They both walked through the forest,Hazel didn't know where they were heading but she just followed. They walked for some distance and Hazel broke the silence.
"I was wanting to let you know something" she said
"What's it"
"I won't be staying long as your maid"
"Why"
"Cause I have a life to live"
"Which is..?"
"A kind of life a lady can dream of, find my parents, get married,have children..."
"You can get all those even as my maid"
"How"
"I found out where your dad is"
"Really, how"
"I'm not a Lord for no reason" he tilted his head to look at her
"Where is he, my dad?"
"At Poelwyth"
"The land that abducted him"
"Right"
"Is he doing okay"
"Yes, he's a butler there"
She smiled widely "and my mum"
"I can't really say but I guess she died"
"Died?"
"Yes, from what I found out,she was I'll before we brought her and she couldn't keep up"
Hazel suddenly broke down and cried, she cried cause it was actually her fault her mum died,if she hadn't run away to the meadows that day.
Xavier just watched her cry, not knowing what to do cause he hadn't been in a situation where he was to console someone, he then decided to give light pats on her shoulder till she stopped crying.
"You must have loved your mum very much"
"I still love her"
"Sounds good having caring parents"
"Didn't you have"
"I never had rabbit"
"That can't be true milord, all mothers are caring"
"Not all Hazel" he said. Hazel noticed that he called her by her name as his mood changed
"I'm sorry if I said anything I wasn't supposed to"she apologized
"Let's not talk about caring parents then"
She nodded to it and they walked silently for some while again. After some time, Hazel spoke again
"Will you also let me get married"
"Yes"
"But I have to stop being your maid after that"
"Why"
"It isn't right to be close to another man when your married"
"That doesn't work in my terms"
Back at the mansion, Dorin was with Mrs Decron
"Mum, its true she's staying in his room"
"What?"
"And he ditched me in her presence"
Dorin wasn't actually Xavier's distant cousin but his stepsister, Mrs Decron child from another man. She was planning on Dirin to marry Xavier so after that they could kill him and take over the land but what they didn't know was that he was a demon
"Which maid is this" Mrs Decron asked
"I guess she's new here, but she said Hazel Harlow "
"We need to get her out of the way before our plan goes down"
"He always has his eyes on her"
"He'll be travelling to Rivelle in the next three months, we could use that opportunity"
"I hope so"
"Just stick to being clingy and act all coetish, men loves women who are like that"
"Okay mum"
"But where is the girl"
"In his room,I guess"
"I will need to see her"
When they reached the Lord's quarters in the mansion, Lucas and other guards were there
"Milady" Lucas greeted
"Why are you stopping us from entering" Dorin asked
"The Lord has asked that nobody goes into his quarters at his absence"
"We aren't nobody, I'm his mother" Mrs Decron said
"I'm sorry ma'am, but I follow the Lord's orders only" Lucas said
"And I'm the Lord's future wife, you are to obey me"Dorin blurted out
"Until then milady, but for now, I only follow the Lord's orders"
"We are just looking for the maid" Mrs Decron said
"As for that, the lord has said that there are many other maids in waiting for you and the maid in question isn't here anyways" Lucas answered
"Where's she then"
"I believe she's with the Lord, they went out"
"Told you" Dorin whispered
"We'll leave now" Mrs Decron said and Lucas bowed again as they left
Back in the forest, Xavier and Hazel were still walking. Hazel couldn't stop thinking about why he didn't want to talk about his parents, did they care less about him or he cared less about them, she was deep in thoughts to even realise that Xavier had stopped walking, she kept walking forward till his voice stopped her
"Seems like you are deep in thoughts" he said and she turned to realise that there was a big gap between them. Xavier walked closer to where she was "what were you thinking about rabbit"
"Its a question I would like to ask"
"OK"
"Its about your parents"
Xavier didn't say anything but just turned his face away and he looked angry
"I just wanted to ask, but if your not okay with it I'll back off"
"I'll tell you when you're ready"
"I am now"
He smiled"you aren't "
"Why do you say so"
"Cause you might get scared and run away, I wouldn't want that now"
"I wouldn't run"
"I told you I could apparate back then when you were still new at being my maid and you said it was creepy"
"Hmmn"
Xavier turned to continue walking
"My knees are weak" Hazel complained
"You knew you couldn't walk for a long time and you still decided to follow me"
"I never knew we would walk all the way to town and who knows what Lady Dorin could have done to me by now if I was still there"
"I'm your saviour then"
"I never said that" she said "are we going to keep walking" she asked changing the subject
Since the last time Xavier had tasted her blood, he had craved for more and with this he said
"As I said I need blood to apparate"
"We could find some rabbit in the forest" hazel suggested
"That will be a waste of time since one is standing right in front of me"
It took some seconds before she understood what he meant
"I guess I can still walk" she said
"Okay"
With that, they continued walking with Xavier ahead and Hazel behind occasionally stopping to take rest,her knees and legs were giving up.
"You got to keep up if you don't want to end up in some wolf's stomach" Xavier said turning to look at her
"I told you my knees are weak and are giving up"
"And I said I need blood, we can trade things, can't we?"
"I'll go search for rabbits around"
"Don't bother, you won't find any here at this side of the forest, you could have done that the last time we stopped maybe you would have found one"
"But you said it was a waste of time"
"I never said you couldn't try"
After thinking of it, she couldn't walk any longer and it seems like he was enjoying seeing her worked up
"You'll only take a little, right?"
Hearing this, Xavier grinned widely "why waste so much energy til your knees are this weak when you could have agreed to it sooner"
"Just come drink from me" she hissed
"Eager now, are we?"
"If you're going to waste a lot of time just to drink,we could as well keep walking"
"I'm not against the idea rabbit" he said with a sly grin "I can walk all day, I don't think it's the same with you"