It was like a dream, a nightmare—her dead eyes locking with his as she fell dropping to the floor with a heavy thud.
Xavian stared at Poppy's body, unmoving and as still as a statue. It was as if the information was taking it's time to process properly in his head and when it seemed to have, his body twitched.
"Poppy…"
No one was even sure if Xavian was still himself at that moment, because he'd gripped the man behind him, snapping his neck in two in the brink of an eye.
He was staggering toward Poppy's body, the ring around the golden of his eyes darkening in a way never seen before. He fell to his knees right next to her, scooping her up in his arms.
"Poppy…what are you doing?"
Poppy who was still conscious, stared at him with half closed eyes, fighting for every breath she took. She was starting to loose her vision, bloody hand reaching up to grip Xaavian's shirt.