Later that evening, Xavier met with Lucas to give back the information on what he found
"Milord, we looked around but we didn't find her and besides you didn't give any description on her"
"Okay but keep looking while I tell the witches to cast another location spell because we don't know if she really is from Rivelle or just came for the party"
"Yes, that will be more helpful"
"And then make sure Councilman Jordan Smith stays away from mansion for the main time"
"But he just came from a vacation"
"Send him to another then or better still Poetwyth to work there for the main time"
"Right away Milord"
Xavier went back to the room but he didn't find Hazel there, he turned to the table and found relles missing, he concluded she was at the garden, he just stood by the windows to watch her. She looked cute as she carried relles all around the garden as she picked some carrots for relles. He kept admiring her until he was disturbed by a knock from the door which he opened and saw Lady Dorin
"You left the party early"
"Is it wrong"
"Yeah, I'm your partner and you left me"
"I don't remember asking you to be my partner"
"Who is"
"—"
"I can't believe you have a thing for that maid"
"Its none of your business who I fall for, Lady Dorin"
"I'll wait for you to notice your mistake"
"Good luck waiting for nothing then… when are you leaving?"
"…"
"I remember you saying you'll leave after Lord's Xyle's birthday"
"I do" she said with her voice very low
"I've sent Lucas to get the carriage ready, I would not like you to keep him waiting for long as I have other jobs for him"
"…"
"I'm being very nice, don't test me, you should be thankful your head isn't rolling on the ground already as your mere presence disgust me"
"I…" she started fuming with anger
"… hate you" he interrupted " I know, everyone does"
She left fuming and flaming. The moment she left, he turned back to keep admiring Hazel only to see that she wasn't there any longer
Hazel was admiring the garden with relles, she picked flowers and smelt them, most of the flowers were white roses and she wondered why. Her thoughts went back to hers and Xavier's conversation and her brows furrowed. She thought about the part of his love relationship. She was happy when he said he didn't like Lady Dorin, although he didn't say it directly but she was also worried when he said he had someone he liked already. She had actually started to feel some things for him but with this, she may have to discard theses feeling before they grow into something more.
'There's no way he would fall for a maid' she thought. Someone cleared her throat bringing Hazel out of her thoughts and she saw that it was Mrs Decron, she bowed her head as a greeting
"I wasn't done with you yet that day"
"But I thought the Lord explained to you"
"I want to see by myself and I also want to check your skin"
"My S-skin?"
"Yes, your skin. That potion when inhaled by a witch will cause some kind of irritation, when inhaled by a human will cause dizziness instantly" she said stressing the word 'instantly' "and it doesn't have any effect on vampires, well I don't suspect you being a vampire cause you obviously got no fangs and you didn't react like a human when you inhaled it so my only option is to check your skin"
"I fell unconscious after you left ma'am"
"Xavier says so but I don't believe so follow me"
Hazel could only hope that Xavier will somehow come to the rescue again. Mrs Decron has actually noticed that Xavier had had his eyes on Hazel most of the time, so she sent Lady Dorin to distract him for a while while she drags Hazel to her chamber
"Follow me" she said as Hazel obeyed immediately and they walked into her room while she shut the door
"Now undress,who knows why you always wear gloves so start with that"
"I wear it because of the cold, it rains most time"
"Well remove it, its just gonna be for a while, the cold won't harm you in a short while"
The gloves Hazel was wearing reached her elbows and the irritation was on the left elbow
'Why the elbow' Hazel cursed internally
"I'm waiting" Mrs Decron warned and Hazel slowly removed the right gloves buying time as she thought of how to get out of the situation. She knew if she was caught now, she would be burnt immediately, nobody would care to know if she was a white or dark witch
"What are you waiting for, remove the second gloves"
"I feel cold"
"I don't"
"Humans are more fragile than your kind"
"We'll have to find out about that, now take it off or are my suspicions correct?"
Hazel braced herself and was about removing the gloves when her saviour arrived.
Xavier was by the window thinking of where Hazel had gone. He decided to rest a little waiting for her to cone back. He sat by his table reviewing some paper work but he felt uneasy and uncomfortable. He later dropped it and stood up to look for her. On the hallways, the lamps were lit as the sky were kinda dark, he went to the attic first, then to the garden again but she wasn't at any. He came across one of the maids and stopped her
"Milord" the maid as she bowed
"Have you seen Hazel"
"No I h-haven't"
"You sure," he said with a raise on his brows
"Yes Milord"
"And if I find out you're lying, it will not do you any good"
"I-I'm sorry Milord, but its your S-stepmom that ask us not to tell you"
"She's with Mrs Decron"
"Yes"
"Okay you can leave"
"But Milord, please don't tell her I told you" the maid said fidgeting a little
"No promises" and he left to Mrs Decron room, he knew she was bent on finding out if Hazel was a witch or not and if that happens his hazel will be burnt cause not even the Lord can stop the burning of witches.
On his way, he saw Lucas approaching him and from the look on his face, it looked like he had something to say to Xavier but Xavier just walked passed him. He finally reached there and barged into the room using much more force since she had locked the door earlier causing the door to break
"Don't you have a single respect for your elders" Mrs Decron shouted
"What are you doing with her"
"You just broke my door and you're asking of a maid first"
"She's mine, don't you get 'STAY OFF HER' or is that three simple words too much to understand"
"I was seeing if she's a witch… it wouldn't be nice if we have a witch in the mansion, its not save"
"And I said she isn't, she fainted immediately you left and it took hours before she woke which means I didn't have any maid to attend to me during that time" he turned to Hazel who was breaking out in cold sweat "let's go"
"I'm not done with her, she has to remove that gloves" Xavier looked towards where she was pointing and saw that the gloves where the irritation was, was still on
"I warned everyone not to call her names"
"I'm not saying she's a witch, I just have a suspicion, she may be fooling you"
He just dragged Hazel out of there
"What about my door" Mrs Decron asked
"You should have thought about that before now"