anger and she might regret it. So we need to deal with this as quietly as possible, we don't want to reopen past wounds." 

" You are right. She would be very Furious and she might end up doing something that could cost us a lot. So what do you plan on doing?"

"I will do what I am best known for and Hattie would be the one crawling to me"

"I like the sound of that. And Javier? .

"It would be too late when he realises it and when he does, I would kill him. I don't care anymore. If I Can't Have Him, no one else can"

"Who would have ever thought, you would ever plan on killing your darling Javier.

"Well you know me, I am full of surprises"

"Of course you are"

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" what do you mean? Javier turned to look at Hattie.

"I am telling you I saw my mother's picture in your sister's house and I still can't come up with a reasonable explanation of why it was there"

"Your mother, what do you mean by that?"

"Here, take a look at it yourself" Hattie said, handing him the picture that she had taken from Bella's room.

Javier took the picture from Hattie as he access the content. His eye flew wide open in shock as he looked at the woman in the picture. There was no way this was Hattie's mum, How was it even possible. He took the picture as he walked around with it trying to clear his head to think properly, probably he was still having an after effects of his season that he wasn't thinking straight again .

"This is your mother" Javier asked

"Yes any problem? well, she's dead by the way." Hattie asked with confusion written all over her face, she wondered why the sudden look on Javier's face. She notice how his countenance had changed when she handed him, her mother's picture.

"And how well did you know this woman?"

"What do you mean by that? she is my mother for goodness sake" Hattie voiced out, why would he even asked her that kind of question .

Javier still confused. If by any chance Agatha was Hattie's mum, then there was more to Hattie than he thought he knew.

"Is anything the problem" Hattie couldn't help but ask.

 Of course there was a problem Javier thoughts inwardly.

"Is there something you are not telling me because the Way You are acting is kind of strange" 

" No no, everything is fine. You don't need to bother about it" Javier said giving off a reassuring smile.

"No you can't just brush this off. I am tired of being kept in the dark. I know there is something you are not telling me and I want you to tell me now"

"Hattie, you don't need to worry yourself about it"

"Oh please, I am already too worried about myself so anything you say, won't have that much effect on me. I just need answers of what my mother's picture was doing in your sister's house"

Javier didn't even know how he would explain this to curious Hattie. He was still confused at the sudden Discovery and he was still trying to digest it.

 Now he knew why Andrew was after her life. Javier didn't even know what to think anymore. If Andrew ever get his hands on her, he would rip her heart out of its socket.  And If the cartels ever found out about her, they would torture her before finally killing her. 

This was so bad, so so bad. He would have to discuss with Bella about the situation because it definitely did not add up.

"Yes I'm waiting"

"For what?"

"An explanation of this" she said swinging the picture in his face.

"Well I don't have any" he lied.

How was he expected to tell Hattie the whole truth. He knew it would only take little time before she finds out but he couldn't still bring himself to tell her he just couldn't.

"So what am I supposed to think?

"I would ask Bella, if that would make you pester me less" Javier said. He wanted her to stop that questioning, he really needed to think clearly of the entire situation. Why Hattie of all people, he thought. She had already been through a lot. Telling her this, would break her heart deeply and he didn't want that. He would just have to keep this from her for the main time and think of  the right time to tell her.

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